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Adam Philipson became the CEO and President of the Count Basie Theatre on November 1, 2012. In his six plus
years at the helm of the Basie he has assisted in ushering a complete turn-around of the theatre operationally
and fiscally. He is responsible for doubling the operational budget and successfully rebranding the Basie to
more prominently feature its education and outreach activities and its non-profit mission as a community
change agent. He has diligently aligned the Boards, staff and community around a unified vision for the future
and has secured more than 80% of the Basie’s $27 million capital campaign that will add a second venue and
education wing as well as making the Basie barrier free with a new lobby, elevator and outdoor plaza.

John S. Quick III is a National Director of Sales at Vendini with over a decade of successful sales experience.
A strong believer in the power of positive thinking in the workplace, John regularly focuses his meetings on the
things we can control to assist employees with positive outcomes. John enjoys tropical vacations with his wife
but can also be found on long walks with his two English Labradors.

Becky Roubos joined Agile Ticketing Solutions in 2014. Most people know her as the Director of Sales, a role in
which she spearheads client acquisition, creating and building mutually beneficial relationships with Agile’s
partners. Fewer people know that she holds a master’s degree in music composition. Becky’s ability to see the
individual details of a project that need to work in harmony to compose the larger picture is exactly the kind
of long-game thinking that her position requires for success. When Becky isn’t working to make the business
to business relationships at Agile more profitable, she enjoys relaxing at home with her husband and cat,
experiencing new gastronomical delights around Nashville, and taking long, windy walks.

Numa Saisselin is the President of the Florida Theatre Performing Arts Center, Inc., the nonprofit corporation
that manages and programs the historic Florida Theatre in downtown Jacksonville, Florida in a public/private
partnership with the City of Jacksonville, which owns the building. A 2,000 seat circa 1927 historic theatre
presenting all forms of music, dance, theatre and film, the Florida Theatre is one of the Top 5 most attended
theatres in the country under 2,000 seats according to attendance reported to Pollstar magazine.

Michael R. Schnoering, FAIA is a Partner with Mills + Schnoering Architects, LLC, a full-service architectural firm
with broad experience in the planning and design of new buildings and historic preservation. He manages
the firm’s theater projects. In his work with historic theatres, he is particularly focused on project planning,
budgeting and fundraising, program development, site design, and project scheduling. He is also interested in
engaging with owners and managers of mid-century Modern theatres to help them understand and enhance
their newly historic buildings, and he specializes in identifying and designing integrated solutions to accessibility
challenges.

Stephanie Silverman has been the Executive Director of the Belcourt Theatre for over a decade. The Belcourt
is a three-screen non-profit film center dedicated to presenting the best in contemporary & repertory cinema
alongside high quality film education programs in the theatre and throughout the community. Housed in a
newly renovated and restored 1925 neighborhood theatre in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee, the Belcourt
has been recognized as a national model for sustainable art house theatres by its peers and industry leaders.
Prior to her tenure with the Belcourt, Silverman worked for many arts organizations including the Dance Center
of Columbia College Chicago, Premiere Exhibitions (then R.M.S. Titanic, Inc.), and The John Michael Kohler Arts
Center. Silverman is the chair of the board of the League of Historic American Theatres and is on the board of
the Art House Convergence. The Nashville Scene recognized her as Nashvillian of the Year in 2016. Silverman is
married to electric violinist Tracy Silverman and they live with their children in central Nashville.

Darlene (Dee) Smolik serves as President of Plymouth Soundings, LLC, a financial consulting firm “Helping Clients
Navigate Tax Credit Financings,” specializing in State and Federal Historic and New Markets Tax Credits for
nonprofit or private “developers. Dee is a licensed CPA and has over 35 years of accounting and development
experience and $900MM of closed tax credit financings as well as direct experience in theatre rehabilitations.
Dee worked as overall project coordinator, owner’s representative, and financial manager (including the Tax
Credit financing) for the Historic Tennessee Theatre Foundation from 2002 through 2005 to accomplish a $30+
million rehabilitation and reopening of the 1631 seat, 1928 Graven and Meyger designed “Grand Entertainment
Palace.” NTCIC, a “for-profit” subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, through the newly created
Bank of America fund, provided the Tax Credit investment and guidance, the Tennessee Theatre project was
the first theatre to be able to twin Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits and New Markets Tax Credits, resulting in
almost $7 million of additional equity.
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