Board Bios
E. Craig Moody: Chair Theatre was mother’s milk to Craig, seeing plays from the age of two. Raised by a father who chaired a large university’s theatre department, (whose offerings included both on campus shows but also a showboat plying the Ohio river, a summer stock theatre and a graduate rep company touring the U.S and Europe), and a radio- and television-producing mother; plays were what the family did. His peripatetic education has included schooling in Bloomington, Indiana, Honolulu, Hawaii, Taxco, Mexico, London, England, Andover, Massachusetts, Berkeley, California, Munich, Germany and Ann Arbor, Michigan. After a three-year stint in the United States Marine Corps, Craig began a lengthy legal career as Morrison, Foerster’s thirty-ninth lawyer, shortly starting his own litigation boutique, Moody and Hill in San Francisco, focusing on anti-trust litigation. Recognizing that such work is a young person’s work, he retired in 2015 in order to focus more on supporting theatres and the study of Shakespeare. That study has occurred in Orinda, Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Dallas, Washington, D. C., Ashland, Oregon, London and Prague, literally wherever he could find it. He has served on the boards of several theatres in the Bay Area, both doing Shakespeare and more edgy fare, and been a season sponsor of many more for years. Craig and his wife, Kathy, a retired garden-designer, have lived together in the same home in Piedmont for nearly half a century. Their son, Ross, currently in his last year at UC Berkeley Law, and his librarian wife, Stephanie, live a dozen blocks from MSC’s downtown theatre. Craig has been an admirer of Lesley and Bob Currier and what they’ve done with Marin Shakespeare Company for many years; he owes much to them for enlarging his enjoyment and understanding of Shakespeare.
Marilee Eckert: Vice Chair has been a leader in the conservation corps movement both nationally and in California for over 30 years. Most recently she was the Executive Director of San Francisco Conservation Corps and her prior experience includes serving as Chief Executive Officer of Conservation Corps North Bay. Additionally, Marilee has been a Trustee of the Buck Family Fund of the Marin Community Foundation for 9 years. She has served on the Marin County Economic Commission, the Marin County Disaster Council, and the Sonoma County Youth Council. She has been a Board Member of the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership of Marin, Environmental Education Council of Marin, Fire Safe Marin, and Human Rights Roundtable on Hate Violence. Other special recognition and awards include Marin Women’s Hall of Fame Inductee, Environmental Hero of the North Bay presented by Assemblymember Jared Huffman, Congressional Record remarks by Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, Hannah Creighton Environmental Justice Award by Sierra Club Marin.
Sheila McClear: Secretary has spent her career in higher education, both as teacher and administrator. A Magna Cum Laude graduate of Nazareth College, with an M.A. in English from the University of Michigan, Sheila served on the faculties of University of Hawaii and University of Maryland European Division, with teaching assignments in Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, Germany and England. While in Hawaii, she wrote and edited for Young Hawaii Magazine and served as media director and spokesperson for the first Crater Celebration — a benefit rock festival held in Diamond Head crater. Upon returning to the U.S., Sheila joined the San Francisco firm, Art Blum Public Relations. She moved to the San Francisco State University Public Affairs office (now University Communications), where she eventually became Director of Public Affairs, with responsibility for media relations, publications, and crisis communications. She also served as Director of Special Projects, with presidential speechwriting in her portfolio. She serves on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco State University Retirement Association. Sheila joined the Marin Shakespeare Board in 2015, drawn by its artistic excellence and its social justice work.
Laurie Nardone: Treasurer Laurie is a Certified Financial Planner™ specializing in working with people who measure their financial ‘winning’ by achieving the satisfaction of enjoying their lifestyle and their financial confidence. She is the founder of Shira Ridge Wealth Management, an independent financial planning and investment management RIA (Registered Investment Adviser) firm based in Larkspur Landing. Laurie began providing financial advice and wealth management services to individuals in 2006. Before starting her business, she spent nearly two decades with several investment companies. The Shira Ridge name evolved after Laurie’s personal journey in 2005 to Africa to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, as she was struck by the numerous parallels – journeying safely to get to the top of a mountain compared to journeying on your financial path to reach your own personal destination (retirement, financial confidence, legacy, etc.) She enjoys traveling around the world (or to all of the MLB baseball stadiums), providing financial education to whomever is interested, listening/seeing/dancing to Bruce Springsteen and other bands, going to SF Giants games, and hiking. She joined the Marin Shakespeare board in 2023 after many years of becoming a raving fan after experiencing the fantastic productions that have been produced at Dominican University over the years.
Mark Kushner is an experienced Education Leader and International Consultant. Currently, he is San Francisco Art Institute Co-Leader, COO and General Counsel. Educated at Wesleyan University, Keble College at University of Oxford, University of San Francisco, and Harvard University, Mark is a national leader and pioneer in education, an experienced nonprofit executive, and a sought-after international school and university startup and turnaround consultant. Among other firsts, he created the first charter public high school in California, one of the first school management organizations, and California’s first fully technology-blended schools almost 14 years ago. A former Shakespeare teacher, coach, principal, college educator, attorney, and CEO, he was the founding chair of the state charter commission, has taught courses for a decade on education innovation at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and Graduate School of Education, and has served on numerous education boards, including San Francisco University High School, Leadership Schools, and Flex Schools, among others. Selected honors include the Harvard Club of San Francisco’s Educator of the Year, and the Hart Vision Award, one of the highest awards given to education administrators in California. Mark, a fourth generation San Franciscan, resides in San Francisco, has two children, and enjoys reading, painting, tennis, soccer and backpacking.
David Leonard is in real estate after having a 40-year career in the performing arts. He is appreciative of being able to sleep in his own bed each night and not be out of town for three months at a stretch. Formerly the managing director of Solano College Theatre and co-founder of the Actor Training Program there, David arrives at Marin Shakespeare Company with a diverse skillset. Originally majoring in lighting design, he was co-opted into set design as well. Beyond his producing duties, he has directed and on occasion acted as well. In the early 2000s he moved to NYC and worked both on and off Broadway as well as a host of other lighting duties in Las Vegas and the Middle East. He comes to MSC via an introduction by Jon Tracy, a former student. David is a member of United Scenic Artists 829 and happily remains out of the spotlight. He and his husband Philip (along with Havanese fur babies Augie and Theo) spend as much time as possible RVing all over the United States, dragging nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews on waterskies behind a boat, and watching the 49ers with friends.
Lynn Oldham Robinett is an Episcopal Priest currently working as the Community Engagement Associate at the Marin Interfaith Council. She served as a parish priest for over 20 years in Marin County, and currently leads worship every second Sunday at the Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Marinwood. Prior to being ordained, she served with the Peace Corps in Costa Rica, and later worked for Larkin Street Youth Center doing street outreach with homeless youth. She previously served on the boards of Central Marin Soccer, the Marin Women’s Soccer League, and GAIA Global Health and is currently on the board of Stapleton School of the Performing Arts. In her spare time, she loves to play and watch soccer along with her husband, Ryan. She and Ryan have three children – two daughters in college, and a son at the Marin School of the Arts in Novato. Lynn joined the Marin Shakespeare Company board after she was introduced to the great work that Marin Shakespeare Company does through her son who had the fortune to perform with the Company in both Richard III and Love’s Labour’s Lost.
Alexandra “Sandy” Zuber is a lawyer, real estate developer and community leader. Growing up in Sydney, Australia, Sandy attended the University of Sydney where she received her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law degrees. Her law practice first focused on merger and acquisitions and cross-border leveraged leasing for commercial passenger aircraft and then maritime law focused on shipbuilding contract negotiation, vessel financing and refinancing, and maritime insurance litigation. Leaving her legal career behind, Sandy founded and ran a property development company in Australia focused on apartment and condominium development until she moved permanently to Mill Valley, CA in 2002. Sandy’s commitment to non-profit organizations over the past 38 years began with her involvement in World Vision Australia and included regular pro bono work for Legal Aid Australia. Upon moving to California, Sandy served for seven years with Marin Advocates for Children as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for abused and neglected foster children, and as Parent Chair of Performing Arts at Mount Tamalpais School. Sandy also served on the board of 142 Throckmorton Theatre, where she served as Board President 2015-2016. A passionate animal advocate, Sandy has spent many years volunteering in both clinical and development roles at various animal rescues. Sandy joined the Board of Marin Shakespeare Company in October 2016, where she has served as Co-Chair of the Capital Campaign Cabinet, and then of the Capital Campaign which has to date raised $5M to purchase and transform 514 Fourth Street into a Center For Social Justice, Arts and Education as well as renovate the Forest Meadows Amphitheatre. Sandy is very devoted to all facets of Marin Shakespeare Company’s work, but especially to the Shakespeare For Social Justice program; her experiences at San Quentin have been life changing. She currently serves on the Board’s Anti-Racism Committee, as well as the Nomination Committee. She lives in Mill Valley with her husband and three children.