Panelists
2017-2018 Multidisciplinary Level 1 & Projects

September 20, 2016
9:00 AM - to conclusion
Teleconference (How to participate)

Chair: Sandy Shaughnessy
Program Manager: Hillary Crawford

Mary Dillon

Hillsborough County

Pinellas County

Executive Director, Creative Clay, Tampa, Florida
Previously Program Manager, Associate Director of Arts Services, and Director of Arts Education, Creative Clay; directed the Community Arts Program, Creative Clay Transition Program, Volunteer Program, and began the first Creative Clay Art Around the World Inclusionary Summer Camp in 2009; Creative Clay’s 2008 Emerging Leader
B.A., Creative Writing and minors in Art and English; University of Tampa; M.A. coursework completion in Montessori education; Bank of America Leadership Training

Orange County

Grantwriter and Project Director, Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida, Maitland, Florida
Former concert pianist and theater producer
Playwright for Fringe Festival
Former Vice Chair, Laurel Foundation, Jefferson County Pennsylvania
BA, Education and MA, English

Orange County

Development Coordinator with Orlando Fringe since October of 2015, but has been working and volunteering with Fringe since 2013
Long-time arts patron and enthusiast and feels privileged to be supporting the arts through her profession.
Certificate program in Proposal Writing, Edyth Bush Institute for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Management, 2015
BA, Rollins College 2013

Broward County

Assistant Director, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
Susan Rakes has been involved professionally with the arts and arts education for over 20 years. At the age of 19 she developed a children’s theater program that she ran while attending college at the University of South Florida
Bachelors, Education, University of South Florida
Masters, Education with a concentration in Interndisciplinary Arts Administration, Nova Southeastern University
Florida Department of Education certification in Educational Leadership K-12, Florida Atlantic University
Recently, the Art and Culture Center has received recognition by 211 Broward Non-Profit Organization of the Year-The Arts and ArtsEd Forever! award for Exceptional Service and Outstanding Contributions to Arts Education in Broward County

Martin County

Executive director for the Arts Council of Martin County since April 1, 1999. Previously United Way of Martin County and New Horizons of the Treasure Coast
While at Martin County she has created the MartinArts magazine, secured support for the first women’s donor circle in Martin County named “Women Supporting the Arts,” launched an innovative ecoart apprenticeship program, overseen economic impact studies for Martin County, raised funds to allow for a renovation of the Court House Cultural Center galleries, and created an active strategic planning process with meaningful board member engagement. With her leadership Council many projects have grown and improved, including ArtsFest an annual two-day festival created to celebrate the arts in our community and the Council’s role in fostering collaborative projects.
Past president of both the Association of Fund Raising Professionals and the Treasure Coast Planned Giving Council, past chair of the Martin County Parks & Recreation Advisory Board, board member of the South Florida Cultural Consortium, former panel member Palm Beach Cultural Council grant review, and a graduate of LEADERship Martin County
Masters Degree in Philanthropy & Development; BA in Marketing from New York University

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