Board of Directors

Alejandro García - Executive Director and arts administrator

Britt Hunt - President Comunicar, Llc.

Ivan Segura - Treasurer

Betsy Newman - South Carolina ETV

Lucía Vega - Secretary, Writer and Interpreter

Karen Watson - Executive Director Sumter Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC

Alejandro Baez - Web Master 

Ivan Segura

Ivan Segura, born in Aguascalientes, Mexico 246 years ago, has dwelled into several artistic endeavors until finally deciding to follow his High School teacher's advice ("What the heck are you doing trying to paint or sculpt? You are a writer, did you hear me? A writer!"), and zeroing on the aspects of creating stories through words. He has published several short stories and a collection of poems. A devoted advocate for the Hispanic community, Ivan has organized a number of artistic projects with the mission to positively affect society through the arts and to bring together Hispanic artistry and the American society. He is Vice-president of the Council of Mexicans in SC and Member of the Board of Directors of the SC Hispanic Leadership Council. He lives in Columbia, SC with his wife Amanda and daughters Sofka and Maya.

Alejandro Garcia

Alejandro García is a Colombian-American visual artist living in South Carolina since 2002. He holds a MA in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from Florida International University in Miami and a BA in Graphic Design from the School of Arts at the National University in Bogotá, Colombia. His work focuses on complex social issues, mostly on aspects of immigration, biculturalism, religion and social justice.

Alejandro served on the Board of Directors of SC Hispanic Outreach, was cofounder of the Coalition for New South Carolinians, which organized the rally at the State House to support new immigrants. He received The State newspaper´s "20 under 40 award" and he is also a Certified Court Interpreter and general manager of Comunicar Spanish Language services. He attended the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture Leadership Institute, and he is the founder and former Executive Director of Palmetto & LUNA.

Britt Hunt

A native of Columbia SC, Britt Hunt has dedicated his life to the study of Latino culture. Britt holds a BA in Spanish and International Trade from Clemson University and an MA in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from Florida International University in Miami. He is the President and founder of Comunicar Spanish Language Services where he also serves as a Certified Legal Interpreter for the Court Systems in South Carolina and Georgia.

Britt has worked in the administration of several arts events including the Bogotá Iberoamerican Theatre Festival (1998 and 2000), InspirARTE Art Auction (2003, 2004), What's Love Valentine's Show (2008, 2009). He has lived in Madrid, Spain, Quito, Ecuador and Bogotá, Colombia and traveled widely in Latin America. Britt is interested in the music and folklore of Latin America, contemporary Latin American art and Southern historic preservation.

Betsy Newman

A long, long time ago, Betsy Newman was a little girl living in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, where she learned to love the flamboyán tree, sugar cane, the smell of cow dung in the hot sun, and the Spanish language, which she spoke better then than she does now. Her Dad once told her she was a dreamer, and he was right. La vida es sueño.