Our Amazing Team

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Roxanne Amidon founded Boardman Arts Park while the President of the Northwest Neighborhood Association in 2017, then went on to be the Executive Director in 2019.  She manages a renovation company AMIDONIAN llc with her husband.  Roxanne spent 30 years in the technology industry as a strategic planner, project manager and product manager.  She is a graduate of the Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business in Marketing. She is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis and Rotary; and volunteers with Delaware’s Main Street, Kiwanis, Rotary and People in Need.

Rachael has over 15 years of experience in marketing based roles that includes managing sponsorship integration, large scale event planning, customer service initiatives, social media planning, and overall project management of several brands. She is currently a member of Rotary, and volunteers as a Rotary Youth Exchange Officer and Gallery Coordinator at Delaware City Vineyard church. She has a huge passion for the arts from years of dance training including performances, competitions, and professionally with the Columbus Crew Dance Team.

Larry Beaver has been the Secretary of the Boardman Arts Park Board since November 2023. He graduated from Miami University (Ohio) in 2013 with his Bachelor’s in Zoology and from Ashland University with his MBA in 2022. Currently he is the Project Manager for the Energy Advancement and Innovation Center at the Ohio State University as well as the Director of Finances for DNA Nanobots. In his spare time, he enjoys being outside with his wife, daughter and three chihuahuas.

Logan is a Columbus native, and is currently serving as the Economic Development Coordinator for the City of Delaware. She is a graduate of Capital University, and has experience in local government and nonprofit work in communications and public relations.  She has been involved with the arts from a young age, singing in several local churches and is an alumni of the Columbus Children's Choir. When not working, she enjoys volunteering at Jericho's house, hanging out with her Border Collie, Juno, and attending any of the arts festivals in Downtown Delaware. 

Jane Hawes is a longtime resident of Delaware and currently serves as a communications director in local government. She previously worked for the Dispatch Media Group as a reporter for The Columbus Dispatch and as editor of Columbus Parent Magazine. She earned her B.A. in Communications from Villanova University and her M.B.A. from Georgetown University. Jane enjoys yoga, baking, gardening and traveling with her husband, Richard, who is a professor emeritus of exercise physiology at Ohio Wesleyan University as well as the head men’s and women’s swim coach. Their children, now grown, attended St. Mary School. Their daughter Emma and her husband Gabriele Frola are lead principals with the English National Ballet. Their son Colin and his wife Moira Meehan live in Williamsburg, Va., where Colin is a doctoral student in oceanography at the College of William & Mary.