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
Mentors & Meals Director
Interns
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 and now he is super excited that he gets to in this capacity. Tanner has a major addiction to candy and is always down for free candy gifted to him. He enjoys listening to and playing music (he dabbles playing drums and guitar). He loves spending time with the kids here and is always down to help out anyway he can. He is the reigning undefeated ultimate ping pong champ!
Emma Overton
Emma, joined the RAC 2 years ago. She started as a volunteer through Beta Club in the Mentors and Meals program. She is currently a senior at GRC and is excited to start up another year with the RAC as the head intern. Emma is involved in various clubs, such as FCCLA, Beta Club, and NHS, and is quite active in her home church, Calvary Christian Church. She loves shopping, hanging out with friends, and watching the most recent episode of The Summer I Turned Pretty.
The Board of Directors
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.
