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.
Mr. Coney was raised in Lakeland, and is currently the President of the NAACP, Lakeland Branch. Terry served in the United States Air Force for 22 years, retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
After retirement from the Air Force, Mr. Coney spent 19 years in Durham, NC, before returning to Lakeland in 2014. While in Durham, Mr. Coney volunteered on several boards and organizations. Terry is the former President of the Durham Public Schools Scholarship Foundation, a member of the North Carolina state Mathematics and Science Advisory Board, and a Mentor with the Rites of Passage Mentorship program. In Lakeland, Terry currently services on the Polk Vision Mentorship Leadership team. He is a member of the Rochelle School of the Arts, School Advisory Committee. He is a member of the Polk County Public Schools, Attendance Boundary Committee. Mr. Coney was a member of the Polk County Public Schools, Superintendent Citizens selection committee, and he is the former Vice President of the Washington Park/Rochelle High School Alumni Association, Inc.
Terry is a 1968 graduate of Rochelle High School in Lakeland. He is a 1972 graduate of Florida A&M University, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. Terry earned a Masters of Aeronautical Science from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in 1988. Terry and his wife Earlene have seven children, nine grand kids, and one great grandchild.
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