Johnette, a designer-educator with over 30 years in arts, design, educational, non-profit, corporate, and governmental settings, has led transformational efforts with local and national impact.Johnette’s creative place making started when she initiated the Providence City Spirit Program in Rhode Island (1975). The program, funded by the NEA, engaged youth in downtown renewal through the arts. Her efforts were recognized in 2005 by London’s The Royal Society of the Arts’ international symposium Transforming Urban Communities.Johnette came to Florida in 1988 as Vice President, Academic Affairs at Ringling College of Art + Design. Key highlights of her tenure were the expansion of digital technologies and creation of the values-based Liberal Arts Program—educating artists to earn a living and be engaged citizens. These efforts were recognized by national columnist Georgie Anne Geyer in, “Art Meets Citizenship at the Ringling School.” In 2006, Johnette had an extraordinary opportunity to partner with The Wellness Community to create the international model of an optimal healing environment for cancer care. The facility, a LEED gold with 5-acres of healing gardens, has an inspired combination of art, design and technology. Located in Lakewood Ranch, visit The Center for Building Hope: http://www.centerforbuildinghope.org In 2009, Johnette became the founding director of Realize Bradenton —a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to synthesize her passions for the arts, education, place making and collaborative creativity to increase the capacity and prosperity of individuals, organizations and communities through positive innovation. Visit: http://www.realizebradenton.com/ Specialties: Place Making, Place Branding, Non-profit Management, Board Development, Fund Development, Donor Relations, Strategic Planning, Organizational Effectiveness, Social Media, Partnership Development, Marketing