Background
Hiatt, Jane Crater was born on May 26, 1944 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Howard Rondthaler Junior and Irene (Sides) Crater.
Hiatt, Jane Crater was born on May 26, 1944 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Howard Rondthaler Junior and Irene (Sides) Crater.
Bachelor, University North Carolina, 1966. Master of Arts, Wake Forest University, 1972.
England teacher Winston-Salem (North Carolina)/Forsyth County Schools, 1966-1970. Executive director Tennessee Committee for the Humanities, Nashville, 1973-1977. Consultant various educational and cultural agencies Ocean Springs, Mississippi, 1978-1980.
Assistant director Mississippi Humanities Council, Jackson, 1981-1985. Executive director Arts Alliance of Jackson and Hinds County, 1985-1989, Mississippi Arts Commission, Jackson, 1989-1995. Interim director Mississippi Museum Art, 2001.
Participant Arts Leadership Institute of Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, Minneapolis, 1986, Leadership, Jackson, 1987. Interim executive director Mississippi Museum Art, 2001.
Active Mississippi Economic Council, 1986—1987, Mississippi Research and Development Council, 1984—1988. President Mental Health Association of Hinds County, Jackson, 1986. Treasurer Mississippi for Educational Broadcasting, 1987, 1988, 1989, Premier Class Leadership, Jackson, 1987, 1988.
Community advisory council Junior League of Jackson, since 1995. Member representing Mississippi Friends of Art and Preservation in Embassies Millennium Committee. Board directors Mississippi Museum Art, 2000—2009, Friends of University Press, since 2004.
Board directors Mississippi state committee National Museum Women in Arts. Member of Women's Fund (benefactor and board directors 2002-2009), Greater Jackson Foundation (board directors 1996—2009, chairman 2002-2003), Public Education Forum (board directors 1993-1995), Mississippi Center for Nonprofits (vice chairman, board directors 1993-1996, advisory board since 1997), Southern Arts Federation (board directors 1989-1995), National Assembly State Arts Agencies 1992-1995, (Second vice president 1995), National Council on Arts, National Assembly Local Arts Agencies, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married K.W. Everhart Junior (divorced June 1973). Married Wood Coleman Hiatt, May, 1978. 1 child, Jonathan David.