Our Team
Samuel Lockridge, Executive Director
Samuel is a multi-disciplinary theater artist, musician, and arts administrator based in Lexington. He has a background in community organizing and advocacy. He holds a Master of Public Administration and a PhD in Arts Administration from the University of Kentucky.
Allison Field Bell, Development Director
Allison Field Bell is a nonprofit professional and writer, currently based in the West. She has worked for the Center for Biological Diversity and for United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona. She has also spent much of the past two decades teaching creative writing and literature at the university level. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from New Mexico State University, and she is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing and English Literature at the University of Utah. Her interests include: everything book-related, hiking, ecology, and photography.