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Anne Ostholthoff
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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Anne Ostholthoff is responsible for the oversight and organizational development of ArtsNow, including collaborative partnerships, finance, community relations and fund-raising. A true leader of Atlanta’s arts in education community, Anne was a recipient of the Martin Luther King Innovation for Change Award given by the Rollins School of Public Health and the Goizueta School of Business at Emory University. Most recently, Anne was instrumental in helping to secure full passage of House Bill 291 to create the Georgia Arts Alliance which is a public-private partnership for support of the arts and arts policy in Georgia.
Prior to founding ArtsNow, Anne devoted her professional career to advising Fortune 500 companies working for advertising agencies both in New York City and Dallas. In addition to a Bachelor degree from Georgia State University, Anne received a fellowship to pursue a Master of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts (1991) in New York City and holds a Master of Science in Advertising (1983) from Northwestern University.
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Pamela Millice
Executive Director
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Pam joined ArtsNow in September 2006 on a full-time basis, after contracting with the organization for about a year. Pam brings a wealth of educational and arts experience to this organization, having served as a music teacher, administrator and curriculum specialist in various schools. One of the highlights of Pam’s educational career involved literally turning around one of the lowest performing schools in an inner city in North Carolina. When Pam joined the faculty at this particular school, she oversaw curriculum development and implementation, and helped develop this school into an arts-focused school, completely changing the culture of the school in a way that led to increased student and teacher morale, increased students achievement, and improved student behavior. After leaving public school teaching, Pam taught at Meredith College in North Carolina and Georgia State University. Immediately prior to joining ArtsNow, Pam worked as a consultant for various educational organizations.
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Darby Jones
ArtsNow Program Director
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Darby Jones serves as ArtsNow Program Director. Darby joined ArtsNow in August 2008 on a full-time basis, after contracting with the organization for over two years. He has been a teaching artist and educator in Atlanta for the past ten years. He completed his academic career at James Madison University and The Maryland Institute, College of Art, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Masters in Art Education. In addition to serving as the Fine Arts Department Chair and classroom instructor at Inman Middle School from 1999-2008, he was chosen by the Atlanta Public Schools to serve as a Georgia Performance Standards curriculum writer in 2001. In the spring of 2002, Mr. Jones joined the adjunct faculty at the Atlanta College of Art in the Community Education Department and began a career as an instructor and facilitator of summer programs at the High Museum. In February 2005, he was elected to write a comprehensive curriculum for all Summer Programs at the Atlanta College of Art. He has instructed most recently through SCAD Atlanta, while continuing to host corporate events and serve as a lead instructor at the High Museum.
Dr. Maribeth Yoder-White serves as ArtsNow Program Director. Maribeth joined ArtsNow as a consultant in September 2006 Maribeth has a varied teaching experience including choral music teaching in a low-performing middle school in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, and university teaching at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Appalachian State University. She is sought after internationally as a consultant and clinician, particularly in the areas of choral music education and as an Orff specialist. Maribeth has had the opportunity to serve in leadership capacities at universities and within professional organizations, including serving as president of both the North Carolina American Choral Directors Association and the North Carolina Music Educators Association.
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Nancy Bakalar
Executive Administrative Assistant
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Nancy Bakalar serves as Executive Assistant to Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Anne Ostholthoff. Nancy joined ArtsNow in February of 2009. She comes to us with three years experience providing training and technical support for sales and customer service software, as well as eight years of experience doing systems consulting for Andersen Consulting (Accenture). She has a BA in English from Wake Forest University, and an MBA from Texas A&M University. Nancy supports Anne with her operational and administrative needs, writes grants, manages special events, and provides general support in the areas of donor relations, fundraising and marketing.
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