Leadership
Davidson Arts and Creative Engagement
DACE Advisory Board
The DACE Advisory Board provides support and advice for the arts at Davidson College. Board meetings are held on campus twice a year with the director, VP of Academic Affairs, VP of College Relations, arts faculty, and arts fellows to strengthen collaboration within the Davidson arts community and encourage participation in the arts programs. Advisory Board members are selected through a nominations process and invited to join the board by President Carol Quillen. All Board members are enthusiastic advocates for the arts at Davidson. DACE sponsors annual grant programs, departmental programs, and various innovative and creative projects throughout campus.
- Linsey Mills '92
Chair - Donna Peters '89
Vice Chair - Kaky McGinness Grant '01
Immediate Past Chair - Claire Tatum '24
Secretary
- Sarah Lanners Avinger ‘13
- Whitney Kreb Brantley ‘99
- Ann Williams Campanella ’82
- Lisa Eldridge Davis '86
- Briana Hunter ‘08
- Alan Hyder ‘99
- Molly Johnson ‘94
- Kate Schoening Morrison '00
- Katherine Weeks Mulford '97
- Ty Morse ‘04
- Lee Ann Stackhouse Patterson ‘82
- Mary Laura Moretz Philpott ‘96
- Sara Tatum Pottenger ‘79
- Chris Rackley '00
- Ally Rice '12
- Stewy Robertson ‘15
- Robert Touchstone
- Keva Walton
- Maria João Vasconcelos
Arts Fellows
- Carla Cecchi ‘23
- Sarah Zhang ‘23
- Anna Murray ‘23
- Emma Goldfarb ‘24
- KaiKai Wang ‘24
- Claire Tatum ‘24
- Claire Begalla ‘24
- Christina Wray ’25
Ex Officio Members
- Alison Bory, Chair & Associate Professor of Dance
- Randy Ingram, Chair & Professor of English
- Eileen Keeley, Vice President for College Relations
- Neil Lerner, Chair & Professor of Music
- Fuji Lozada, Acting Dean of the Faculty
- Sherry Nelson, Director of Davidson Arts and Creative Engagement
- Shelley Rigger, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Cort Savage, Chair & Professor of Art
- Mark Sutch, Chair & Associate Professor of Theatre
For more information on Friends of the Arts and the benefits of membership, please email Sherry Nelson, director of Davidson Arts and Creative Engagement, at shnelson@davidson.edu or call 704-894-2101.