Linda Brobeck, Chair
Wright County
Visual artist, with work exhibited and collected locally, nationally, and internationally; board member currently serving on a number of non-profit boards, with experience both on local, state, and national levels; former university administrator and humanities instructor; Master’s Degree in Visual/Studio Art, University of Wisconsin-Superior.
Leslie Hanlon, Vice Chair
Stearns County
Director of Fundraising & Marketing for the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Fine Arts Series; Bachelor of Arts degree, English, Minnesota State University Moorhead; 10 years arts administration experience
Buddy King, Secretary
Stearns County
Community Development, St. Cloud State University; playwright; percussionist; teaching artist; previous Unit Director for the Roosevelt Boys and Girls Club in St. Cloud MN and has been engaged in numerous youth arts initiatives in the community and through the Club.
Ken Barry, Treasurer
Sherburne County
Blues Musician; Victorian photographer proficient in Digital imaging, Platinum/Palladium printing, Wet Plate Collodion process, Bromoil printing, and Cyanotype printing; BS of Science Mathematics and BS Computer Science, University of Wisconsin; Certified Nuclear Engineer, U.S. Navy; MBA Saint Mary’s College of California.
Joyce Lyons
Wright County
Vocalist, actress and vocal coach with a B.A. in Voice Performance/Theater from Colorado Women's College University of Denver; adjunct for the Artist-in-Residence program at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado; vocalist for the West Metro Big Band and frequently returns to New York City to entertain with her jazz trio; Advisory Board for the Buffalo Community Orchestra and Co-Chair of the UUCM Performing Arts Committee in Wayzata.
Jo McMullen-Boyer
Stearns County
Station Manager of KVSC Radio at St. Cloud State University. Grant writer, small and large music concert producer and community events organizer. Patron of the arts personally and in giving access and promotion to arts and arts producers through college and community radio.
Roger Reinardy
Stearns County
BFA, St. Cloud State University; worked as a fine artist and commercial artist in Los Angeles, CA; Served as a board member for Greystone Country Club, Sauk Center Area Community Foundation and CentraCare Health Foundation.
Denise Todd
Benton County
B.S, Business Administration with a Minor, Dance Valdosta State University; U.S. Air Force Veteran, Geospatial Intelligence Analyst; undergraduate at St. Cloud State University pursuing a Major in Community Health, Planning and Community Development and a Minor, Ethnics, Human Relations.
Joe Scapanski
Benton County
Benton County Agricultural Society Board of Directors; MN State Ag Society Board of Managers; MN State Fair liaison for arts division; responsible for bringing artists to exhibit and perform at the Benton Co Annual Fair; 2014 International Fairs and Expositions award for promoting arts and heritage.
