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Hampton Road’s Premier Training for Arts Education

254 Granby Street     Norfolk, Virginia 23510

www.gsarts.net     757.451.4711     

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Dance • Instrumental Music • Musical Theatre

Theatre & Film • Visual Arts • Vocal Music

The Governor’s School for the Arts is a center for innovation that develops excellence, nurtures creativity, inspires artistic vision and builds communities with a passion for the arts.

Sponsored by the Virginia Department of Education and the public school divisions of Chesapeake, Franklin, Isle of Wight, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Southampton, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach.

Full Time Staff

Dr. Andrea Warren, Executive Director

Ms. Deborah Thorpe, Assistant Director/Foundation Director

Mr. Todd Rosenlieb, Chair, Dance

Ms. Joni Petre-Scholz, Associate Chair, Dance

Ms. Amanda Gates, Chair, Instrumental Music

Dr. Stephen Coxe, Artistic Director, Instrumental Music

Mr. Chip Gallagher, Chair, Musical Theatre

Mr. Jeff Warner, Choreographer, Musical Theatre

Mr. Steve J. Earle, Chair, Theatre & Film

Mr. Sean Blue, Director, Design/Tech program, Theatre & Film

Ms. Shelly Milam-Ratliff, Chair, Vocal Music

Ms. Liana Graham, Chair, Visual Arts

Ms. Stephanie Outlaw, Administrative Assistant/Office Manager

Ms. Kristen Outlaw-Hartman, Financial Assistant

Governing Boards

Board of Superintendents

Dr. Jared Cotton, Chesapeake             Dr. Elie Bracy, Portsmouth

Dr. Tamara Sterling, Franklin              Dr. Gwendolyn Shannon, Southampton

Dr. Jim Thornton, Isle of Wight           Dr. John B. Gordon, Suffolk

Dr. Sharon Byrdsong, Norfolk             Dr. Aaron C. Spence,Virginia Beach

Regional Board

Ms. Victoria Proffit, Chesapeake                         Rev. Cardell Patillo, Portsmouth

Dr. Andrea Hall-Leonard, Franklin       Mr. Christopher Smith, Southampton

Ms.Vicky Hulick, Isle of Wight            Mrs. Lorita Mayo, Suffolk

Mr. Carlos Clanton, Norfolk, Chair       Mrs. Kimberly Melnyk, Virginia Beach