Posted by Nick Assendelft (The Detroit News) on Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 1:22 PM
President names Metro Detroiter to arts committee
President Barack Obama has appointed a Metro Detroit arts supporter to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.
Madeleine Harris Berman, a member of the Boards of Directors of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Opera Theater and the Detroit Zoological Institute, was appointed Monday.
Harris Berman serves on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of Americans for the Arts and previously served on the President's Committee of the Arts and Humanities in 1994.
Harris Berman will be one of 26 members from the private sector and 12 members from federal agencies with cultural programs who will serve on the committee. First Lady Michelle Obama is the panel's honorary chairwoman.
