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LEADERS for the ARTS, 2021

BOARD MEMBERS

Cynthia Haffey

CYNTHIA HAFFEY, Director

Cynthia has thirty-one years of experience in museum administration. She is a graduate of Fine Arts at the University of South Florida, Tampa, and began her professional career at the Museum of Science and Industry during their successful $36m capital campaign, making a positive impact on their programs for 10 years. She has since contributed her professional experience to prestigious organizations such as the University of South Florida, Polk Museum of Art, and Young At Art Children’s Museum, Fort Lauderdale.

Cynthia returned to her home in Lakeland in 2011, accepting the leadership position as executive director for Platform Art, Inc. expanding the cultural arts and developing a public art initiative in central Florida.

JULIE BURFORD
JULIE BURFORD
Julie is an Environmental Consultant in Lakeland with the planning and design engineering firm, Kimley-Horn and Associates. Julie was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida and graduated with a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation in 2010 and is currently finishing an MS in Interdisciplinary Ecology, both from the University of Florida. Before her career in the private sector, Julie worked for the State of Florida as a wildlife biologist. She landed in Polk County in 2013 to partner with the agricultural community in co-managing their land for wildlife habitat. Julie has a passion for the human dimension of natural resource conservation and providing innovative solutions to environmental protection. While her clients often refer to her as “bat girl”, “eagle girl”, or “tortoise lady”, Julie also has a love for the arts and is honored to serve as a member of the Platform Art Board to bring art and culture to our community.
VICTORIA LOWE
VICTORIA LOWE
Victoria Lowe of Birmingham, holds an MS in Art from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. After graduation, she relocated to Washington DC to continue her art career, exhibiting in the south and mid-Atlantic region. After working in the White House, she opened Art Studio Bed & Breakfast in Dupont Circle, welcoming guests and showing works of emerging artists for thirty years. She moved to Lakeland in 2006 and is currently touring a 40-year working retrospective of her paintings at museums in the south and midwest. Victoria has been teaching at Florida Polytechnic University since its opening in 2014.
SANDRA SHEETS
SANDRA SHEETS
Sandra is a shareholder in the Lakeland office of GrayRobinson, PA, who practices in estate and tax planning, estate and trust administration, with an emphasis on business succession planning involving closely held businesses. Sandra was born in Winter Haven, Florida. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland in 1983 and her juris doctor degree from the George Washington University in 1987. She was elected to the Order of Coif, was a member of the Moot Court Board and was editor of the Law Review. In 1985, she served as a legislative intern for The Honorable Lawton Chiles, U.S. senator from Florida. In 1987, she served as a judicial intern for The Honorable Kenneth W. Starr, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
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