Panelists
2017-2018 Multidisciplinary Level 2
August 30, 2016
9:00 AM - to conclusion
Teleconference (How to participate)
Chair: Kathryn Townsend
Program Manager: Hillary Crawford
Javier Betancourt
Jefferson County
- Executive Director, Monticello Opera House, Monticello, Florida
- Former grants compliance coordinator and manager in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) with the Community Food & Nutrition grant as part of the Community Development Block Grant, the Department of Education (DOE) with the Florida Learn & Serve Program and for the Corporation for National & Community Service where he worked with AmeriCorps programs statewide at the Governor’s Commission for Volunteerism, Volunteer Florida
- Mr. Betancourt has experience in operations and organizational development, leadership in advocacy, fundraising and financial management; the delivery of grant programs and services; sustainability, scalability and capacity building; large-scale conference/event management; long-range strategic planning; outreach; board relations; and daily office management and administration
- BA, 2001, Summa Cum Laude with Honors, Humanities and Creative Writing, Florida State University
Grace Kewl
Broward County
- Arts Administrator, arts education and advocacy services, Broward County Cultural Division, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
- Chair of The Association of American Cultures, a national arts service organization dedicated to cultural democracy, equal participation and equity in funding and leadership
- Board member, Florida Alliance for Arts Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Community Studies, Union Institute and University; Master’s Degree in Public Administration, Nova Southeastern University
James Moy
Hillsborough County
- Dean, College of the Arts, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
- Former Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design
- Member of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans, the Association for Asian American Studies, the National Association of Schools of Theater, and the American Drama Society
- PhD, Cultural Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mark Mustian
Leon County
- Founder, Word of South Festival of Literature and Music, Tallahassee, Florida
- His novel, The Gendarme, received the Florida Book Awards gold award for general fiction for 2010, and was short-listed for the Dayton International Literary Peace Prize and the Saroyan International Award for Writing
- Attorney with Nabors, Giblin & Nickerson, P.A., where he has practiced public finance law for over 25 years
- Alumnus of both Leadership Tallahassee and Leadership Florida. In 2001 he received the Distinguished Leader of the Year award from Leadership Tallahassee
- Former City Commissioner and former Chair of the Tallahassee Area Chamber of Commerce
- B.S. 1980, J.D. 1983, University of Florida
Christine Nottage
Monroe County
- Christine has a lengthy background in nonprofits and the arts. She has worked with such organizations as the Cleveland Museum of Art, High Museum of Art in Atlanta and most recently the Key West Art & Historical Society
- Also she served on the Board of the Goldwell Open Air Museum in Nevada. She currently sits on the Board of the Key West Business Guild
- Christine has an undergraduate in art history, a master's in nonprofit management and is currently working on a marine environmental technology degree
- Currently she is a development consultant working with arts and cultural organizations in the Keys and she is adjunct faculty at the Florida Keys Community College
Tom Pearson
Palm Beach County
- Executive Director, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach
- Former Executive Director, Mississippi Arts Commission (2013-2016); former Arts Education Administrator, School District of Palm Beach County (2003-2013)
- Currently serving on the Board of Directors, University of Southern Mississippi Alumni Association
- Past board service: President, Florida Alliance for Arts Education; Board Member, Florida Music Educators Association; Board Member, Florida Bandmasters Association; Served three-year term, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Advisory Board Partners in Education; Board Member, Mississippi Blues Trail Commission; Board Member, Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area; Committee member, Norton Museum of Art, Education Committee; Committee member, Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Education Committee
- Bachelor of Music Education, Masters of Music Education, University of Southern Mississippi; Ed. S. Educational Leadership and Administration; Ed. D. Education and Arts Administration, Nova Southeastern University
Clare Vickery
Broward County
- Founder/Director, Grace Arts Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and Founder, Dania Beach Art & Antique Festival , Dania Beach, Florida
- Director, R&J [Romeo and Juliet] - 'R&J' is set in Miami at the close of the 20th Century. This adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet infuses the traditional story's strains between families with the tensions between two battling dance troupes - one of tango (Montague) and one of hip hop (Capulet). The young protagonists travel through time with the help of a Narrator who in spoken word leads the audience on a surprise journey of reconciliation in a fast-paced one hour production
- Gallery owner since 2005 and sponsor of 2007 ArtMiami Director's Choice exhibition for Miami's award-winning Artist, Purvis Young
- Former Board Member, Broward Enterprise Zone, Dania Beach Creative Arts Board, Ft. Lauderdale Community Redevelopment Area
- Masters, Urban and Regional Planning, Florida Atlantic University