Panel Report Multidisciplinary Level 3

Memorandum

The Multidisciplinary Level 3 grant panel meeting was held via teleconference on August 28, 2015. Twenty-six (26) eligible applications were reviewed and all were recommended for funding.

A complete list of all reviewed applications, with the request amounts and final scores, is provided in the following sections.

Panel comment was as follows:

There were no panel comments.

Public comment was as follows:

One individual suggested that the Division clarify the definition of multidisciplinary organizations so that presenting organizations have a better understanding of the appropriate category.

Panel Biographies

Karen Climer

Orange County

• Independent grant writer: Central Florida Veterans Memorial Park Foundation, Orlando Ballet, Orlando Philharmonic, and Primrose Center, Orlando, Florida
• Named one of the top three up-and-coming fundraisers in the country by FundRaising Success Magazine.  She received the Walt Chamberlain Scholar Award from the Central Florida Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and has been featured in the “Someone You Should Know” column of Central Florida Lifestyle.  She is published in FundRaising Success and Advancing Philanthropy.
• Bachelor of Music from the University of Alabama and a Master of Business Administration from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College in Winter Park.

Gregory Jackson

Miami-Dade County

• Director of Operations, The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami
• Previously, Production Manager, Lasso the Moon, Miami; Director of Regional Programs, YoungArts, Miami;  Executive Director, Miami Dade College, Cultural Affairs; Performing Arts Coordinator, Miami Dade College
• Committee Member, Commissioner Jean Monestime’s District #2 Haitian Heritage Month; Board Member, The National Performance Network, New Orleans; President, Diaspora Arts Coalition, Miami
• M.M., Vocal Performance, University of Massachusetts Lowell; B.S., Music/Vocal Performance, Adelphi University

Jessica Kaschube

Miami-Dade County

• General Manager, GableStage, Coral Gables
• Previously, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Production Office Assistant, Electrician, Backstage Technician, and Tech Camp Teacher; Scenic Artist, Montana Repertory Theatre/Alpine Theatre Project; Charge Artist, Bigfork Summer Playhouse, Montana
• B.F.A., Technical Theatre and Design, University of Montana; Recipient, Talent Scholarship

Roberta Kjelgaard

Palm Beach County

• Director of Development, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton
• Previously, Director of Development, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University; Director of Development, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York; Adjunct Instructor, Barry University; Assistant Dean of Dance, New World School of the Arts; Director of Fundraising and Marketing, Miami Light Project; Board of Directors, Florida Dance Association
• M.A., Dance, Ohio State University; B.A., Pennsylvania State University    

Chandra McKern

Escambia County

• Managing Director, Pensacola Opera
• Previously, Director of Education and Outreach at Nashville Opera; Education Director, Pensacola Opera
• Vocal Soloist and Performing Artist, Tulsa Opera, Opera Birmingham, Nevada Opera, Chicago Opera Theater and Central City Opera
• M.M., Indiana University; Bachelor of Music, University of Northern Iowa 

James Shermer

Broward County

• Grants Administrator, Broward County Cultural Division
• Previously, Assistant Director, Performing of Arts, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York
• Recipient, 2009 Encore Award, “Arts Administer of the Year”
• M.M. and M.B.A., University of Miami, Coral Gables; B.B.A.,  Business Administration, Texas Christian University; Mid-Career program, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, New York

Panel Recommendations

This list contains the panel recommendations to the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. This is not a final funding recommendation. Panel review is step 2 in a 4 step review process.