College and Career

Chair: Dorothy Englis, Webster University, Conservatory of Theatre Arts

Members: Dr. Douglas Ashcraft, Idyllwild Arts Academy; Bill Barrett, Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design; Jesse Bransford, NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development; Carol Kim, CalArts; Patricia Decker, NYU Tisch School of the Arts; Dr. Suzy Highland, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Riverfront; Murphy Monroe, Columbia College Chicago; Valerie Morris, College of Charleston.

Best Practices

Chair: Dr. R. Scott Allen, High School for the Performing and Visual Arts

Members: Kim Bruno, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Arts and Performing Arts; Rory Pullens, Duke Ellington School of the Arts; Dr. Ralph Opacic, Orange County High School of the Arts

Leadership

Chair: Donn K. Harris, Oakland School for the Arts

Members: Jackie Collins, Idaho Arts Charter School; Jackie Cornelius, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts; Dr. Denise Davis-Cotton, Argosy University, Founder Detroit School of Arts; Dr. Roy Fluhrer, Fine Arts Center of Greenville; Pam Jordan, Chicago Academy for the Arts; Mary Martha Lappe, Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) Friends; Tom Sherry, Hamilton Anderson Associates

Elementary and Middle Arts Schools, Arts Integration

Chair: Dr. Scott Rudes, Orange Grove Middle Magnet School of the Arts

Member: Christine Fisher, Arts in Basic Curriculum Project

Awards

Chair: Dr. Denise Davis-Cotton, Argosy University, Founder Detroit School of Arts

Members: Past President’s Council (as needed)

Conference January 2012 in Lake Buena Vista, FL

Chair: Dr. Craig Collins, Lois Cowles Harrison Center for the Visual and Performing Arts (Harrison School for the Arts)

Members: Gregory Basham, Howard W. Blake School of the Arts; Jackie Cornelius, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Duval County Schools; Dr. Denise Davis-Cotton, Argosy University, Founder Detroit School of Arts; Michael Finkelstein, Orange Grove Middle Magnet School of the Arts; Angela Hartvigsen, Sarasota County Public Schools; Elizabeth Kennedy, Bak Middle School of the Arts; Dr. Tom Pearson, Palm Beach County Schools; Dr. Scott Rudes, Orange Grove Middle Magnet School of the Arts;
Daryl Ward, Harrison School for the Arts

Conference October 2012 in Chicago, IL

Chair: David Flatley, Center for Community Arts Partnerships, Columbia College Chicago

Members: Pamela Jordan, Chicago Academy for the Arts; Terri Milsap, ChiArts; Murphy Monroe, Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions, and Ania Greiner, Columbia College Chicago

Conference October 2013 in New York, NY

Chair Patricia Decker, NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Members: Jesse Bransford, NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development; Kim Bruno, LaGuardia School of Music & Arts and Performing Arts; Patricia Decker, NYU Tisch School of the Arts; Donna Finn, Frank Sinatra School of the Arts

Nominations, Board and Slate

Chair: Tim Wade, Interlochen Center for the Arts

Members: Jackie Cornelius, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts; Dr. Denise Davis-Cotton, Argosy University, Founder Detroit School of Arts; Dorothy Englis, Webster University, Conservatory of Theatre Arts; Dr. Roy Fluhrer, Fine Arts Center, Greenville County, SC; Donn Harris, Oakland School for the Arts, Mary Martha Lappe, Houston High School for Performing & Visual Arts (HSPVA) Friends

Research

Chair (interim): Kristy Callaway, Arts Schools Network

Sponsorship

Chair: Dr. Ralph Opacic, Orange County High School of the Arts

Members: Bill Barrett, Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design; Dr. Craig Collins, Lois Cowles Harrison Center for the Visual and Performing Arts; Jackie Cornelius, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts; Rory Pullens, Duke Ellington School of the Arts

Student Recognition - On Your Way

Chair: Dr. Valerie Morris, Dean, School of the Arts, College of Charleston

Members:  Dottie Englis, Chair, Conservatory of Theatre Arts, Webster University; Dejen Tesfagiorgis, President, ArtsApp

Committee of Judges 
Filmmaking: Brian King, USC Thornton School of Music; Associate Professor of Practice and Director, Scoring for Motion Pictures & Television; Dirk Matthews, Film Faculty and Associate Director, Columbia College Portfoliio Center
Classical Voice: David Templeton, College of Charleston School of the Arts, Assistant Professor Voice and Opera; Deanna McBroom, College of Charleston, School of the Arts, Professor Voice/Director of the Voice Program
Musical Theatre/Acting: Kent Gash, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Director of New Studio on Broadway; Lara Teeter, Webster University's Leigh Gerdine School of the Arts, Associate Professor Musical Theatre
Visual Arts: Kim Russo, Fine Arts Department Head, Ringling College of Arts and Design, Michael Wyshock, Faculty Visual Arts, Ringling College of Arts and Design

Master Series - Life in the Arts

Chair: Donn Harris, Oakland School for the Arts

Members: Jackie Collins, Idaho Arts Charter School; Roy Fluhrer, The Fine Arts Center of Greenville; Donn Harris, Oakland School for the Arts; Dr. Suzy Highland, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts|Riverfront; Maureen O'Brien, Santa Fe University of Art and Design; Ralph Opacic, Orange County High School of the Arts; Rory Pullens, Duke Ellington School of the Arts; Gary Soerensen, Los Angeles County High School of the Arts