Belmont Art and Cultural Center Press Release

BELMONT ART AND CULTURAL CENTER
PRESS RELEASE

Date: April 24, 2003

For immediate release:

Belmont Art and Cultural Center, located at 401 N. Reus St., is proud to announce that Mr. John H. Wyche has been appointed as Executive Director of the Belmont Art and Cultural Center effective immediately. Mr. Wyche brings with him a broad range of experiences and skills for this key position within the Pensacola community.

John H. Wyche is involved extensively in the Pensacola community. He is a founding member of the Northwest Florida Coalition for Community service (Englewood AmeriCorps Initiative), the Pensacola Chamber of Commerce Minority Economic Development Committee, and the Florida Black Business Support Coalition that began in 1997. He is on the Board of Directors for Volunteer Pensacola, Community Drug & Alcohol Board and Escambia County Healthy Start Coalition Board. He is a former board member of Seminole Booster Club of Escambia County, Escambia AIDS Services and Education (E.A.S.E.). He was co-chair of Healthy Kids Program for Escambia County. He is associated with The Services Society, Air Force Association, and Outstanding Young Men of America. He is the past Chairman of the Advisory Committee of Project C.O.N.T.A.C. (Changing Our Neighborhoods Through Academic Challenges) and Escambia County’s Fatherhood Initiative. John has also been a business and political consultant since 1993. He is a graduate of Leadership Pensacola, Class of 1994. He has been a Project Business Consultant for Junior Achievement. John is a former member of the Democratic Executive Committee (DEC) and the DEC Steering Committee. He was previously president of the Democratic Black Caucus of Escambia County Florida. He coordinated the Escambia County Democratic Headquarters in the 1992 election season

John Wyche received a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration and Management from Florida State University in 1980. After graduating from college, John was commissioned an officer in the United States Air Force. During active duty, he was assigned to bases in South Carolina, Republic of the Philippines, Texas, South Dakota, California, and Alaska. In 1990, he completed his Masters Degree in Business Administration, specializing in Management Information Systems, at Incarnate Word College in San Antonio, Texas.

Currently, John is a Major in the United States Air Force Reserve and is assigned to Special Operations at Duke Field in Florida. He is also president of the 13^th Chapter of the Reserve Officers' Association. He is an assistant professor of Aerospace Studies, Air Force ROTC at the University of West Florida in Pensacola. John is also the owner of Premier Cleaners in Pensacola, FL.

John and his family attend Talbot Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church where he is a Trustee. John is a former Lay Council Leader of thirteen churches, with over 1,500 members, throughout Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. John is also a Masonic Shriner.

John Wyche was born on January 25, 1958, in Pensacola, Florida, the son of the late Henry Wyche, a barber and the former Gladys Rothschild, a substitute teacher.

John is married to Alicia A. Wyche. John and Alicia have one child, John H. Wyche II.

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