Peggy Brady, has served as the Executive Director for the Council on Culture & Arts (COCA), the local arts agency for Tallahassee and Leon County, for the past fourteen years.  She is the recipient of the Trumpet Award for service to the arts in the Capital City and the Ralph Cook Award presented by Tallahassee Little Theatre for commitment to the arts in Tallahassee. Prior to her tenure with COCA, she was the Executive Director for the Center for the Arts School of Theatre (C.A.S.T.), for students from Kindergarten through college.  A playwright and director, Ms. Brady has had twelve of her full-length musical plays produced around the country, and is a guest director for local, regional and college theatres. She is also the producer, director, and co-writer of The Laughing Stock: Florida's Musically Twisted Political Cabaret, a professional, commercial touring theatre company based in Tallahassee.