Board of Directors

Board Officers (FY2010)

Name

Title Location
Todd Parker Lowe
Chair
President, Parthenon LLC Louisville, Kentucky
Dr. Margaret S. Mertz
Vice Chair
Executive Director,
Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts
Winston- Salem,
North Carolina
Sandy Shaughnessy
Vice Chair
Executive Director, Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Tallahassee, Florida
William M. Nix
Vice Chair
V.P. Marketing/Gov. Affairs, Palm Beach County Cultural Center West Palm Beach, Florida
Scott Shanklin-Peterson
Secretary
Director, Arts Management Program & Associate Professor, School of the Arts College of Charleston Kaiwah Island, South Carolina
Richard R. Ranta, Ph.D.
Treasurer
Dean of College of Communications and Fine Arts,
University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Hellena Huntley Tidwell
Development Chair
Arts Advocate Atlanta, Georgia
Margaret "Tog" Newman    Immediate Past Chair Winston-Salem, North Carolina

 

Board Members

Name

Title Location
Ted Abernathy
Executive Director, Southern Growth Policies Board Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Pam Breaux CRT Secretary, Louisiana Dept. of Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Rich Boyd Executive Director,
Tennessee Arts Commission
Nashville, Tennessee
Jim Clinton CEO, Cenla Advantage Partnership
Alexandria, Louisiana
Stephanie Conner Executive Director, Tennesseans for the Arts Nashville, Tennessee
Derek Gordon CEO, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Al Head Executive Director,
Alabama State Council on the Arts
Montgomery, Alabama
Dana La Fonta
Executive Director, Louisiana Division of the Arts
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Ken May
Acting Executive Director, South Carolina Arts Commission
Columbia, South Carolina
Lori Meadows Executive Director, Kentucky Arts Council Frankfort, Kentucky
Vanzetta Penn McPherson
Retired U.S. Judge
Montgomery, Alabama
Mary B. Regan Executive Director,
North Carolina Arts Council
Raleigh, North Carolina
Dianne Walton Former Associate Dean, Meridian Community College Meridian, Mississippi
Susan S. Weiner Executive Director,
Georgia Council for the Arts
Atlanta, Georgia
Malcolm White Executive Director,
Mississippi Arts Commission
Jackson, Mississippi