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Urban Sketchers is an all-volunteer nonprofit dedicated to fostering a global community of artists who practice on-location drawing.


Executive Board: Elizabeth Alley (President, Events), Gabriel Campanario (Treasurer, Editorial), Brenda Murray (Communications), Mário Linhares (Education), Jessie Chapman (Membership).

Advisory Board: Shari Blaukopf, Simo Capecchi, Jason Das, Orling Dominguez, James Hobbs, Marc Taro Holmes, Nina Johansson, Cathy Johnson, Veronica Lawlor, José Louro, Shiho Nakaza, Steve Reddy, Jim Richards, Tia Boon Sim, Paul Wang.

Education Team: Matthew Brehm, Orling Dominguez (Workshops Coordinator), Virginia Hein, Nina Johansson (Certified Instructors Coordinator), Veronica Lawlor, Fred Lynch, Víctor Martínez Escámez a.k.a. Swasky, James Richards, Gail Wong, Mário Linhares.

Events Team: Elizabeth Alley, Omar Jaramillo (Sponsors Coordinator), Sonia Tamez, Fernanda Vaz de Campos, Alex Zonis.

Symposium Team: Elizabeth Alley, Jason Das, Orling Dominguez, Fernanda Vaz de Campos.

Editorial Team: Gabi Campanario, Róisín Curé, Murray Dewhurst, James Hobbs, Marc Holmes, Marcia Milner-Brage, Suhita Shirodkar. Correspondents: See Correspondents page.

Membership Team: Shari Blaukopf, Kip Bradley, Pedro Cabral, Genine Carvalheira, Jessie Chapman, Mark Leibowitz, Simone Ridyard, Paul Wang. Regional Chapters Administrators: See Regional Chapters page.

Communications Team: Elizabeth Alley, Kip Bradley (Flickr), Gabi Campanario (Twitter), Tina Koyama (Drawing Attention), Brenda Murray, Liz Steel, Suhita Shirodkar, Fernanda Vaz de Campos (Instagram), Paul Wang.