Panelists
2017-2018 Visual Arts
August 22, 2016
9:00 AM - to conclusion
Teleconference (How to participate)
Chair: Kathryn Townsend
Program Manager: Sarah Stage
Danielle Bender
Miami-Dade County
- Operations Manager, Bas Fisher International, Miami, Florida
- Previously, Chief of Staff, Borscht Corporation; Freelance Grant Writer, Grant Miami; Assistant Director of Admissions, Miami International University, Art and Design Department
- B.F.A., Photography, Florida International University
Zora Carrier
Hillsborough County
- Executive Director, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts
- Previously, Co-founder and Director, Art Factory, Prague, Czech Republic and Director, Open Concept Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Ph.D., Education, Cormenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Elizabeth Danker
Orange County
- Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida School of Visual Arts & Design
- Produces, directs, and edits 16mm films and videos, specializing in experimental non-fiction
- Named a CINTAS Finalist in Visual Arts in 2014
- Her work has screened internationally in film festivals and programs including at Anthology Film Archives in New York City; The Wisconsin Film Festival; the Puerto Rico Film Festival; Indie Grits; and Artists’ Television Access in San Francisco
- Co-founder of Iowa City Experimental Film Festival
- M.F.A., Film, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Daryl DeBerry
Pinellas County
- Development Director, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Pete
- Previously Major Gifts Officer, Bayfront Health Foundation; Director of Development, Great Explorations Children’s Museum; and Director Admissions and Communications, Canterbury School
- B.A., Art History, Hollins University
Mary Giraulo
Orange County
- Manager, Grants and Arts Education, United Arts of Central Florida, Orlando, and Regional Chair, Florida Chapter, Grants Managers Network
- B.A., Music, Rollins College; Certificate in Proposal Writing, Rollins College of Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership Center
Raven Holloway
Escambia County
- Deputy Director and Chief Curator Pensacola Museum of Art.
- Formerly served as the Director of Education and Outreach (since 2010).
- Prior to joining the Pensacola Museum, she served as the Curator of Education at the Mobile Museum of Art.
- Has worked in museums for seven years.
Sheila Womble
Miami-Dade County
- Executive Director, Arts for Learning, Miami, Florida
- Previously Arts for Learning’s founding Arts Program Director
- Serves on the Young audiences Marketing and Conference Committee
- B.A., Art History and Anthropology, University of Miami
Elizabeth Young
Monroe County
- Executive Director, Monroe Council for the Arts, Key West
- Previously, Business Manager, Island Wellness; and spent nearly a decade in New York City as a Casting Director for film, television and theater
- Serves as Executive Board Member of Congregation B’nai Zion and Florida Association of Public Art Professionals
- B.A., Art History and Theater, Wheaton College