Executive Director
joseph miller
Joseph is a firm believer that the best investment you can make is in people. In his experience, that investment never returns void. Either you grow, the other person does, or most likely, both people do. Joseph is passionate about creating environments in which he can empower others and be empowered, challenge any obstacle set before him, and bring as many people along on the journey.
Joseph grew up in Winchester. He attended George Rogers Clark High School and Eastern Kentucky University. Joseph is a board member for Clark County Community Services, Main Street Winchester, and the Bluegrass Heritage Museum. He is also a member of the Clark County Extension Council. Joseph is a big fan of Ale-8 and seeing a revitalized downtown and engaged community. Joseph has a wonderful family, great friends and enjoys watching soccer and rooting for the Atlanta Braves!
John 3:30
joseph@rowlandartscenter.com // (859) 595-0268
Program Director
zac cowan
Zac's passion for building relationships, investing in the RAC students, and destroying them at ping-pong knows no bounds. Zac is motivated by the potential he sees in each student and has an immense desire to see them DREAM BIG and achieve their goals in life. Zac does all of this, mostly by leading programming offered by the RAC - in the every day drop-in hours, and with his insane creativity and talent, Zac also helps design and create promotional and graphic media. Zac serves at Calvary Christian Church as one of the youth pastors. He is a graduate of Morehead State University and has also received his Master's in Worship at Liberty University. Zac makes a fantastic cup of coffee and is often the student’s favorite “adult.”
zac@rowlandartscenter.com
Interns
emmie rose
Emmie, our administrative assistant, has been a part of the RAC for a fews of years now. She has enjoyed being a mentor for students ever since she began volunteering here. She loves destroying everyone at Nertz and watching Marvel movies. Emmie is a Senior at George Rogers Clark, where she plays on the Girl’s Golf Team and going to games. In her free time, Emmie likes to cook, online shop and hang out with friends.
tanner rivers
Tanner started getting involved at the RAC when he was in 6th grade. He joined us as a student for the Mentors & Meals program. He remained involved & now is helping out the students as an intern. Tanner has always wanted to help out at the RAC & now he is super excited that he gets to in this capacity. Tanner enjoys drawing & sketching different things in his free time (on Zac’s iPad). Tanner also has a major addiction to candy and is always down for free candy gifted to him. Tanner enjoys going on runs and working out as well as just being active with his friends. He loves spending time with the kids here and is always down to help out anyway he can.
emma overton
Emma, recently joined the RAC about a year ago starting as a volunteer through Beta Club in the Mentors and Meals program. She is a Junior at GRC now and is excited to start up another year with the RAC. Emma is involved in various clubs, such as FCCLA and Beta Club, and is quite active in her church. She loves shopping, the legendary musical stylings of Ms. Taylor Swift, hanging out with friends, catching up on some Tuesday Tea with her best friends, and watching the most recent episode of The Summer I Turned Pretty.
eli roach
Eli is a senior at George Rogers Clark, where he plays Boys Soccer and writes varying features and opinion pieces for Smoke Signals newspaper at GRC. In his free time, he loves to play sports, go out to eat, and listen to music. Eli has been a frequent visitor of the RAC for years now, and has now become an intern to be even more involved. He loves hanging out with the students, and especially loves to beat them in Ultimate Ping-Pong any chance he gets.
The Board of Directors
leslie aitken
Leslie is a longtime advocate for those most vulnerable. Her advocacy started 25 years ago, when she served on the Lexington Humane Society Board. After that she turned her focus on advocating for children she joined the Scott County Foster Care Review Board for the Department for Protection and Child Services. Later, she became a foster parent herself. She was blessed to adopt her son Daniel. Daniel had some learning disabilities that required navigating the 505 and IEP process in the public school system. Through it all Daniel was a first string defensive tackle on the Scott County Football team and a graduated from Scott County High School.
Leslie’s job as Director of Administrative Services and interim Public Health Director of Clark County Health Department and Home Health Agency, brought her to Clark County. She participated in the Leadership Winchester program where she learned about the Partners in Education (PIE) program. She has mentored students at Baker Intermediate Middle School for three years giving girls a listening ear and a helping hand. Leslie is a Board Member of both the Agency for Substance Abuse Policy (ASAP) board and Drug Court -encouraging and helping people live life to the fullest, free of substance abuse. Leslie is a Graduate of University of Houston with a BBA/Accounting degree. Also, a Certified Public Accountant.
austina bruton
Austina Bruton is a native of Winchester, KY who has a passion for people specifically children and adolescents. She has the significant role as a wife, mom, daughter, sister, and servant. She is a graduate of Northern Kentucky University and Eastern Kentucky University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and Master of Education in School Counseling, respectfully.
Austina began her school counseling profession in 2015, at her Alma Mater George Rogers Clark High School. It was there where her true passion was ignited and began to make an impact on her students. In her role there, she was able to help students with their academic, social, and emotional needs. In 2019, she transitioned to a more advocating and therapeutic role as a Mental Health Specialist that allows her to work specifically with at-risk children in Lexington, KY.
Austina is very active in her church and community organizations. She currently serves as a board member for Sassy Frassy, Rowland Arts Center, and Legacy Grove. She also serves as an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Lexington (KY) Alumnae Chapter.
Steve Crosby
Dodd Dixon
robert hatton
Robert is a lifelong resident of Winchester, Kentucky. Robert enjoys many things the community has to offer, such as, Ale-8 and beer cheese, but has always been connected to the people that make Winchester home. He is a follower of Jesus and an active member of Calvary Christian Church. Robert has loved Keegan Crosby Hatton since he was 16 years old and eventually convinced her to be his wife in 2014. Robert graduated from the University of Kentucky with a B.S. in Civil Engineering (2013) and a M.S. in Civil Engineering (2018). He is a practicing professional geotechnical engineer at Stantec Consulting in Lexington, Kentucky. Robert loves to fish, read, spend time with family and friends, and is a die-hard Kentucky fan.
lisa johnson
Lisa is a resident of Versailles, Ky where she is Vice-Chair of the Agency for Substance Abuse Policy ASAP), Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Committee, member of the United Way of the Bluegrass Education Impact Council and founder of the Mentors & Meals (M&Ms) program in Woodford County. She completed a Bachelor of Science at Miami University, Oxford Ohio in Business Administration and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Kentucky. After a career in the private sector pharmaceutical industry with GlaxoSmithKline for over 22 years, she was able to embrace the public sector by forming a non-profit to meet an unmet need in her community. For the past 7 years, M&Ms has reached middle school students and provided homework help, hot meals and a mentoring component which builds relationships to help students succeed in high school and beyond. Lisa is proud of the Rowland Arts Center and the accomplishments of its Mentors & Meals, Clark County program and honored to sit on the RAC Board. She has two children; a son who is studying Global Economics in Shanghai, China and a daughter who is an Army ROTC cadet, studying Arabic at the University of Arizona, Lisa is inspired by the words of Mahatma Gandhi, "Be The Change You Wish to See in the World", and from the book "Wonder" by RJ Palacio, which encourages people of all ages to "Choose Kind".
victoria tzouanakis
Victoria was born and raised in Winchester, Ky. She has had a passion for serving others and has worked with at-risk youth for the past 10 years. She is currently a Certified Social Worker and attended Eastern Kentucky University for her Bachelors and Campbellsville University for her Masters of Social Work. She worked in outpatient mental health for four years as a case manager and inpatient substance abuse treatment and mental health counseling for three years. Victoria is currently a counselor at the Phoenix Academy, Day Treatment Program in Winchester, where she has worked for three years. Victoria loves advocating for and helping youth find their strengths and passion to pursue a better future. Victoria is a member of the local Family Accountability, Intervention and Response (FAIR) Team and Local Interagency Council (LIAC) Board. Victoria believes that giving back to the community is the most powerful way to make a change in the environment and in the future lives of our children.
