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Terry Olson
Director of Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs
Terry Olson has been Orange County's “Chief Arts Instigator” since the County authorized the creation of the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs in 2001. Previously he was the Executive Director of the Arts & Cultural Alliance for Central Florida. Terry has been involved professionally in the Arts since he completed an M.A. in Theatre from the University of Minnesota. He moved to Florida to help open Epcot Center bringing SAK Theatre, a company he co-founded and managed for 21 years. Since moving to Orlando he has helped start and run more than a dozen other arts organizations including the Orlando Theatre Project, the Orlando International Fringe Festival, and Orlando’s Downtown Arts District. He attends as many as 40 arts events each month. He has been asked to speak at various organizations including the prestigious TEDX conference in Tampa. He serves as past President of the Florida Association of Public Art Professionals.
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Mary Anne HodelDirector & CEO of the Orange County Library System
Mary Anne Hodel has been director and CEO of the Orange County Library System since January 2002. Under her leadership, the system has won numerous awards including 2010 Florida Library of the Year. Thanks to Hodel's innovative thinking, OCLS is a recognized leader in technology - and was the first public library in the nation to offer Freegal and have an app on the iPhone store: Shake it. Orange County's roving reference, virtual library, mystery shopper and MAYL (Materials Access to Your Library), Right Service at the Right Time, Citizenship Inspired and customer satisfaction programs have been recognized as national models.
Jeff Moore
Director of the School of Performing Arts
& Professor of Music at UCFJeff Moore is the Director of the School of Performing Arts and a Professor of Music (Percussion) at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He was appointed to the music faculty in 1994 and served as Chair of the Music Department from 2009-2013. Professor Moore’s instructional duties include teaching applied percussion majors, Percussion Ensembles, Percussion History and Literature, Percussion Arranging and Percussion Pedagogy.
Polly AndersonExecutive Director of WUCF-TV (PBS)
Polly Anderson is the Executive Director of WUCF-TV (PBS). She has more than twenty-five years experience in management, marketing, finance, and strategic operations. Her experience includes tenure in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors. She began her public broadcasting career in l996 at the University of Florida’s public broadcasting stations, WUFT-TV & FM and went on to positions in Alabama, Texas and New Mexico, including CEO positions in both Texas and New Mexico. In February 2013 she began her tenure as Executive Director/GM at WUCF-TV, the sole-service PBS member station serving 3.7 million people in nine counties of Central Florida. WUCF TV is licensed to the University of Central Florida.
Anne C. Russell
Program Director of Film at Full Sail University
Anne C. Russell discovered the exciting process of filmmaking while attending Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany, where she studied Film and Theatre Arts. During her early years in Hollywood, Anne worked as a Director of Development for an independent production company holding a two picture deal with MGM. She then went on to work as a writer, director and producer for television; working for networks such as ABC, BBC, Bravo, E! Entertainment, Discovery, TLC, MTV, and VH1. Anne holds a M.F.A in Cinema-Television Production from the University of Southern California. In 2010, Anne joined Full Sail University as one of the first Course Director's in the Creative Writing Master's degree program. In 2012, she was promoted to her current role as Program Director of the Film Bachelor of Science degree program.
