Panelists
2016-2017 Presenter Level 1, Level 2 and Projects

September 10, 2015
9:00 AM - to conclusion
Teleconference (How to participate)

Chair: Robert Judd
Program Manager: Hillary Crawford

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

Hillsborough County

Executive Director, Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa, Florida
Previous Executive Director, The Arts Council of Northwest Florida and Michigan Performing Arts
MBA, Arts Administration, Illinois State University

Miami-Dade County

General Manager, South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, Miami, Florida
Previously served as Cultural Facilities Manager for the City of Miami Beach from 2002-2007 and Co-Director of Anchor Arts Management, where he provided technical to organizations such as National Performance Network, Tigertail Productions, Animated Physical Theatre and Miami-Dade College-Cultura Del Lobo Series
Co-founded the Acme Acting Co. in Miami, Florida where he served as Artistic Director, Scenic Artist and Technical Director from 1986 – 1995
Vice President, Florida Professional Presenters Consortium

Orange County

Vice President, Programming & Education, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Orlando, Florida
Previously Vice President, Programming, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts and Associate Producer for Casa Mañana Theatre in Fort Worth, TX
Member of the Broadway League, and Tony Award voter

Leon County

Executive Director of Florida State University’s performing arts series, Opening Nights Performing Arts.
Previously served as Executive Director of Riverside Fine Arts Series and the Friday Musicale both in Jacksonville, Flroida, Arts Administrator for the Porter Center for the Performing Arts in Brevard, South Carolina, and has also taught jazz saxophone, music theory, and music technology at the University of North Florida and Stetson University
President of the Florida Professional Presenters Consortium and active member of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters
MM in Performance – Jazz and Contemporary Media from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, BA in Music from Florida State University and is a graduate of Leadership Jacksonville

Duval County

Director of Development, Florida Theatre
Former of Institutional Giving, Cathedral Arts Project, Jacksonville, Florida
Holly has previous experience in grant writing and maintaining donor relationships for local non-profit organizations in Jacksonville and service within academic environments
Bachelor’s degree, Rollins College; Master’s degree, University of Kentucky

Pinellas County

Grants Manager, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida
Board Vice President, Clearwater Arts Alliance, Clearwater, Florida
Formerly National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP) Coordinator, a program of Americans for the Arts; and Cultural Affairs Specialist, Cultural Affairs Division, Parks & Recreation Dept., Clearwater, Florida
BFA Carnegie Mellon University; MA Arts Administration, Goucher College; Certificate in Fund Raising Management, Indianapolis University Fundraising School; Certificate in Fundraising Development, Rollins College; Candidate for Certificate in Nonprofit Executive Leadership Indiana University; Candidate for Certificate in Executive Leadership, eCornell
Certified Fund Raising Executive