Dennis Scholl Application PackageScholl Dennis
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2001 meridian ave, #301 miami beach
Home Address City
FL 33139
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305-458-4646305-458-4646
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dennis@dscholl.com
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305-458-4646
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● I am applying for an appointment because I have special abilities, knowledge and experience. Please list below:
In my former life as a practicing attorney, my legal practice revolved around the issuance and management of
Municipal bond, G.O. bond, housing bonds, industrial revenue bonds.
I have also had a long career in the arts, as an arts patron , administrator and ceo of non profit arts organizations.
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o Prohibition from directly or indirectly lobbying city personnel (Miami Beach City Code section 2-459).
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Florida Statutes.
● In what organization(s) in the City of Miami Beach do you currently hold membership in?
No Organization Information Submitted.
● List the address of all properties owned or in which you have an interest within the City of Miami Beach:
Property
just my home, 2001 meridian ave, #301, miami beach
If so, which department and title?No● Are you now employed by the City of Miami Beach:
● Pursuant to City Code Section 2-25 (b):
Do you have a parent, spouse, child, brother, or sister who is employed by the City of Miami Beach?Yes
If "Yes", identify person(s) and department(s):
No relative's information submitted.
BOARD & COMMITTEE FINANCIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATEMENT
Acknowledgement of fines/suspension for Board/Committee Members for failure to comply with
Miami-Dade County Financial Disclosure Code Section 2-11.1(i)(2)
I understand that no later than July 1, of each year all members of Boards and Committees of the City of Miami
Beach, including those of a purely advisory nature, are required to comply with Miami-Dade County Financial
Disclosure Requirements.
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Miami Beach, Florida, no later than 12:00 noon of July 1, of each year:
1. A "Source of Income Statement;" or
2. A "Statement of Financial Interests (Form 1)¹ ;" or
3. A Copy of your latest Federal Income Tax Return.
Failure to file one of these forms, pursuant to the Miami-Dade County Code, may subject the person to a fine of no
more than $500, 60 days in jail, or both.
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¹ Members of the Planning Board and Board of Adjustment will be notified directly by the State of Florida, pursuant
to F.S. §112.3145(1)(a), to file a Statement of Financial Interests (Form 1) with the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of
Elections by 12:00 noon, July 1. Planning Board and Board of Adjustment members who file their Form 1 with the
County Supervisor of Elections automatically satisfy the County’s financial disclosure requirement as a Miami Beach
City Board/Committee member and need not file an additional form with the Office of the City Clerk. However,
compliance with the County disclosure requirement does not satisfy the State requirement.
DIVERSITY STATISTICS REPORT
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FALSE STATEMENTS OR FALSE INFORMATION SUBMITTED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION SHALL BE A
BASIS FOR MY REMOVAL FROM A CITY BOARD OR COMMITTEE. I HAVE RECEIVED, READ, AND WILL
ABIDE BY CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE VII, OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED “STANDARDS OF
CONDUCT FOR CITY OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENCY MEMBERS” AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE
CITY, COUNTY, AND/OR STATE LAWS AND STATUTES ACCORDINGLY.
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Dennis Scholl Email: dennis@dscholl.com • Phone:305 458 4646
Summary
Dynamic goal focused creative leader with 35 years of cultural experience and relationships. Articulate and
persuasive presenter, with ability to craft and deliver national messages. Established track record of
hands-on entrepreneurial achievement. Significant arts policy and grantmaking background.
Experience
Oolite Arts July 2017 - present Miami, Florida
President and CEO of one of Miami’s leading cultural non-profits, focusing on support for our community ’s visual
artists and filmmakers.
●Oversee Miami’s largest cultural endowment at $100 million.
Scholl Creative June 2009 – Present Miami,Florida
Founder of Miami’s leading filmmaking team focusing on cultural documentaries.
●Twenty-two times regional Emmy winner. Films have appeared in over 100 film festivals, winning numerous
awards.
Knight Foundation February 2009 – November 2015 Miami, Florida
One of America’s largest private foundations, with over $2 billion in assets, Knight Foundation’s mission is to create
informed and engaged communities through supporting transformational ideas that promote quality journalism,
advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts. Through its arts program, the foundation seeks
to weave the arts into the fabric of communities to engage and inspire residents.
Vice President / Arts
Reporting to CEO, built a new national arts program, granting close to $200 million in seven years. ● Created
“Random Acts of Culture.” Funded and produced 1,243 Random Acts of Culture – live spontaneous performances
by professional musicians, dancers, singers and other performers. Seen by over 10 million viewers on the web. ●
Led “Knight Arts Challenge,” a $40 million arts idea contest open to anyone in South Florida. Expanded to
Philadelphia, Detroit, St. Paul and Akron. Generated over 20,000 applications.
●Developed Community Art Grantmaking program in Akron, Charlotte, Detroit, Macon, Miami,
Philadelphia, San Jose and St. Paul, making over 400 grants to arts organizations in those communities,
focusing on the areas of audience engagement and artistic excellence.
●Co founder of ArtPlace with National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman and
twelve leading arts philanthropic organizations. Chair of ArtPlace Executive Committee and
Operating Committee.
●Created Community Arts Journalism contest with the National Endowment for the Arts, to seek new
forms of arts journalism in communities across America.
Betts & Scholl September 2003 – September 2009 Miami, Florida
Founder and Managing Member
Created a new international wine portfolio using internationally renowned contemporary artists on the labels,
with wine produced in Australia, France, Italy and Napa.
●Betts & Scholl was named the star selection in Best New Wine Projects in the World by Food and Wine
magazine. ● Achieved consistent top scores from Wine Spectator, including 23 scores over 90 points and a
95 point score for our 2006 “Black Betty ” Shiraz.
●Sold Betts & Scholl to a public company September 2009.
Morada Ventures 1987 – Present Miami, Florida
Founder
Entrepreneur/Investor in technology, pharmaceuticals and real estate.
●Early leader in historic restoration of South Beach. Acquired, renovated and placed fifteen Art Deco
properties located on Miami Beach on the National Register of Historic Places.
●Acquired a dozen properties in Wynwood Arts District.
●Designed and built homes in Aspen, Colorado, receiving AIA Award of Merit, Award of Honor and
Architects Choice House of the Year.
Attorney & CPA 1976 – 1994 Miami, Florida
●Began career as a Certified Public Accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co., 1976 – 1978
●Practiced corporate and securities law with firms in Miami, 1981 – 1994
Education
●Harvard University, Advanced Leadership Fellow 2012
●University of Miami School of Law, J.D. 1981
University of Miami Law Review, Articles and Comments Editor
●Florida International University, B.B.A., Accounting 1977
Selected Cultural Activities
●SouthArts: Board and Executive Committee Member
●National Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences: Board Member (Suncoast Chapter)
●Detroit Institute of Arts, Emeritus Trustee
●Art Basel: Global Patrons Council Founding Member, 2014 - present
●Peréz Art Museum Miami: Trustee, 2009 – 2020; Founder and Chair Emeritus PAMM
Collectors Council, Honorary Trustee.
●Linda Pace Foundation: Trustee, 2007 – 2015
●Art Basel Miami Beach: Host Committee, 2002 – Present
●World Class Boxing: Founder, 2003 –2014; Public exhibition space to display our personal
collection of over 1,200 works of contemporary art, acquired over past 35 years
●Founder and Chair of the Guggenheim Museum Photography Committee, 1997 – 2001
●Founder and Chair of the TATE Museum American Acquisition Committee, 2001 – 2004
●Founding Chair, Locust Projects, alternative contemporary art space, 2001 – 2005
●Board of Directors, Aspen Art Museum, Executive Committee, Chair of Exhibition
Committee, 2006 – 2009
●Trustee, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Executive Committee Member, 1994
– 1998
●Member, Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Council, appointed by City Commission, 1997 – 1998
●Secretary/Treasurer, Dade County Art in Public Places Trust, appointed by County
Commission, 1983–1985, 1986 – 1989
Selected Speaking Engagements
●Commencement Speaker, University of Miami School of Law, 2016
●Commencement Speaker, New World School of the Arts, 2014
●Speaker, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Loeb Fellows,ArtPlace and Creative Placemaking, with Carol
Coletta, October 2012
●Speaker, Aspen Ideas Festival,Making Cities Sing,with Rocco Landesman, Richard Florida and Darren
Walker, June 2012 (also 2013 and 2014)
●Speaker, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University,Curate Your Own Experience, April 2012
●Panelist, National Arts Policy Roundtable, Americans for the Arts, September 2011 and September 2012
●Panelist,The Arts in a Time of Change: Building the 21st Century Case for Philanthropy and Investment in
Arts and Culture, The Aspen Institute, August 2009 and August 2011
●Keynote speaker, Ford Foundation Emerging Fellows and Kennedy Center Fellows, June 2011
●Keynote Speaker, Funding Arts Network Annual Awards & Membership Luncheon, May 2010 and May 2011
●Panelist,Boldly Go: Raising Funds, Building Audiences,Leveraging Resources in the New Era of Non Profit
Arts, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami Dade County, May 2010
●Panelist,Leave A Legacy Non Profit Education Day,A Brave New World: The Challenges of Navigating
Change, March 2010
●Keynote Speaker,Hundred Day Celebration – Teach for America, February 2010
●Moderator,Arts in Crisis, A Community Conversation,with Michael M. Kaiser, President of the Kennedy
Center, December 2009
Selected Recognition
●Order of Australia,Member, 2022
●Gala Honoree,Phillips Collection, 2019
●Gala Honoree,Locust Project, 2018
●Visionary Award in the Arts Nominee, Miami Herald,2016
●Legacy Arts Award, University of Miami School of Music,2015
●National Service to the Arts, Anderson Ranch Arts Center (with spouse), 2014
●Community Arts Award, Arts Center of Hollywood, 2014
●Most Powerful and Influential People in the Non Profit Arts, 2011, 2012 and 2014
●Greatest Person of the Day, June 2011 by Huffington Post, for Random Acts of Culture program
●Best in Miami in Arts, 2010 and in Education, 2011,as selected by Miami Today
●Shining Star Award, 2010 and Serving the Arts Award,2011, as selected by Arts & Business Council
●Power Player, Moving Florida Forward, by Florida International Magazine, April 2010 and April 2011
●Big Heart in the Arts, recipient from American Heart Association, March 2011