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Jennifer Coolidge has over 23 years of experience as an arts administrator. Coolidge has served as the Executive Director for the Museum of Florida Art since 2001; Executive Director for Florida Alliance for Art Education, FAAE (1995-2001); Education Coordinator for the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, FL and served in education positions for the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem-Forsyth County Arts Council, Sawtooth Center for Visual Art in Winston Salem, NC and others in North Carolina. She has also served as a consultant, presenter and grant panelist for such organizations as The Center for Human Rights and Civil Liberties at The University of Southern Mississippi; Arts Extension Service, University of Massachusetts; ICARE, Initiative for Cultural Arts and Education in Cleveland, Ohio; United Arts of Central Florida, Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, and Rochester Contemporary Art Center in Rochester, NY and the Arts Council of Asheville, NC. Coolidge graduated with a B.A. in Fine Art from Guilford College in Greensboro, NC and completed a fellowship with the Denali Initiative on Social Enterprise in 2000 through The Kauffman Center on Entrepreneurial Leadership. Coolidge has received such awards as an Ambassador of the Arts Award from Florida First Lady, Columba Bush, in 2005; Distinguished Service Award from the Florida Music Educators Association in 2002, and the ACE of Hearts Award from ACE/FAAE in 2001. Coolidge serves as Past President of the Volusia County Cultural Alliance, and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Florida House in Washington, DC. Sibille Hart Pritchard is Senior Vice President of the Brooksville Development Corporation. She is Past President of the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Incorporated, the Zora Neale Hurston Festival, and the Board of Directors of the Orlando Ballet. As President of Global Connections of Central Florida at the University of Central Florida as well as Chair of the Florida/Southeast U.S. - Japan Association, Sibille provides an international perspective. Sibille also serves as a Commissioner for the Seminole County Housing Authority, and is a board member of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, Florida State University’s Medical School Community Board, and the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center in Orlando. She is former Chair of the Florida Arts Council, a past board member of the Florida Executive Women organization, and the Governor's Council of Libraries. Tom Pearson, Ed.D., President-Elect K-12 Arts Education Administrator, Palm Beach County Schools West Palm Beach, FL Dr. Tom Pearson is the Arts Education Administrator for the School District of Palm Beach County, and a thirty-two-year veteran in the field of education. For twenty of those years, he taught band at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, and conducted two community bands. Dr. Pearson is a Past President of the Mississippi Bandmasters Association, where he taught band for 12 years before moving to Florida. Since moving to Florida, he has served as District Chairman for FBA District 14 and Chairman of the FBA Ethics Committee for two terms. He has served as the Vice President for Governmental Relations on the Florida Alliance for Arts Education/Arts for a Complete Education Board of Directors and the Governmental and Community Relations Chair for the Florida Music Educators’ Association. He is past president of the Florida Music Supervisors Association and a past board member on the Florida School Music Association. Dr. Pearson also serves on the education boards of the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts and the Norton Museum of Art. He is currently serving as the president of the Palm Beach County Administrative Staff Association. Dr. Pearson was the Magnet/Choice Program Specialist and Acting Director for the School District of Palm Beach County. Dr. Pearson is a frequent conference presenter for student recruitment/assignment, and partnership and funding at the international level. He has been an adjunct professor for Palm Beach Community College and currently an adjunct professor in the Interdisciplinary Arts graduate program at Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Pearson has adjudicated for the Florida Bandmasters Association, Bands of America, Heritage Festivals, and Drum Corps International throughout the United States. Dr. Pearson was the recipient of the 2009 FAAE Administration and Leadership Award for the State of Florida.

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