Brianna Dance has administered public funding of the arts for the State of Ohio since 2011. She currently serves as Organizational Programs Coordinator for the central and southeast Ohio region, where she builds awareness of OAC funding opportunities, advises applicants on their grant proposals, recruits panelists and coordinates panel reviews for seven grant programs. Dance previously guided organizations through the state's capital funding process at the Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission, and served in communications and exhibition roles at the OSU Urban Arts Space. Dance was a fellow of the Jefferson Center Academy for Leadership and Governance's Next Generation of Leaders in the Arts program. She studied fine art and philosophy at The Ohio State University, where she was awarded several grants, scholarships, and a university fellowship for her artistic work and research.