Dr. Annamarie Bollino currently serves as the Coordinator of Visual and Performing Arts for Stafford County Public Schools where she works with over 100 arts teachers and supervises the district’s arts programs. Under her leadership, SCPS has been named a Best Communities for Music Education by the NAMM Foundation. Annamarie is the Immediate Past President of the Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) and currently serves as Chair of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Music Program Leaders Council. A believer in data informed practices, Annamarie manages Virginia’s Arts Education Data Project and serves on the Virginia Coalition for Fine Arts Education. She works closely with the Virginia Department of Education on projects related to arts education and teacher licensure. Annamarie has experience working with pre-k through the graduate level students and has presented and performed at state, national, and international conferences. She is published in Teaching Music and contributed a chapter in The Music Teacher’s Guide to Recruitment & Retention. Annamarie holds degrees in educational leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University and music education from West Virginia University and George Mason University. (2023)
