The man who will soon step down from running ArtsQuest in Bethlehem isn't taking much time to relax.
Former ArtsQuest President Jeff Parks was appointed Thursday to the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, according to Gov. Tom Corbett's office.
Parks is the newest appointee to the 19-member council, which is responsible for encouraging and supporting the development of the arts in the Commonwealth.
Parks served as president and chief quality officer of the nonprofit ArtsQuest for more than 30 years, and is the principal founder of Musikfest, one of the largest music festivals in the U.S.
A graduate of Lehigh University and the University of Pennsylvania, Parks is a member of Association of Performing Arts Presenters Board of Directors and has served on the boards for the Discover Lehigh Valley regional tourism agency and several other community organizations.
He is a frequent speaker on topics such as arts and community revitalization, economic development and leadership.
Parks will retire as president & CQO of ArtsQuest at the end of 2014 before assuming the role of the Executive Director of the ArtsQuest Foundation, the nonprofit foundation established to help support the long-term sustainability of ArtsQuest, in spring of 2015.
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