There are lots of people pulling this plan together. Here are the volunteer groups and their members.
ONE COLUMBIA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Jeremy Hodges, President
- Kristin Morris, Secretary
- Paul Medlin, Treasurer
- Janie Campbell
- Polly Aun Gathings
- Blakely Chikhliker
- Dan Cook
- Katie Fox
- Mary Gilkerson
- Larry Hembree
- Philippe Herndon
- Michaela Pilar Brown
- Joel Rodriguez
- Tanya Rodriguez-Hodges
- Sara Salley
- Dee Similien
- Dalvin Spann
- David Stringer
- Tony Tallent
STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION
- Lee Snelgrove, Director, One Columbia for Arts and History
- Margie Johnson Reese, Consultant
- Larry Hembree, Amplify Project Coordinator
- John Fellows, Assoc. AIA, AICP, Planning Administrator, City of Columbia Planning and Development Services
AMPLIFY STEERING COMMITTEE
- Kelly Barbrey, VP of Sales and Marketing, Experience Columbia
- Tangie Brickhouse-Beatty, Founder, WOW Productions
- Ashley Kerns Brown, Arts Education Program Director, SC Arts Commission
- Councilman Sam Davis, Columbia District 1 City Councilman and Visual Artist
- Fred Delk, Executive Director, Columbia Development Corporation
- John Dozier, Chief Diversity Officer & Senior Associate Provost for Inclusion
- Drew Hampton, City of Columbia Hospitality Tax Advisory Committee Member and Restraunteur
- Tyrone Geter, Visual Artist
- Jeremy Hodges, Board Chair, One Columbia for Arts and History
- Robert Lewis, Board of Directors, Historic Columbia and Preservationist
- Nancy Pope, Visual & Performing Arts Coordinator, Richland One School District
- Laura Louise-Rice, Student, River Bluff High School
- Tanya Rodriguez-Hodges, Executive Director, Latino Communications
- Venetia Sharpe, Owner, Sharpe Creations Studio & Gallery
- Reggie Sullivan, Musician, Reggie Sullivan Band
- Ford Tupper, Member, City of Columbia Planning Commission
- Della Watkins, Executive Director, Columbia Museum of Art
AMPLIFY THOUGHT LEADERS
- Karen Alexander, Director, Auntie Karen Foundation
- Judy Battiste, Arts Patron
- Sherrie Belton, Visitor Experience, Columbia Museum of Art
- Scott Blanks, Actor/Director and Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Benedict College
- Cindi Boiter, Executive Director, Jasper Project
- Tracie Broom, Marketing Professional/Arts Supporter
- Julia Brown-DuBose, Executive Director, ARTS ACCESS South Carolina
- K Allen Campbell, Events Coordinator, Brookland Baptist Church, CEO, Simply Special Wedding & Events
- Tim Conroy, Poet/Author
- FatRat DaCzar, Artist/EmCee/Producer/Sound Engineer
- Sherard Duvall, Filmmaker/Promoter
- Harriett Green, Visual Arts Director, SC Arts Commission
- Avni Gupta-Kagan, Education Consultant
- Cynthia Hardy, Media Consultant/Host
- John Holmes, Homeless Helping Homeless
- Leasharn M. Hopkins, Playwright/Producer/Screenwriter
- Barbara Howse-Diemer, Artist/Educator
- Melanie Huggins, Executive Director, Richland Library
- Steven M. Hughes, On Air Money Expert for WLTX/Founder, Know Money Inc
- SaBrina Jeffcoat, One Columbia Public Art Administrator and Columbia SC 63 Outreach Coordinator
- Tracy Jones, Marketing Professional/Arts Patron
- Jessica Lathren, Arts Patron
- Monifa Lemons, Co-Founder, Watering Hold Poetry Organization
- Ed Madden, Columbia Poet Laureate, Director, Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina
- Darion McCloud, Artist/Story Teller
- Merritt McNeely, Marketing Professional, Flock and Rally
- Dr. Porchia Moore, Inclusion Consultant
- Pat Patterson, Arts Supporter
- Quincy Pugh, Film and Sound Manager, Richland Library
- Dee Robinson, Manager, Richland Library North Main
- Ivan Segura, Executive Director, Palmetto Luna Arts
- Maya Smith, Artist/Illustrator
- William Starrett, Executive and Artistic Director, Columbia City Ballet
- Kimberly Tissot, Executive Director, Able South Carolina
- Nancy Tolson, Assistant Director, African American Studies at the University of South Carolina
- Robert Walker, Senior Pastor, Greene Street UMC and Main Street UMC
- John Whitehead, Executive Director, Columbia Music Festival Association
- Qiana Whitted, Associate Professor, English and African American Studies at the University of South Carolina
- L. Kobie Wilkerson III, Master Teacher/Edutainer/Award Winning Author
- John Wilkinson, Arts Patron and Entrepreneur
AMPLIFY ARTIST FACILITATORS
- Tamyia Allen, Photography/Video
- Terrance Henderson, Dance/Theatre/Music
- Barbara Howse-Diemer, Dance/Upcycled Fabrics
- Wade Sellars, Filmmaker/Videographer
- Shannon Ivey, Storytelling/Theatre
- Darion McCloud, Storytelling/Theatre
- Seth Gadsden, Visual Artist/Muralist/Video and Multimedia
- Michaela Pilar Brown, Visual Artist/Photography/Curation