advisory committee and local host
Advisory Committee
Alexandra Basil
Vice President, Bernard Hodes Group
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Ken Bernhardt
Regents Professor and Taylor E. Little Jr. Professor of Marketing,
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
Elizabeth Boone
Artistic & Executive Director, Miami Light Project
Miami, FL
Alan Brown
Principal, WolfBrown
Fairfield, CT
Laura Bruney
Executive Director, Arts & Business Council of Miami
Miami, FL
Eugene Carr
President, Patron Technology
New York, NY
John C. Copeland
Projects Administrator, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
Miami, FL
Joan Cummings
Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles, CA
Terence McFarland
Executive Director, LA Stage Alliance
Los Angeles, LA
Stephanie Norman
Artistic Director, City Theatre
Miami, FL
Julie Peeler
Vice President of Arts & Business Programs, Americans for the Arts
Tarpon Springs, FL
Estrella G. Ray
Director of Account Development, American Express
Pembroke Pines, FL
J. Dennis Rich
Chair, Arts & Media Management, Columbia College
Chicago, IL
Jill Robinson
President, TRG
Woodland Park, CO
Eloise E. Rodriguez
President, Bristol Public Relations, Inc.
Coral Gables, FL
Iliana Rodriguez
Chair, Arts & Business Council of Miami
Miami, FL
Michael Spring
Director, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
Miami, FL
Gary P. Steuer
Executive Director, Arts & Business Council of Americans for the Arts
Vice President of Private-Sector Affairs, Americans for the Arts
New York, NY
Donna Sutton
Audience Development Specialist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
Jerry Yoshitomi
Consultant, MeaningMatters
Port Hueneme, CA
Local Host
Special thanks to our local host the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.
The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and its volunteer advisory board, the Cultural Affairs Council, develop cultural excellence, diversity and participation throughout Miami-Dade County by strategically creating and promoting opportunities for our community’s thousands of artists and nonprofit cultural organizations, and our residents and visitors who are their audiences. The Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council provide grants and technical assistance to cultural organizations and individual artists; develop and improve cultural facilities; create and advance arts education, public information and outreach programs; advocate for effective cultural policies and for more public and private resources to invest in cultural development; and promote and market our cultural assets broadly and innovatively.
Founded in 1976, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council cultivates Greater Miami‘s thriving, vibrant, international cultural community.
The Department receives funding through the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, The Children’s Trust, the National Endowment for the Arts, the State of Florida through the Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts Council, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Other support and services are provided by Ticketmaster for the Culture Shock Miami program, the Miami-Dade County Communications Department, the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, the South Florida Cultural Consortium and the Tourist Development Council.
