2024 Professional Theatre GPS Level 3

Sarah Roy comes to YAT from American Ballet Theatre (ABT), where she was Director of Marketing Communications & Strategic Partnerships. At ABT, Roy worked with Random House, American Express, LG, HBO, Lincoln Center, & more. In 2020, she was a Women in Power Fellow at the 92Y. Roy previously served as Communications Director at New American Economy, a bipartisan coalition of 500 CEOs and mayors for immigration reform. She was a Deputy Director of the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a current term member of the Think Tank. In 2013, she acted as Communications Director for a negotiation process to maintain peace in Northern Ireland. Roy holds an MPA from New York University’s School of Public Service and graduated summa cum laude from Marymount Manhattan College.

• Lake County Schools Program Specialist, Professional Learning and K-12 Electives and Enrichments
• M.F.A., Theatre for Young Audiences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida; B.A., Education, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, West Virginia

Barb Bullock is a marketing strategist, fundraising consultant, and nonprofit advisor with more than 30 years of experience in arts, education, and community organizations. She specializes in fundraising, grant development, donor engagement, corporate sponsorships, and strategic communications, helping nonprofits strengthen visibility, relationships, and organizational capacity.

Barb works with nonprofit organizations throughout Florida and beyond and serves as a grant reviewer and panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Florida Department of State Division of Arts and Culture, and Arts Advocates Sarasota.

A passionate advocate for the arts, literacy, and lifelong learning, Barb is an active supporter of Sarasota’s arts and cultural community, a volunteer with children’s literacy initiatives, a presenter on books and reading resources, and a dedicated NetGalley reviewer. She lives in Sarasota, Florida.

• Executive Director, Marco Island Center for the Arts, Marco Island, FL
• Previously, Director of Education, Stepping Stones Museum for Children, Norwalk, CT; Director of Programming and Advocacy, Prevent Blindness Tri-State, CT, NY, NJ; Director of Education, The Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CT; Education and New Audience Specialist, Yale Repertory Theater, New Haven, CT; Education Coordinator, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT; Executive Director, The Elm Shakespeare Company, New Haven, CT
• JD Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, VA
• BA in Philosophy, Trinity College, Hartford, CT

• Executive Director of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (1995 – 2021)
• Served in a variety of capacities at the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, including Deputy Director and Director of the Dance and Presenting Organizations Programs (1984 – 1995)
• Bachelor of Music Education degree from Temple University in Philadelphia
• Managed orchestras and non-profit arts organizations in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio. 
• Served as a site visitor and panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts in the Dance, Theatre, Music, Musical Theatre/Opera and State and Regional Programs, and as a panelist for the state arts agencies of New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Tennessee, Connecticut , Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont, as well as for the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, the Heinz Endowment of Pittsburgh, and Cuyahoga Arts & Culture in Cleveland, OH. 
• Taught arts administration courses, classes and seminars at Brown University and Rhode Island College. 
• Served on the board of the New England Foundation for the Arts, the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. 
• Received the Gary Young Award from the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, awarded every two years to a state arts agency director “who makes an extraordinary contribution to public support for the arts at the state, regional and national level” (2016)
• Sings professionally in churches and synagogues, and with performing ensembles throughout the East Coast.