Panelists
2017-2018 Museums Level 3 (A)

August 25, 2016
9:00 AM - to conclusion
Teleconference (How to participate)

Chair: Terry Olson
Program Manager: Sarah Stage

Julia Black Andrews

Broward County

• Executive Director, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, Florida
• Previously, Curator & Program Manager for Art Serve, Ft. Lauderdale
• Portrait painter, specializes in pets
• Member, City of Pompano Beach Public Art Committee

Andrea Bailey Cox

Orange County

• Executive Director and CEO, Art & History Museums Maitland,  which includes the Maitland Art Center, Waterhouse Residence Museum, Carpentry Shop Museum, The Telephone Museum, and the Maitland Historical Museum
• Previously employed at Wellesley College, Maitland Historical Society, Fuller Craft Museum, Maitland Art Center, Pucker Gallery, and the Girl Scouts of Citrus Council
• Orlando Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 honoree, ArtsFwd Business Unusual Finalist, Orlando Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business Woman to Watch Nominee, and Girl Scouts’ Woman of Distinction Nominee
• M.B.A., Rollins College, Crummer Graduate School of Business; B.A., Art History, New College of Florida

Michael Gieda

Monroe County

• Executive Director, Key West Art & Historical Society, Key West, Florida
• Previously, Assistant Director, Key West Art & Historical Society
• M.A., Secondary Social Studies and B.A., History, Temple University

Jon Hill

Escambia County

• Executive Director, Pensacola Lighthouse Museum, Pensacola, Florida
• Previously, Scientific Diver for the University of West Florida and a Corporate Trainer for Ganesco
• Currently on the Board of Directors, Florida Lighthouse Association; Board of Directors, Florida Association of Museums; Board of Governors, West Florida Historical Preservation; previously on the Board of Directors, Friends of Governor Stone
• Received the 2012 Shining Light Award for Emerging Leader and the 2012 Greater Pensacola Chamber Small Business of the Month Award
• Bachelor degree in History, Pensacola State College

 

Douglas Jones

Alachua County

• Executive Director, Florida Museum of Natural History and Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
• President, American Alliance for Museums; Board Member, Florida Association of Museums Foundation; and past President, Association of Science Museum Directors
• B.S., Geology/Earth Science, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Ph.D., Geological & Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University

Michael Perkins

Orange County

• Executive Director, Historical Society of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
• Previously, Chief of Museum Exhibits and Special Events Coordinator, Historical Society of Central Florida
• M.A., Public Administration, University of Central Florida; B.A., History and Business Administration, Michigan State University

Miguel Seco

Miami-Dade County

• Grants Manager, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Miami, Florida
• Previously, Executive Director and Chief Curator, Florida Center for Photography; Grants Administrator and Governmental Affairs Manager, City of North Miami  
• B.A. with Honors, Art History, Northwestern University;  graduate studies in cultural development, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Studies in Bologna, Italy and Washington, DC; Richter International Scholar in Art History, Rome, Italy; fellow at the Harvard University Salzburg Seminar, Salzburg, Austria