Panel Report Presenter Level 3

Memorandum

The Presenter Level 3 grant panel meeting was held via teleconference on September 18, 2015. Seventeen (17) 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:

There were no public comments.

Panel Biographies

Denise Bealin

Collier County

• Senior Director, Development Operations & Communications, Artis-Naples
• Former Director of Development and Communications, United Arts of Central Florida
• Earned three MAXI awards from the Direct Marketing Association of Washington, D.C while at George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate, Museum & Gardens
• Bachelor of Business Administration, Pace University – Lubin School of Business

William Coleman

Hillsborough County

• Director of Education, VSA Florida, Tampa, Florida
• Former Director of Arts Access, Tennessee Arts Commission
• Develops and administers state and federal grants to arts organizations, non-arts organizations, individuals and group artists producing arts projects.
• Provides individual consultations, assisting constituent groups in the grant making process
• Director of music at the Performing Arts Day Camp for Oklahoma City Parks and Recreation
• Former choral director and teacher of music theory and music appreciation, Midwest City High School
• M.A., Piano Performance, Middle Tennessee State University; M.M., Piano Performance and Pedagogy, University of Oklahoma; B.M., Piano Performance, University of Tennessee; B.S. Environmental Science, Purdue University

Mark Hart

Miami-Dade County

• Executive and Artistic Director, Coral Gables Congregational Church, Community Arts Program (CAP)
• Cultural grants review panelist for Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
• New World Symphony Fellows’ Communications Coach
• M.B.A., Marketing; B.S., Music Education and Voice (NATS Competition winner)

Numa Saisselin

Duval County

• President, Florida Theatre, Jacksonville
• Served as CEO of the Count Basie Theatre for 10 years, a 1,500 seat 1926 historic theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey
• Previously Managing and Artistic Director of the City University of New York’s College of Staten Island Center for the Arts (1998-2002) and the Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill, New York (1992-1997)
• He has been a board member of the League of Historic American Theatres and President of the Consortium of Eastern Regional Theatres
• Graduate of the Fredonia School of Music; MBA, Adelphi University; and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management, Springfield College

Matthew Serio

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

• Program Director, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
• Oversees the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts and serves as Program Director for Entry Track, Local Arts, Presenting, and Theatre disciplines
• Former Director of Development, Habitat for Humanity serving in both Berks and Lancaster counties; Program Manager, Berks Arts Council; Festival Director of the Greater Reading Film Festival; and Senior Advertising Consultant with the Journal Register Company
• Board member of the Greater Reading Young Professionals and was a member of the Lancaster Area Chamber of Commerce
• Studied communication design at Kutztown University

Robert Thaler

Leon County

• Executive Director, The Artist Series of Tallahassee
• Previously Executive Director, Boys' Choir of Tallahassee
• Extensive work experience in radio broadcasting, business ownership, marketing and promotion
• Board-level experience with arts and human services programs in California, New York and Florida
• B.A., Philosophy, Duke University

Marjorie Waldo

Palm Beach County

Bio not yet available.

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.