NASAA’s peer groups of state arts agency staff and volunteers gather during the Assembly to network and discuss challenges and successes unique to their roles. Peer group session agendas are created by each group; contact your group’s coordinator(s) to offer agenda suggestions.
All Peer Group sessions take place on Thursday, October 24, from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Preconference gatherings for the Arts Education Managers Professional Development Institute (PDI) and the New Executive Directors Forum, as well as for Accessibility Coordinators, Community Development Coordinators, and Folk and Traditional Arts Program Managers, take place between Monday, October 21, and Wednesday, October 23. Check the Agenda & Sessions page for exact dates and times once they are available.
Coordinators:
Shari Hofschire, Chair, Nebraska Arts Council
Gene Meneray, Chair, Louisiana State Arts Council
NASAA Liaisons: Laura Smith and Katie Hughes
Coordinators:
Chad Buterbaugh, Deputy Director, Maryland State Arts Council
Christine Costello, Deputy Director, Colorado Creative Industries
Kate Van Steenhuyse, Assistant Director, Kansas Arts Commission
Freddy Vélez, Deputy Director, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture
NASAA Liaison: Sylvia Prickett
Coordinators:
Jennie Knoebel, Arts Education Working Group (AEWG) Chair, Senior Grants and Program Manager, Iowa Economic Development Authority
Kimberly Washburn Motte, AEWG Cochair, Arts Learning Director, South Carolina Arts Commission
NASAA Liaison: Meghan McFerrin
Coordinators:
Catherine Crawley, Communications Director, Vermont Arts Council
Ben Stanton, Communications Coordinator, Kansas Arts Commission
NASAA Liaison: Sue Struve
Coordinators:
Rachel Morgan, Program Specialist, Nebraska Arts Council
Lisa Burk-McCoy, Creative Community Development, New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
NASAA Liaison: Eric Giles
Coordinators:
Jessabet Vivas Capos, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture
Ellie Dassler, Mid Atlantic Arts
Kendall Henry, Virgin Islands Council on the Arts; Elisha Oliver, Texas Folklife
Elena Calderón Patiño, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Cassie Rosita Patterson, American Folklore Society
Virginia Siegel, Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts
NASAA Liaison: Sylvia Prickett
Coordinators:
Eric Ashby, Grants and Research Manager, Indiana Arts Commission
Mollie Flanagan, Artist Programs Director, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Miguel Guillén, Program Manager, ArtsWA – Washington State Arts Commission
NASAA Liaisons: Ryan Stubbs and Kelly Liu
Coordinators:
Jarica Walsh, Director of Visual and Public Art, Oklahoma Arts Council
C. Ryan Patterson, Arts Capital Program Coordinator & Public Art Project Manager, Maryland State Arts Council
NASAA Liaison: Eric Giles