Panelists
2015-2016 Presenter Levels 1 and 2 and Projects
September 15, 2014
9:00 AM - to conclusion
Teleconference (How to participate)
Chair: Kathryn Townsend
Program Manager: Sarah Stage
Mark Alexander
Palm Beach County
- Theatre Director, Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth, Florida
- Previously, Executive Director at Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center in Long Island, New York and the Director of Education and Community Affairs at Ruth Eckerd Hall, PACT Institute for Performing Arts
- Former board member of Clearwater Jazz Holiday Foundation and Arts for a Complete Education (ACE) and a former Board Vice President for the International Association of Performing Arts for Young People, and currently serves as an advisory board member of VSA arts of Florida – Palm Beach County and is former President of Florida Professional Presenters Consortium
- BA, Accounting and Economics, Rutgers University
Mary Britt
Marion County
- Executive Director, Ocala Civic Theatre, Ocala, Florida
- Serves on the board of directors of the Florida Theatre Conference and the Tourist Development Council's Marketing & Grant Committee (Marion County), and is a member of the City of Ocala's Racial Harmony Task Force
- Past President of the American Association of Community Theatre; member of SunTrust Banks' Marion County Board of Directors
Melanie Emmanuelli
Orange County
- Grants Manager, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
- Previously Director of Grants Management, Lawrence Hall Youth Services; Researcher,Nuestra Musica: Latino Chicago, SmithsonianFolklife Festival; Grants Officer, America’s Families United; Founder, Puerto Rican Organization for the Performing Arts
- B.A., Theater and BA, Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago; M.S., Community Psychology, Springfield College; 18 PhD courses, Performance Studies, Northwestern University
Christopher Heacox
Leon County
- Executive Director, Florida State University’s fine and performing arts series, Opening Nights Performing Arts, Tallahassee, Florida
- Previously served as Executive Director of Riverside Fine Arts Series and the Friday Musicale both in Jacksonville, Florida, Arts Administrator for the Porter Center for the Performing Arts in Brevard, North Carolina, and has also taught jazz saxophone, music theory, and music technology at the University of North Florida and Stetson University
- President, Florida Professional Presenters Consortium
- Active member of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters
- MM in Performance – Jazz and Contemporary Media, Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester; BA in Music, Florida State University; and is a graduate of Leadership Jacksonville
Laura Quinlan
Miami-Dade County
- Director, Rhythm Foundation, Miami
- Laura has developed some signature programs for the Rhythm Foundation that include the TransAtlantic Festival and Big Night in Little Haiti
- Honored in 2013 by the French government as a chevalier des artes et letters
- BA, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts
Numa Saisselin
Duval County
- President, Florida Theatre, Jacksonville
- Served as CEO of the Count Basie Theatre for 10 years, a 1,500 seat 1926 historic theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey
- Previously Managing and Artistic Director of the City University of New York’s College of Staten Island Center for the Arts (1998-2002) and the Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill, New York (1992-1997)
- He has been a board member of the League of Historic American Theatres and President of the Consortium of Eastern Regional Theatres
- Graduate of the Fredonia School of Music; MBA, Adelphi University; and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management, Springfield College