LESSONS LEARNED FINE ARTS Some of the best Virginia Hepner knowledge comes not combines business from schools, but from acumen with the arts experience. STRATEGIES community. HARVEY MACKAY IDEAS FOR GROWING BUSINESS EXECUTIVE PROFILE 27A 28A March 1-7, 2013 Page 25A LESSONS LEARNED FINE ARTS Some of the best Virginia Hepner knowledge comes not combines business fromLESSONS schools, but LEARNED from acumen withFINE the artsARTS Someexperience. of the best community.Virginia Hepner knowledge comes not combines business from schools, but from STRATEGIES acumen with the arts experience.HARVEY MACKAY IDEAS FOR GROWING BUSINESS EXECUTIVE community.PROFILE 27A 28A March 1-7, 2013 STRATEGIES Page 25A HARVEY MACKAY IDEAS FOR GROWING BUSINESS EXECUTIVE PROFILE 27A 28A MarchMARCH 1-7, 2013 1-7, 2013 Page 25A JOANN VITELLI JOANN Resident musician: John Driskell Hopkins, bassist and songwriter for Zac Brown Band, is the first Artist in Residence at Kennesaw State University’s Joel A. 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