Wendy Leigh has been appointed the chief
development and marketing officer of the
University Area Community and Development
Corporation in Tampa. For the past 20 years,
Wendy has served the Straz Center for the
Performing Arts, where she was instrumental
in the creation of the Patel Conservatory. The
UACDC focuses on the redevelopment and
sustainability of the at-risk areas surrounding
the Tampa campus of the University of South
Florida.
Jeff Houk has joined the Columbia Restaurant
Group as a marketing and public relations
manager for both the Columbia Restaurant
brand and its new concepts. Houck will work
with the existing staff of Angela Geml and Chief
Marketing Officer Michael Kilgore.
Sharon Reid-Kane, director of Ruth
Eckerd Hall’s Marcia P. Hoffman School
of the Arts in Clearwater, announced the
addition of master instructors Broadway
dancer and instructor Christopher
Liddell, who will teach Dance Techniques
1-4; award-winning performer, instructor
and author John Lluvera, who will lead
the Hall’s new Percussion Ensemble; and
vocal performer, jazz pianist, conductor
and educator Yohance Wicks, who will
conduct the Clearwater Chorus. 9
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