Mary K. Baxter
Deputy Director
Mary has a BA in Communication Arts from Concord University where she studied Public Relations and Theatre. At Concord, she was President of the school’s chapter of the Alpha Psi Omega, a National Honors Theatre Fraternity promoting and creating opportunities for young artists to raise awareness and charitable funds for victims of domestic violence, AIDS victims, and sexual assault on college campuses. Mary co-founded Dramatic Adventure Theatre and served as Executive Director, along with other key program and administrative roles, producing 32 original plays with 300+ artists in 9 countries on 4 continents from 2006 to present. During her tenure with Dramatic Adventure Theatre, she helped organize workshops that reached 2000+ students in 28 communities and villages and over 45 community-designed and led service projects worldwide.
She also served as Program Coordinator at Free Arts, NYC, which provides under-served K-12 children with educational arts and mentoring programs; as the bookkeeper for the Washington International Horse Show in Washington, DC; and as a board member for Heal My Voice, empowering women and girls to step into greater leadership in their lives. She is a published author with short stories in several books, most notably writing the forward for Feminine Voices: True Stories by Women Transforming Leadership.
As Deputy Director, Mary is responsible for managing the Howard County Center for the Arts and maximizing the use of the Center as a resource for the arts. Mary joined the Arts Council team in August 2019.