Theresa Cameron is manager of local arts agency services where she works closely with the Local Arts Advancement team to help develop and implement programs and services that strengthen the field of 5,000 local arts agencies. Previously, she was CEO of the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC) in Maryland for 10 years where she oversaw the day-to-day operations of the county's nonprofit local arts and humanities agency that included a staff of nine and a budget of more than $4 million. Theresa earned a bachelor's degree in music from the University of Wyoming and credits toward a M.B.A. at the University of Phoenix. She is a graduate of Leadership Maryland and Leadership Montgomery and was named one of Maryland's Top 100 Women.

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The New View: Small Communities and Rural Arts in 2012

Beth has nearly twenty years of executive level experience with non-profits, public interest groups, governmental agencies, and broadcast media. She is a visionary thinker and a talented communicator with a proven track record of success. She created messaging for victorious political candidates and issues, inspired citizen participation that actually passed new laws, and managed public planning efforts that engaged hundreds of citizens. Beth has also raised millions of dollars for organizations and causes she believes in. In 2002, Beth left her position as Project Director for Downtown Development at the St. Louis Development Corporation, the economic development arm of the City of the St. Louis, and moved to Fort Collins, Colorado to write a novel. In 2004, Beth was lured back to non-profit management and was hired as the Station Manager for KRFC, the Fort Collins non-profit community radio station. Beth was hired by Beet Street as a consultant in 2009 to redesign their strategic plan. She was hired permanently in February 2010 as Project and Development Director and now leads the organization as Executive Director.
 

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The New View: Small Communities and Rural Arts in 2012

Eric Rogers has served as Executive Director of Arts Place, Inc. since 1976. A nonprofit arts council, Arts Place plays a critical role throughout its service area in fostering arts development in rural and small communities. Before coming to Arts Place, Rogers coordinated the artists-in-the-schools program for the Indiana Arts Commission and the Indiana Department of Education. He graduated cum laude from Indiana University with a bachelor of music degree in piano performance. He continued his education at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

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The New View: Rural Arts in 2012

Shirley K. Sneve is the Executive Director of Native American Public Telecommunications, whose mission is to support the creation, promotion, and distribution of Native public media. She moved to Nebraska from Amherst, MA, where she was director of Arts Extension Service. A member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Sicangu Lakota) in South Dakota, Shirley was a founder of Northern Plains Tribal Arts Juried Show and Market, the Oyate Trail cultural tourism byway, and the Alliance of Tribal Tourism Advocates in South Dakota. She has been the director of the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science Visual Arts Center in Sioux Falls, assistant director of the South Dakota Arts Council, and minority affairs producer for South Dakota Public Broadcasting. She is a graduate of South Dakota State University in journalism, with minors in music, Native American Studies, and German. Shirley serves on the board of The Association of American Cultures (TAAC), the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA), Working Films, and the Arts Extension Institute.

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The New View: Rural Arts in 2012