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Board of Directors

Tori Dexter: Board President

Tori is a music enthusiast, marketer, and fundraiser. To make up for her lack of musical skills, she enjoys using her time and energy to support and advocate for musicians and music venues. In addition to her work with Communication, she sits on the Board of Directors of the Barrymore Theater, owns the freelance agency Manic Pixie Management, and she works full time as a media buyer at UW-Madison’s Division of Continuing Studies.

Jamie Ho: Board Vice President (she/her)

Jamie Ho is an interdisciplinary artist using GIFs, short-looped videos, photography and sound. She is currently pursuing her MFA at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her art practice explores the long-term impact of assimilation through the lens of her family and through simulating and subverting her ancestral traditions and rituals. She was part of the 2017-18 Bridge Work: Madison and was a PhotoLucida Critical Mass Finalist in 2021. She has had solo exhibitions at Arts & Literature Laboratory (Madison, WI), and Watkins Gallery at Winona State University (Winona, Minnesota). Find out more about her work at her website.

Courtney Byelich (she/her)

Courtney Byelich is an arts administrator based in Madison, Wisconsin. Courtney is the facilities director at the Madison Youth Arts Center. Previously, she led the Wisconsin Union’s (WUD) Music Committee. Through these roles, Courtney has become a local music aficionado, community builder, and developer of creative spaces. Courtney is honored to serve on the board of Communication Madison and help further their mission of fostering a vibrant creative arts community in Madison.

Huan-Hua Chye (she/her)

Huan-Hua Chye is a maker and musician based in Madison, Wisconsin. Her musical projects include, among others, local indie-pop band Gentle Brontosaurus, solo recordings under the name miscellaneous owl, and a collaborative transatlantic synthpop recording project called Vowl Sounds. In addition, she is an avid sewist and fiber artist who designs and sells knitting patterns as Feather and Fan Designs. She works full-time as an account manager in the medical translation industry and, in addition to her involvement with Communication, helps support the local community and environment through volunteer work with NewBridge Madison and the Dane County Humane Society Wildlife Center.