Forward Performing Arts, Inc. and the Madison Scouts are pleased to announce the appointment of Christin Gates Calloway to the board of directors. Ms. Calloway currently serves as a Policy Associate with the Race to Equity Project where she leads community partnership and engagement to address racial inequity in the Madison and Dane County areas.

“It is a privilege to have Christin join our board of directors,” said Executive Director Chris Komnick. “Her education and experiences will be incredibly valuable to the organization as we continue to expand our mission of musical enrichment within Madison and the State of Wisconsin.”

Christin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Mississippi where she was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society and was a member of her class’s Hall of Fame. She earned her Master of Education in Education Policy and Management from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education in 2012. While at Harvard she served on the Dean’s Advisory Committee for Equity and Diversity and the Achievement Gap Initiative for the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy. She is currently working on her doctorate in Educational Policy Studies at The University of Wisconsin- Madison.