Stacie Vining is the Marketing & Communications Manager for the CAC and an adjunct professor at Belmont University. After receiving her undergraduate degree in Music Business from the University of North Alabama, she began her almost 30-year career within artist management, marketing, artist development, and publicity. She 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 more than three years. She then helmed a PR firm for three years before co-owning another PR firm for an additional 13 years. She was thrilled to join the Creative Arts Collective in July of 2024, working 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.