Current Board Members

The Coalition is currently accepting applications for new board members. Please email info@jacksoncountyculturalcoalition.org if interested.

JULIE BRIMBLE, PRESIDENT
Julie is the Area Manager for SMART® Start Making A Reader Today in the Rogue Valley. She is passionate about children and books, and she enjoys working with the many volunteers who give their time to SMART. In her spare time, Julie raises and exhibits English Setters, is an assistant 4H Leader helping with a dog club. Julie and her husband live on a small farm in Gold Hill where they have cashmere goats and one adorable miniature donkey.

MARY O'KIEF, TREASURER
Mary O’Kief sings with the Women With Wings choir, a 50+ member choir started in the fall of 1995 by women drawn together by their love of singing. She retired (Faculty Emeritus) from Rogue Community College, in 2016, after seventeen years working as the Grants and Strategic Planning Coordinator. Previously, Mary helped start and direct Southern Oregon Women’s Access to Credit; and served as the Program Development Coordinator, The Job Council; Assistant Director, United Way of Jackson County; Family Advocate, Southern Oregon Head Start; and co-Director, Dunn House.

VICTORIA SNOW MOUNTAIN, SECRETARY
Victoria Snow Mountain joined the JCCC board in 2018, after retiring as the Managing Director of Ballet Folklorico Ritmo Alegre, a local Mexican folk dance troupe. She is also a retired high school teacher, having served 19 years as an English Second Language teacher at South Medford High School. She now sings with Women with Wings Choir and is a student and board member of the Ashland Hula School,  Halau Hula Ka Pi’o Anuenue.

LAURA AHEARN, BOARD MEMBER
Laura Ahearn is President of McKee Bridge Historical Society, a regular volunteer and Event Chair for Friends of the Animal Shelter, and a member of the Citizens Review Board appointed by the Oregon Judicial Department to assess the management of children placed in foster care. She joined the JCCC Board in January of 2021.

RENE ALLEN, BOARD MEMBER
Rene Allen has an MFA in Contemporary Art Practices from Portland State University and a BFA in Sculpture from Southern Oregon University. She splits her time between working as a timber framer and architectural drafter, and as an instructor for Girls Build, Talent Maker City, and the Timber Framer's Guild.

CAROLYN KINGSNORTH, BOARD MEMBER
A retired marketing professional, Carolyn Kingsnorth found an opportunity to tap her B.A. in history when she and her husband settled in historic Jacksonville almost 20 years ago. She has immersed herself in local history and currently serves as President of Historic Jacksonville, Inc. She has created numerous tours of the town and of Jacksonville’s Beekman House and Bank museums; writes monthly “Pioneer Profiles” in the Jacksonville Review; and creates daily history posts and blogs for Historic Jacksonville’s Facebook and Instagram pages. She currently serves as Vice President of the Southern Oregon Historical Society Board of Trustees as well as serving on the boards of Craterian Performance Company and the Rogue Valley Manor Foundation. She represents SOHS, JCCC’s fiscal sponsor, as a non-voting JCCC Board member.

MARY BUCKLEY MIKKELSEN, BOARD MEMBER
Mary has been a board member since 2018. She is retired from 35 years in Theatre Arts and Arts Education. Mary is a member of the Gold Hill Historical Society, the vice-president of Gold Hill Can-Do, an advisor to the Cantrell-Buckley Park committee and active in several groups supporting Indigenous Peoples causes. Mary is a descendant of the pioneer Buckley family who homesteaded in the Applegate Valley in 1854.

DEBRA MOON, BOARD MEMBER

KATE VANGELOFF, BOARD MEMBER
Kate Vangeloff joined the JCCC board in the Spring of 2021. She runs LongSword Vineyard and Wanderlust Theatre company in the Applegate Valley, and is a producer, playwright, and performer.

SARA KING COLE, ADMINISTRATOR
Sara is the Administrator for the JCCC.