Sondra Gilman is the chairman of Soncel Inc., a real estate development company in Kingsland Georgia.
Personal: Married to Celso Gonzalez-Fall. Widow of Charles Gilman, owner of Gilman Paper Co.
Background: Sondra Gilman has been involved in theater for over 25 years. Through the Gilman and Gonzalez-Falla Musical Theater Foundation she participated in over 21 Broadway, Off Broadway and Regional productions, over ten musical theatre albums and various musical festivals, readings, showcases and fellowship grants. She was Tony nominated as a producer of the award winning Broadway musical Sophisticated Ladies.
Chairman, Sondra & Charles Gilman Jr. Foundation, Inc. President, Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theater Foundation, Inc. Former Chairman and current Board member, American Theatre Wing
She was a trustee of Lincoln Center Theatre and the Patron's Room in the lobby is named after her late husband and herself. Former Board member, RKO Pictures
Ms. Gilman was honored with Theatreworks U.S.A.'s Lee Salk Good Works Award and Musical Theatre Works Annual Award for Distinguished Contributions to Musical Theatre
She is a past Vice-President and member of the Executive Committee of the Whitney Museum of American Art as well as Chair of many acquisition committees. She helped create the photography collection at the Whitney and both the Photography Curatorial Chair and the Photography Gallery are named after her. ArtNews Magazine named her one of the Top 25 Photography Collectors today.