Staff

(In alphabetical order by last name)

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Quanice G. Floyd

Executive Director

Quanice G. Floyd (she/her) is a renaissance woman who wears many capes. Born and raised in NYC, she has spent over a decade in Washington, DC where she has received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music Education from Howard University and Kent State University respectively. Her passion for arts administration led her to pursue her second Master’s degree in Arts Management at American University and is currently a doctoral student at Drexel University. Quanice was recently appointed as the Executive Director of National Guild for Community Arts Education after previously serving as the Executive Director at Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance, an arts education advocacy and service organization. She is also the Co-Founder of the Arts Administrators of Color (AAC) Network, an organization committed to empowering artists and arts administrators by advocating for access, diversity, inclusion, and equity in the arts in the DC and Baltimore metropolitan areas. She has also been a public-school music educator where she taught elementary and middle school general music, chorus, band, and orchestra. Quanice serves as a commissioner for the DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities and is an alumna of Fractured Atlas’ Artist Campaign School, the National Guild for Community Arts Education's Leadership Institute (CAELI), ArtEquity's Racial Facilitator Cohort, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Music Educators and Arts Administrators Academy, 4.0 Schools' Essentials Program, and the Arts Education Collaborative’s Leadership Academy. Quanice received the Americans for the Arts' American Express Emerging Leader Award and the Arts Advocate of the Year Award from the Coalition of African Americans in the Performing Arts.

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Rangsey Keo

Director of Finance & Administration
Rangsey Keo (she/her) is a specialist in project management with a background in a diverse range of industries.  While pursuing her B.B.A at Singapore Management University, she joined a coaching and development company as a project manager focused on creating and growing a community of people looking for development in leadership and relationship management. In her spare time, she worked as a professional life coach, helping others to improve interpersonal relations and time management. Her learning and abilities were carried over to the banking industry in Cambodia where she worked as branch performance analyst with Australia New Zealand Bank in Phnom Penh. Rangsey is an advocate of continuous learning and improvement, and looks to apply this thinking to the Guild’s operations team.


Rhiannon R. Martin

Governance and Admin Manager
Rhiannon R. Martin (she/her) is a passionate community leader, arts administrator, event producer, documentary storyteller, change advocate and activist, based in Dallas, Texas. As a proud Hispanic woman, Rhiannon strives to honor, uplift, and empower historically underrepresented communities in her service to the community through mindful engagement and equitable collaboration, and works to see more representation and inclusion in the arts and beyond.

Rhiannon started her career working in live broadcast television production as a producer, director, technical director, and stage manager working for networks such as FOX and ESPN, as well as in-house production for Dallas’ professional sports organizations. After almost a decade of working in live television production, Rhiannon began her career in the arts with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and has since worked for the Dallas Museum of Art, KERA/KXT North Texas Public Broadcasting, the City of Dallas Office of Arts & Culture, the Dallas Arts District Foundation, and many of Dallas’ incredible small and emerging art and culture organizations.

Rhiannon is very passionate about making an impact on her community through board services, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for many organizations; including Texas Arts Administrators and Educators of Color (Founding Board Member), Bishop Arts Theatre Center (Vice President), the Writer’s Garret (External Affairs Chair), 24HourDallas (Secretary), Business Council for the Arts (Leadership Arts Alumni Chair).

Rhiannon holds a BA in Radio, Television, and Film from the University of North Texas, as well as a graduate certificate in Arts & Culture Strategy from the University of Pennsylvania and National Arts Strategies. She has also earned certificates in Nonprofit Management and Fundraising from the Center for Nonprofit Management.

 


Lissette Martinez

Director of Programs and Communications 
Lissette Martinez (She/Her) is a Miami educator and administrator who is constantly learning, making mistakes, and learning some more with humor, humility, and patience. She began in arts education because she believes that the arts are necessary for helping all people grow into their full selves. Her approach to teaching sparked inspiration, empathy, and self-expression in her students, fostering a love for the arts and learning that extended beyond the classroom.

Lissette has worked for nine years in arts and education spaces like The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Arts 4 Learning, The Art Institute of Chicago, Children’s Museum of the Arts, Brooklyn Arts Council, the Arts Administrators of Color Network, and the National Guild for Community Arts Education. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Florida International University and a Master of Arts Education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.


Claire Wilmoth

Director of Data Systems and Evaluation
Claire Wilmoth (she/her) has been with the Guild since August 2005. A Seattle native, Claire came to New York from the Chicago area after completing her B.A. at Northwestern University, where she graduated with honors in 2005. While at Northwestern, Claire helped produce the Waa-Mu show, a nationally known original musical revue by and for Northwestern students. She has also worked for Paul Allen’s Experience Music Project and as a teaching artist for the Experience Arts Camp, both in Seattle.