FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — The Okaloosa Arts Alliance (OAA) has named its board of directors for the 2023-24 fiscal year.
The Executive Board of Directors consists of:
- Marlayna Goosby, Grow Your Gift Conservatory of Music, President
- Diane Fraser, Emerald Coast Science Center, Vice President
- Susan Kneller, Chair of the OAA Grants Committee, Treasurer
The Board of Directors is composed of:
- Bill Head, Colonel (Ret), USAF, MSC
- James K. Baughman Sr., author
- Jeanette Shires, Mattie Kelly Arts Center at NWFL State College, Niceville, and NWFL Symphony Guild
- Chris Reid, musician, and Young Philosophers Society
- Cole Huffer, Enlightened Studios
- Helen Harris, HH Arts
- Diane Fraser, Emerald Coast Science Center
- Karen Reid, MS, LMHC, BCBA, Lotus Learning and Arts Center, and Beyond Expectations, Inc
- Wally Ratcliffe, Arts & Design Society
- Ursel Behnken, German Club
- Carole Byrd, retired artist and teacher
- Gayle Vann, Regions Bank
- Zoran Subotich, DJ and Hope & Restoration Tour,
- Michelle Jannazo, teacher and grants writer
The Okaloosa Arts Alliance (OAA) is a non-profit 501(c)3 local arts agency that supports the arts in Okaloosa County through advocacy, education, marketing, and promotion. The OAA is partly supported by the Florida Department of State Division of Arts & Culture and Florida Arts auto license tag revenues, but it could not exist without its members and community support. For more information, go to www.okaloosaarts.org
