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ANDREW M. WITT – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

In April 2004, Andrew Witt was named Executive Director of the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties - the local Arts Agency serving the metropolitan Columbia area.

Prior to coming to Columbia, Witt served for 16 years as the Executive Director of the Arts Council of Northwest Florida, a local Arts Agency serving as a “chamber of commerce and united arts fund” for cultural groups in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton Counties and other counties in the Central Time Zone.

He is the past President of the Florida Association of Local Arts Agencies (FALAA), was on the Board of the Florida Cultural Alliance, and Past President of the Panhandle Tiger Bay Club. He served on the Florida Arts Council/Division of Cultural Affairs Strategic Planning Task Force. He has also served as a grant panelist for the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs and Division of Historic Resources, the Kentucky Arts Council, and served Local Arts Agencies in Florida.

Prior to his work in Florida, Mr. Witt served as the Executive Director of the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities in Colorado, Managing Director of the Alliance Theatre Company in Atlanta and as the Managing Director of the Fifth Avenue Theatre and A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle, and the Tacoma Actors Guild.

He has served as a consultant to a variety of arts groups including the Advancement Program of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Foundation for the Extension and Development of the American Professional Theatre, the Western States Arts Foundation, and many local arts councils and non-profit cultural organizations.

He was a co-founder of the Washington State Arts Alliance, and the Arts Advocates of Washington State. In Colorado, he served as Chairman of the Colorado Citizens for the Arts during the establishment of the Metro-Denver Cultural Facilities Tax District.

He is a graduate of Wesleyan University in Middletown Connecticut, and has a Master’s Degree from the School of Drama at the University of Washington in Settle.

Andrew M. Witt, Executive Director
Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties
930 Richland Street
Columbia, SC 29201
803-231-3131
andy@smartarts.info


Kelly Shockley serves as the Marketing Advisor for the Arts Fund. She has 14 years of experience in advertising and marketing with knowledge and skills in almost every aspect of the field, including marketing development and implementation, image development, strategic planning, media research, media buying and public relations planning.
Kelly earned a bachelor's degree in journalism with a minor in business administration from the University of Georgia. She worked with E.W. Bullock Associates advertising agency in Pensacola, FL for 8 years as an account manager. She also produced and hosted Coastal Cooking, a weekly television program which aired on WEAR-ABC.

Kelly lives in Columbia with her husband Scott and two children.

Joan Brady joined our staff as the Community Relations Advisor. Joan represents Richland County in the South Carolina House of Representatives. She is a member of the Women's Legislative Network, SC House Republican Caucus, National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, SC Legislative Arts Caucus, SC Federation of Republican Women and a founding member of Sandhills Republican Women. Joan has also served on Richland County Council and as mayor of Arcadia Lakes. Most recently, she served as Interim Executive Director of Palmetto Center for Women.

Joan earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of South Carolina.