Employee Announcement: Audio Description Project Coordinator & Grant Writer

On March 1st, Jo Lynn Bailey-Page will join ACB as our Audio Description Project Coordinator & Grant Writer. She will be supporting Tony Stephens, Director of Development, with coordinating all aspects of the Audio Description Project as well as preparing and submitting grant proposals to potential funders. For the last five years, Jo Lynn served as a Grant Writer Contractor for ACB. Her accomplishments include securing funding opportunities for ACB’s Online Community Engagement and “Get Up and Get Moving” initiative, creating the Grants Power Grid to target major corporations, and expanding our grants pipeline to fifty-plus submissions. Jo Lynn also has 10 years’ experience working as an Independent Audio Describer, providing live audio description and developing scripts for performances and exhibits. She also is leading ACB’s active participation in the UniDescription Project with the University of Hawaii and the National Park Service. She has a Bachelor’s in Music, Vocal Performance from George Mason University and is a graduate of Joel Snyder’s Audio Description Associates Training Institute. While many of you have probably met her during our conventions and DC Leadership Conferences in the past, please join us in welcoming Jo Lynn by sending her an email at [email protected]!