Panelists
2015-2016 Arts in Education and Underserved Communities

August 25, 2014
9:00 AM - to conclusion
Teleconference (How to participate)

Chair: LaVon Bracy
Program Manager: Tim Storhoff

Kay Campbell

Pinellas County

Served as Associate, then Director of Education at Ruth Eckerd Hall
Education & Grant Services Director at the Pinellas County Cultural Affairs
Former educator in Pinellas County Schools
Served on the Clearwater Arts Alliance for several years as a non-voting member/liaison from the Pinellas County Arts Council and was honored to be asked to continue to serve following the county's decision to eliminate the Arts Council
Passions include yoga, cooking, reading, and the arts--all of the arts
BA Education and graduate work in special education with an emphasis on Gifted Programs, Theatre and Arts Administration. University of South Florida; Studied Theater at University of Mississippi

Leon County

Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Internships at Florida State University (FSU) in the Department of Art Education, Arts Administration Master’s and Doctoral students
Research interests include Arts Administration Education, Arts Administration Theory and Practice, and Cultural Policy, and social justice in the arts
Published in the American Journal of Arts Management, the Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, the Music Entertainment and Industry Educator’s Association Journal, and the Professional Artist Magazine
Previously on the faculty at Purchase College, SUNY, American University, and Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD)
B.M./E.S., Voice & Foreign Languages, Stetson University; M.A, Arts Administration in the College of Music, and PhD, Art Education and Arts Administration, Florida State University

Gadsden County

Education Director, Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, Florida
M.A., Arts Administration with a certificate in Museum Studies; B.A., Art History with a minor in Museum Studies, Florida State University

Orange County

President, Mary Palmer & Associates, LLC, Consultants in Education and the Arts, Orlando, Florida
Professor Emerita, University of Central Florida
Previously, Dean, College of Education, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida; Arts for a Complete Education/Florida Alliance for Arts Education – Consultant to statewide consortium to improve and enhance arts education in Florida's schools and communities
Founder, Florida Alliance for Arts Education
Florida Arts Recognition Award for Outstanding Initiative and Leadership to Advance Culture and the Arts in the State of Florida – Florida Department of State
Ph.D., Music Education, University of Illinois; M.S., Music Education, University of Illinois; B.S., Music Education, University of Illinois

Hillsborough County

Executive Director, VSA Florida, and Visiting Faculty, University of South Florida, College of Education
Led VSA Florida national and state awards for organizational management and education excellence
Former Program Director, AmeriCorps Arts USF and Visiting Faculty, College of Fine Arts
Former Administrative Director, Artists Unlimited
Former Executive Director, Tampa Bay Children’s Chorus
Founder and First Executive Director, Glazer Children’s Museum of Tampa
Served as a grants panelist for the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs and current Board Member of the Arts Council of Hillsborough County and Arts for Health Florida
M.A., Urban Studies, University of Texas; B.A., Sociology, University of Florida