State Ambassador Outreach Program
In 2003, the State Ambassador Outreach Program was created as an effort to increase the personal contact between the Portrait Society of America's growing membership and the organization. Each State Ambassador serves as a resource for members and interested artists, providing information about the Portrait Society, educational workshops and classes, mentors, museum exhibitions and all things related to the discipline of portraiture within their state.
Currently, we have State Ambassadors in 40 states and 4 continents.
States currently seeking ambassadors are: Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and International regions of Canada, South America, and Asia.
To become a State Ambassador, please click "Apply Now" to fill out the application online.
To get in touch with your State Ambassador, please email allison@portraitsociety.org.
State Ambassador Mission Statement:
Through the development of the State Ambassador position, it is the goal of the Portrait Society of America to create a greater awareness of portrait and/or figurative art, and to inspire interested artists toward consistent improvements in methods and techniques. It is the hope of the Portrait Society of America that through this type of effort, portrait and/or figurative art can achieve a greater level of appreciation and understanding among all.
KERRY
VOSLER
National Coordinator
Valrico, FL
ALLISON
GILLIARD
State Ambassador Staff Liaison
Special Programs and Outreach
Ambassadors By State
LYNITA
MOTES
Alabama State Ambassador
Montevallo, AL
DONNA
CATOTTI
Alaska State Ambassador
Haines, AK
JEAN TURNER SMITH
Arizona State Ambassador
Gilbert, AZ
SHERRY
WEST
California State Ambassador
Rancho Mirage, CA
CRYSTAL
DESPAIN
Colorado State Ambassador
Windsor, CO
LISA
MANZO
Colorado State Ambassador
Denver, CO
JEANINE
JACKSON
Connecticut State Ambassador
Old Greenwich, CT
LINDA HARRIS REYNOLDS
Delaware State Ambassador
Wilmington, DE
DEBORAH
BROACH
North Florida Ambassador
Orange Park, FL
LI
VOLK
Southwest Florida Ambassador
Sarasota, FL
FIO
LOMBARDI
Georgia State Ambassador
Alpharetta, GA
WENDY
ROBERTS
Hawaii State Ambassador
Kailua, HI
DEBORAH
GILL
Idaho State Ambassador
Meridian, ID
CALI
WARD
Idaho & Wyoming
Pocatello, ID
KIM
ABBATI
Illinois State Ambassador
Willowbrook, IL
SIMONA
BUNA
Indiana State Ambassador
Noblesville, IN
MELANIE HARDING BATES
Kentucky State Ambassador
Louisville, KY
ERIC
CRENSHAW
Maryland State Ambassador
Odenton, MD
MARY
LAZAR
Massachusetts & New Hampshire
Elkins, NH
ANNE MAREE
HEALY
Massachusetts & New Hampshire
Plymouth, MA
KATHLEEN ERICSON
Michigan State Ambassador
Ann Arbor, MI
ROBERT
SCUDDER
Michigan State Ambassador
Petoskey, MI
ARMANDO
GUTIERREZ G
Minnesota State Ambassador
Minneapolis, MN
LIBBIE
PATTERSON
Mississippi State Ambassador
Oxford, MS
TERRY
WHITEHURST
Mississippi State Ambassador
Iuka, MS
CATHY
KLINE
Missouri & Kansas
Riverside, MO
LITTLETON
ALSTON
Nebraska State Ambassador
Omaha, NE
RACHEL
MINDRUP
Nebraska State Ambassador
Omaha, NE
RAY
FREEMAN
Nevada State Ambassador
Carson City, NV
BILLY
SECCOMBE
New Jersey State Ambassador
Metuchen, NJ
PATRICIA
BOES
New York State Ambassador
Long Island City, NY
LUANA LUCONI WINNER
North Carolina State Ambassador
Raleigh, NC
MARLENE
STEELE
Ohio State Ambassador
Cincinnati, OH
KATHRYN WALKER RICHARDSON
Oklahoma State Ambassador
Oklahoma City, OK
NICOLE
TROUP
Pennsylvania State Ambassador
Greencastle, PA
LEN
DEANGELIS
Rhode Island State Ambassador
Newport, RI
JENNIFER HEYD WHARTON
South Carolina State Ambassador
Beaufort, SC
SUZANNE VIECHNICKI
South Carolina State Ambassador
Bluffton, SC
BETTY
BULLEN
Tennessee State Ambassador
Luttrell, TN
CAROL
FAIRLIE
Texas & New Mexico
Alpine, TX
ROBIN WILLIAMSON
Texas State Ambassador
Sugar Land, TX
STACY
MINCH
Utah State Ambassador
Vineyard, UT
ALISON
LANDRY
Virginia/Washington, DC
Arlington, VA
SCOTT
JONES
Washington State Ambassador
Stanwood, WA
KATHIE
WHEELER
Wisconsin State Ambassador
Viroqua, WI
JANELLE
HATHERLY
Australia & New Zealand
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
HONGBIN
ZHANG
China Ambassador
Qingdoa, Shandong, China
ANDREA
STEINBAUER
Europe & UK Ambassador
Munich, Germany
TALETA
WILLER
South Africa Ambassador
Western Cape, South Africa