Okaloosa Arts Alliance selects board

The Okaloosa Arts Alliance recently selected its board of directors for 2016-2017. (Photos from Pixabay.com)

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Okaloosa Arts Alliance has a new board of directors for 2016-2017.

Executive board members are President Bill Head, chair of the Volunteer Committee; Vice President Ken Hair with Children in Crisis; Treasurer Susan Kneller, chair of the OAA Grants Committee; and Secretary Becky Belcher with the Arts & Design Society.

The board of directors includes Keri Woods with Pyramid Inc.; Nellie Bogar with the Youth Village; Demetrius Fuller with Sinfonia Gulf Coast; Ursel Behnken with the German Club; Jeanette Shires with the Mattie Kelly Arts Center of Northwest Florida State College and Northwest Florida Symphony Guild; Chris Manson with the Beachcomber; Jean Starkey with Stage Crafters; Gayle Vann, chair of the Events Committee; James Baughman Sr., author; and Bill Johnston with Emerald Coast Pipes & Drums.

The OAA is the officially designated nonprofit arts agency for Okaloosa County, with the mission of supporting and promoting art and culture in Okaloosa County.

See www.okaloosaarts.org for more information.  

This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Okaloosa Arts Alliance selects board