2028 Media Arts

President, Bay Bottom News;

Prime Time EMMY: Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun;

EMMY: Sea Turtles’ Last Dance;

MA, Florida Studies, USF;

BS, Broadcast Journslism, UF,

• Executive Director of The Studios of Key West since 2012
• Previously Artistic Director of the Creative Alliance in Baltimore for 13 years and also worked at Baltimore’s Contemporary Art Museum
• BA, Yale University; Executive Training from Stanford School of Business; Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Jodi Carroll is the Director of Operations for Realize Bradenton, Inc. in Bradenton, Florida.

Her background includes leadership roles in public parks and recreation, including serving as Deputy Director for the Rockford Park District in Illinois. She also served as liaison to public museums and led the district’s public art committee.

Jodi has supported local park foundations and held positions on both public and private boards.  She has a BA in Management and Communications from Concordia University - Wisconsin.

• Music Director, Ocala Symphony Orchestra; Chief Executive Officer and Artistic Director, Reilly Arts Center; and Artistic Director, The Marion Theatre, Ocala, Florida
• Previously, Visiting Artist and Associate Conductor, University of Florida Symphony Orchestra; and Adjunct Professor, College of Central Florida
• Served on the boards of the Ocala Municipal Arts Commission, Young Professionals of Ocala, The Centers and as an elected official on Ocala's City Council
• D.M.A., Musical Arts, Conducting and Entrepreneurship and M.A., Orchestral Conducting, University of Florida; and B.M., Percussion Performance, University of North Florida