Panelists
2017-2018 Museums Level 1

August 23, 2016
9:00 AM - to conclusion
Teleconference (How to participate)

Chair: Kathryn Townsend
Program Manager: Sarah Stage

Wayne Atherholt

Pinellas County

Director of Cultural Affairs & International Relations, City of St. Petersburg, Florida
Previously CEO, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida; Executive Director, Museum of Arts and Science, Daytona Beach, Florida; Vice President, Museum of Science & Industry, Tampa, Florida; Director of Marketing, Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida; Treasurer/Secretary, Florida Art Museum Directors Association
Previously served as Treasurer, Florida Association of Museums; Vice President, Council of Neighborhood Associations, St. Petersburg; and accreditation site visit team for the American Association of Museums
M.A., International Communication, American University; B.Hum., Multi-Media Journalism, Pennsylvania State University

Leon County

Serves on the Florida Association of Museums Foundation Board; served on the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; past President of the Tallahassee Museum; trustee for the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra; southeastern representative for the AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training
Previously directed the Florida State University Museum Studies certificate program and the World Museums international cultural program in Spain and England, and has taught graduate seminars in museum studies, museum management and public history at Florida State University, and was a researcher and docent for the Governor’s Mansion collection
Ph.D. in Museum Studies, University of Leicester; M.A., History and Criticism of Art, Florida State University; B.S., Anthropology, American University

Polk County

Chief Executive Officer, Explorations V Children's Museum
Former volunteer, Board Member, and Capital Campaign Director, Explorations V Children's Museum, and worked at Disney and Sun Bank
Serves on the Florida Association of Museums Board of Directors as Children’s Section Chair; the United Way of Central Florida Director’s Council
Past President, Cultural Arts Board of Polk County
Human Rights Award from Church Women United; A Woman of Distinction Nominee and a contributing author to “World Class Service,” 1989 Intercultural Press Inc.
Studied Business Management, Robert Morris College & Rollins College; Certificate Nonprofit Leadership, University of Wisconsin; graduate of Leadership Polk and Leadership Lakeland

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

Broward County

Executive Director of the Historic Stranahan House Museum, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Previously held positions in development at the Ann Storck Center, Fort Lauderdale Children’s Theatre, the Comprehensive AIDS Program of Palm Beach County, the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, and the United Way of Broward County
Received the 2009 Women’s Way Volunteer of the Year and was awarded with her most prized possession, her pink guitar signed by the Women’s Way Steering Committee; Co-chaired the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) National Philanthropy Day Luncheon; serves on the AFP Board as Secretary and Scholarship Chair; and the Board for Canine Assisted Therapy
BA Magna Cum Laude in Studio Art and Art History from Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina; and graduate of Leadership Broward Class

Palm Beach County

Grants and Sponsorships Manager, Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach Florida
30 years of experience as a program director, funder, and grants manager at organizations such as the Huntington Historical Society (NY), LaGuardia Community College (NY), the Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County, and the Armory Art Center (West Palm Beach)
Previously served as a volunteer for the Youth Services Committee (Community Board 6, Brooklyn), Youth Arts Festival Committee (Sunnyside, Queens), and Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse
B.A., Social Studies Education, Wake Forest University; graduate studies, Hunter College; graduate of the Grantsmanship Institute Seminar, College/City University of New York

Palm Beach County

Development Officer for Institutional Giving, Norton Museum of Art
Previously Managing Director, Yale Cabaret; Artistic Associate, Florida Stage; Management Fellow, Seattle Repertory Theatre
Serves on the boards of Blue Planet Writer’s Room and the Masterworks Chorus of the Palm Beaches
M.F.A, Theater Management, Yale School of Drama; B.A., Amherst College