Gary R. Libby

Libby is past president of the Florida Art Museum Directors Association (FAMDA) and former Secretary of the Florida Association of Museums (FAM) who gave him their Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998.  In 1999, the Daytona Beach and Halifax Area Chamber of Commerce presented him with their prestigious Outstanding Leadership Award.  On April 8, 2000, he was presented with the National Junior League Community Advisory Board Award for Community Service, and he received the Florida Art Museum Directors Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. He served on the Florida Arts Council from 2005 to 2007 and as a Trustee at Stetson University from 2008 to 2011. He was also elected as a Trustee of the University of Florida Foundation serving from 2012 to 2014. He was elected to the Board of Visitors at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College in 2013. He was also appointed as the at-large member of the 2014 Daytona Beach Charter Review Commission.

Libby also serves or has served on several Daytona Beach, Volusia County and regional boards including the Halifax Area Advertising Authority, the Daytona Beach Economic Development Advisory Board, the Main Street Redevelopment Advisory Board, the County ECHO (Ecological, Cultural, Historic, and Outdoor Recreation) Advisory Board, and the Cultural Council of Volusia County. He is the immediate Past President and former Board member of the Heritage Preservation Trust of Volusia County and is the Vice-President of Historic Pinewood.  He served on the Accreditation Commission of the American Association of Museums, and served on grant panels for the Florida Department of State and the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.  He represented all Florida Museums on the federal level for both FAMDA and FAM as chair of both organizations’ government liaison committees. He was the host and moderator of a 60 minute cultural information program on 1380 AM radio with a world-wide streaming broadcast each Saturday morning at 8:00-9:00 a.m.