Our Team
President
Liz Robertson is a former educator who has been doing theater in some capacity for the last 25 years. Presently, she is the outreach case manager at the YWCA domestic violence shelter.
She has a passion for technical theater and encouraging the passion of young people. She currently acts as the President of Horizon Youth Theatre.
Liz Robertson
Vice President
Dr. Keith Guion received his B.A. and M.A. from BGSU with a major in Theatre, and his PhD from the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign.
He has been teaching and directing Readers Theatre since the mid-1990s, and in 1996, he organized a Readers Theatre performance group called Spoken Images which performed throughout Ohio for 20 years.
In 2001, Dr. Guion was asked to direct a youth theatre production in Ashland, Ohio. He’s been direction youth ever since.
In 2013 Dr. Guion joined the HYT Board. In 2016, he became the director of plays for young actors (6 to12) and he still works in that capacity today.
Keith Guion
Secretary
Meg Vostal is a special education faculty member in the College of Education and Human Development at Bowling Green State University. Apart from a short stint in a high school play, she has no theatre experience whatsoever. But, as a former school teacher and counselor, she is happy to bring data collection and grant writing experience to Horizon Youth Theatre’s board. Meg, her husband Brooks, and their son Charlie live in Bowling Green. Charlie has been an actor in HYT shows and written one-acts for the Festival of Shorts, but his favorite theatre job is running the sound board for HYT. Meg is thrilled to be part an organization that prioritizes inclusivity and offers so many opportunities for kids’ participation!
Meg Vostal
Treasurer/Fundraising Committee Head
Tim has been with HYT for 6 years as the resident choreographer. Always wanting to be more involved in the inner workings of HYT to better the organization and help educate the children, he proudly takes on the mantle of treasurer. With one of two degrees in dance education, Tim also teaches at Julie's Dance Studio. His passion for the arts has no limits and he takes care to pass what he knows down to his students. With the other degree in mathematics, Tim dabbles in financial and educational pursuits. Tim feels he could use both of his degrees to uplift HYT.
Tim Barker
Board Member at Large
Leonid Roberts-Zibbel
Communications/Outreach Committee Head
Elizabeth Roberts-Zibbel
Board Member at Large
John Toth
Events Committee Head
Karen Walters joined the board as the Cast Party coordinator in 2010 when her oldest, Bob, was 8 and was cast in "The Phantom Tollbooth". She served as President in the past as well & continues as a board member. Since then her other 2 children, Rose & Alice have joined HYT. Karen also enjoys planning and running raffles to raise funds for HYT. Her day job is teaching music at Eastwood Elementary to Kind.-4th grade students.
Karen Walters
Board Member at Large/Student Board Advisor
Harley Partlow
