UTeach Fine Arts Advisory Committee The UTeach Fine Arts Advisory Committee functions in an advisory capacity to the UTeach Fine Arts Program at the University of Texas at Austin. The Advisory Committee advises the Director of UTeach Fine Arts on matters of the design, delivery, evaluation and policy related to the Texas state teaching licensure programs in music, theatre, art, and dance. Advisory Committee Members Sara Akers – Artistic Director, Plano Children’s Theatre Simone Alexander—Producing Artistic Director, New Manifest Theatre Company Kris Andrews – Executive Director, CEDFA Michael Avila – UTeach Theatre Faculty Ben Brumbelow-Montero – Theatre Teacher, Dailey Middle School, (UTeach Theatre graduate) Lindsay Brustein – Director of Theatre Focus, St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, (UTeach Theatre graduate) Tina Curran – UTeach Fine Arts Dance Coordinator Morganne Davies – Fine Arts Director, Killeen ISD Jackie DeMontmillon – Arts Advocate Paulina Dosal-Terminal – Manager of Community Programs at Dallas Museum of Art, UTeach Art graduate Paige Gandara-Valderas– HS Art Teacher, San Antonio ISD (current graduate student in the MA Art Education program) Matrex Killgore – Program Administrator, Texas Commission on the Arts AJ Marks – Music Teacher, UT Elementary, UTeach Music graduate Jenny Parry – Director of Programs, Texas Cultural Trust Chadwick Peters – Director of Dance and Fine Arts Chair at Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School, Houston ISD Rickey F. Polidore Jr. – Fine Arts Coordinator, Houston ISD Maria Rocha – Executive Director, Indigenous Cultures Institute Carolina Rubio – UTeach Fine Arts Visual Arts Coordinator Erica Saenz – Chief Operating Officer, Waterloo Greenway Conservancy Amy Simmons – Director of UTeach Fine Arts David Stevens – Director of Academics, UIL Phillip Taylor – Executive Director of Fine Arts, Austin ISD Justin West– UTeach Fine Arts Music Coordinator By-laws
