Board of Directors

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  • 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.

Jaime Ho

  • 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

  • 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.

Madeline Umscheid

  • Madeline Umscheid wears many hats as core support member on the Operations Team — including shop and events support, market lead, and organizational process wizard. She joined the team in 2022 and can often be found knitting while tabling for Communication off-site, or behind the shop counter.

Abby Frank Taylor

  • Abby joined the team in the summer of 2024 and supports fundraising efforts and other operational needs that may pop up! She’s a strong believer that artful and intentional organizations deserve artful and intentional systems to keep them thriving. What better place to live that out than Communication!

    Abby is an artist, primarily creating dance and pottery. During the day she works at Fractured Atlas, a fiscal sponsor for artists. When not doing those things, you can likely find her puttering in her patio garden, sitting by Yahara River, or hanging out and reading with her cat, June.