Stacie Vining is the Marketing & Communications Manager and an adjunct professor at Belmont University. After receiving her undergraduate degree in the music business from the University of North Alabama, she led a career in artist management, marketing, artist development, and publicity. Vining decided to make a life shift and pursued her Master’s degree in Therapeutic Recreation from Middle Tennessee State University, where she worked as a certified RT specialist for over three years. She then helmed a PR firm for three years before co-owning another PR firm for 13 more years. She was thrilled to join the Creative Arts Collective in July of 2024 and for the opportunity to work alongside an amazing creative staff and group of grantees.
In her free time, Vining, her husband, and their college-aged daughter love to travel and see as much of the world as possible. She is also the proud parent of two four-legged fur children.