Central MN Arts Board Staff


Leslie Leslie Schumacher
Executive Director
director@centralmnartsboard.org
Angie Angie Boecker
Grants Specialist
staff@centralmnartsboard.org
Melissa Melissa Marudas
Media Specialist
media@centralmnartsboard.org

 





Central MN Arts Board of Directors


Sharon Tracy, Treasurer – Sherburne County
Coon Rapids High School Humanities and English Teacher, retired; Elk River Area Arts Alliance, director, retired; Minnesota Citizens for the Arts Board Member, retired; Buffalo High School Arts Magnet instructor, retired; Review Panelist for the Minnesota State Arts Board.


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Chris Rasmussen, Chair – Benton County
Art teacher for 35 years at Foley Senior High, retired. Present MCA Board Member
and CSB/SJU Fine Arts Programming Advisory Council Member.

 

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Mike Carlson, Vice Chair – Stearns County
BA of Arts, U of M; Master of Arts SCSU; Foley High School, Art Teacher, Fall Musical Director; Potter.

 

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Peter Veljkovich – Stearns County
B. S. New York State University; Denver, Co. area realtor, retired. Served as a member of the Little Fine Arts Committee and was a county representative for the South Suburban Arts Committee; Fine Arts Photographer and Disc Jockey

 

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Janice Courtney, Secretary– Stearns County
Arts Adviser/Assistant Director of the St. Cloud State University Program Board. An arts advocate as a previous art educator and currently as an arts administrator. BA in Fine Arts, University of N. Texas; Master of Art, New Mexico State University and a Master of Science, Multicultural Education w/Art Emphasis, SCSU.

 

Janice Courtney

John Stander– Wright County
Graduate of Columbia University in New York; a career school administrator; was headmaster at The Blake School in Hopkins MN; active in Minnetonka Center for the Arts. Executive director, Elk River Arts Alliance.

 

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Helene Woods – Wright County

Masters of Nonprofit and Public Administration, Metropolitan State University; Bachelor of Fine Arts, Southwest State University, Marshall, MN; Board Member of the Monticello Arts Council, Minnesota Workforce Development Association, Peace Corp Association of America.

 

Helene

Leslie Hanlon - Stearns County

Director of Fundraising & Marketing for the CSB/SJU Fine Arts Series; Bachelor of Arts degree, English, Minnesota State University Moorhead; 10 years arts administration experience.

 

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P.J. Fanberg - Sherburne County
Executive Director of Land Of Lakes Choirboys of Minnesota; Bachelor of Science in Management, St. Cloud State University; Fundraising, Human Resources, Mission-guided Organizational Planning.

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