Board of Directors
THOMAS BLAUVELT
Thomas Blauvelt, BFA Michigan State University, has been Artz 4 Life board president for the last fifteen years. Tom brings his long-time experience as a Pinellas high school art instructor and soccer coach, to help guide our positive, youth-centered programs. He is also a percussionist and original founding member of our dynamic, touring group, ‘Dundu Dole, Urban -African Ballet.’
lahteefah parramore
Lahteefah M. Parramore, CPA is the Founder and CEO of INQUE Management. After nearly two decades in the corporate financial field – including with Ernst & Young, a finance lead at an international company that generated billions in revenues, and former owner of an independent record label – Parramore wanted to create an authentic way of assisting creative's, athletes, entertainers, entrepreneurs, influencer's and small businesses achieve their financial goals.
Gloria Campbell
Gloria D. Campbell is president, Advantage Insurance Solutions, located in the Midtown area of Saint Petersburg, Florida. Gloria was one of the first business owners in early 2000 to locate in what is now the Deuces Live Mainstreet area. She was part of the first Mainstreet organization that worked to revitalize the 22nd street business district. She has over 20 years of experience as a small business owner, providing training and consulting services in the Tampa Bay area.
Darius Carter
As a life member of Dundu Dole Urban African Ballet, founder of Prosperity College, Licensed Florida Realtor, and Mortgage Loan Originator Darius has spent his life cultivating the lives of community members young and old through not only his business acumen but artistic gifts. The Prosperity College Slogan is "Change Your Life Everyday For The Rest of Your Life". Words to live by.
Sandy Tabor
Sandy Tabor has been the grants manager for WUSF Public Media at the University of South Florida for 11 years. Her career spans over 30 years in fund development and her specialty is grant proposal research and writing. Prior to WUSF Sandy worked as an independent consultant developing grants and other fundraising initiatives for non-profits in the West/Central Florida area. Her clients have been both large and small organizations and have included The Florida Orchestra, the City of St. Petersburg, the Children’s Home, Inc., Florida Southern College, the Mahaffey Theater Foundation, and others. She was the producer of the musical Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity at the Palladium Theater in St. Petersburg for eight years.