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Nick Begley joined the AudienceView team back in 2010 as the Senior Marketing Manager and has worn many
marketing hats in his 7+ years. Previously, Nick worked with organizations including NeuLion, XOS Technologies,
MVP Sports Clubs, Orlando Magic, Orlando Seals and the NY / NJ MetroStars. He holds a BA in public relations
from Mount Saint Mary College and a dual master’s degree (MBA and Masters’ of Sport Business Management)
from the University of Central Florida. Nick is frequently enlisted as an expert speaker on emerging marketing
trends at industry conferences, including LHAT and INTIX. He is also recognized as the guy with the viral candy
bar resume.

John Bell is an experienced historic theatre leader having successfully managed two different historic theatre
projects over his career. He began his career in arts administration with the North Carolina Arts Council and later
assumed duties as the Managing Director of the historic Carolina Theatre in Greensboro, NC in 1979. After he
assumed management responsibilities in Tampa in 1985, Tampa Theatre revamped its programming to include
a heavy mix of first run and classic films supplemented by concerts, education programs and special events.
This successful formula remains in place today, as the Theatre presents approximately 535 film events, 20 major
concerts, 45 educational field trips, four weeks of summer camp, and scores of corporate and community
events a year. In spite of having a stage depth of only 8’, Tampa Theatre’s annual attendance averages
140,000 a year and remains one of the busiest venues in the country. John has served on the Board of Directors
of the League of Historic American Theatres, is a member of Rotary, the Florida Facility Managers Association,
the Florida Professional Presenters Consortium, the Tampa Cultural Executives Council, and was a founding
member of the Ybor City Cultural Heritage Consortium. John holds a BA degree in Theatre Arts from Catawba
College in North Carolina.

Brooke Bernard joined the Belcourt Theatre’s staff as their first full-time development director in 2014. Previously,
she was an independent film producer whose work premiered at festivals across the world including Sundance,
Cannes and Rotterdam. She has a deep knowledge of and passion for independent filmmaking and of the
cultural/economic role of art houses in communities.

Paul Beutel is former Executive Director of the Paramount Theatre in Austin, TX, where he programmed the
Paramount’s summer classic film series from 1990 to 2005. Paul most recently served as Managing Director and
Senior Programming Manager for the Long Center for the Performing Arts in Austin.

Professor C. Roy Blackwood, the senior faculty member in the department of Fine and Performing Arts, currently
serves Southeastern Louisiana University as Executive Director of the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts
and Fanfare. Roy chaired the university’s Visual Arts Department from 1984-2001, and until 2010, directed the
Cultural Resource Management curriculum that he co-founded in 1985. An accomplished sculptor who has
exhibited nationally and internationally and received numerous grants, including an NEA grant, Blackwood was
the first recipient of Southeastern’s President’s Award for Excellence in Artistic Activity. In 1985 he co-founded
“Fanfare,” Southeastern’s fall festival of the arts, sciences, and humanities. Among his many honors, he was
elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, and, as a result, he and his wife were presented to the Queen
of England and Duke of Edinburgh at a Buckingham Palace garden party in 2004. Service and Distinctions:
Distinguished Member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Chapter President; Board member and Director of
Fellowships from 1998-2011; President of the National Council of Art Administrators; Executive vice-president of
the Hammond Cultural Foundation; Vice President for Program for the Istrouma Area Council, BSA; BSA design
team, National Youth Leadership Training; BSA writing team, National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience;
Silver Beaver Award for Outstanding Council Volunteer and Eagle Scout Advisor; Director of Louisiana
Presenter’s Network and board of LA Partnership for the Arts; Co-founded the Gulf States Presenter’s Network;
Grants panelist for the NEA and Performing Arts Exchange/SouthArts. Education: BA Fort Hays University, Fine
Arts, Sculpture/Art History, 1970, 1991 Alumnae of the Year; MFA University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1972.
Outstanding Master of Fine Arts Graduate in 1972. Roy has completed 41 years of service at Southeastern and
continues to lecture on the Art of Ancient Cultures.

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