MAP360/ INSIDE OUT MONTGOMERY
Since 2018, there have been countless allies, advocates and volunteers
who have empowered MAP360 projects, who've kept us grounded in what matters. Our work is meaningful because of you.
We look forward to many more creative adventures together.
our TEAM
Sarah Beatty Buller
Executive Director
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder of MAP360, Sarah Beatty Buller has spent more than a decade investing in the cultural and economic revitalization of Montgomery, Alabama. As co-founder of Montgomery Builds, she has spearheaded $40M+ across 175+ cultural programs, 94 grants, and 15 downtown capital projects — including the award-winning restoration of Kress on Dexter, now a landmark hub for creativity and community. A graduate of Harvard College (B.A., cum laude, 1988), Sarah spent 16 years in media and marketing at MTV and USA Network before pivoting to environmental entrepreneurship, founding Green Depot in Brooklyn and Greenmaker Industries, a manufacturer of environmentally preferred building products. That unconventional arc — spanning media, construction, manufacturing, and community development — prepared her uniquely to lead MAP360's complex, multi-disciplinary work. She brings to it both the strategic instincts of a builder and the values of a committed community advocate.
MIchelle Mooney
Operations Lead
Michelle Mooney is the Operations Lead at MAP360, where she supports day-to-day operations, program coordination, and internal systems that keep projects and partnerships moving forward. She brings more than 15 years of experience in nonprofit development and operations, focusing on building practical systems that help mission-driven organizations do their best work. Michelle has traveled to more than 40 countries and believes deeply in the power of arts and culture to bring people together. She lives in Denver with her husband and their two daughter
Joyce Vaughn
Catalyzing Careers Project Manager
Joyce Vaughn is a marketing, communications, and project management professional whose career spans healthcare, defense, and the nonprofit sector. Founder of J.Vaughn Consulting, she previously served as Innovation Hub Director at MGMWERX, Montgomery's military innovation accelerator, where she guided administration, program management, and strategic planning across a team interfacing with all ranks of the military. As Communications Director at OneOp, she leads integrated marketing campaigns across digital and print platforms, mentors a team of officers and graduate assistants, and maintains strategic partnerships with Department of Defense stakeholders. Her background in data-driven strategy, event management, and multi-channel audience engagement translates directly to MAP360's work connecting artists with platforms, resources, and opportunity. She holds a Master of Business Administration from Auburn University Montgomery. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joycevaughn/
Sarah Kathryn Hopple
Social Media Lead
Sara Kathryn Hopple is a social media strategist, visual storyteller, and working artist based in Montgomery, Alabama. Through her work with MAP360, she translates the organization’s mission into digital narratives that highlight artists, amplify community voices, and extend the reach of Montgomery’s creative ecosystem. With a background in business, marketing, and the arts, Sara Kathryn focuses on thoughtful storytelling—capturing the people, ideas, and moments that shape creative communities and sharing them in ways that invite broader engagement. Outside of her work with MAP360, Sara Kathryn is an abstract painter and ceramic artist.
Dr. Shakita Brooks Jones
Community Engagement Manager
Dr. Shakita Brooks Jones is a Montgomery, AL native. Shakita is a graduate of Troy State University with a B.S. in social work, a master’s in social work from the University of Alabama and a Doctorate in Social Work from the University of Alabama. Her scholarly work includes the creation of the Poli-Gram: Policies of Opportunity™, which is a visual and narrative tool that maps the intergenerational effects of public policy on education, economic mobility, and social well-being. Shakita also holds a master’s degree in public administration and a Nonprofit Management certification from Auburn University Montgomery. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Central Alabama Alliance Resource & Advocacy Center (CAARAC), where she spearheads several programs to address prevention, education and health equity related to HIV in the Black community. Shakita is also a strategy and facilitation consultant with Radical Optimist, a cooperative team of practitioners that serves to support groups in racial healing learning. Lastly, Shakita is the community project manager for MAP360, where she plans, coordinates, and executes of the MAP360’s Connecting Community Initiative.
Elizabeth William Matthews
Community Events Lead
Elizabeth Williams Matthews is a marketing and communications professional with seventeen years of experience in community engagement, public relations, and event coordination. Founder of MindingYourLiz, she offers coaching, consulting, and speaking services rooted in her work as a faith-based life coach and author of That's BIG: Believing It's God! She serves as Executive Board President of the Public Relations Council of Alabama's Montgomery Chapter and has been recognized by the Boy Scouts of America with the National Silver Beaver Award for distinguished community service — one of the organization's highest honors for adult volunteers. A sought-after motivational speaker at churches, conferences, and nonprofit organizations, she brings to MAP360 a deep network of Montgomery community relationships and a practiced ability to convene people across difference. She holds a B.A. in Communications from the University of Alabama (2003). https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-williams-matthews-b08251323/
Board of Directors
SARAH BEATTY BULLER, FOUNDER & PRESIDENT
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder of MAP360, Sarah Beatty Buller has spent more than a decade investing in the cultural and economic revitalization of Montgomery, Alabama. As co-founder of Montgomery Builds, she has spearheaded $40M+ across 175+ cultural programs, 94 grants, and 15 downtown capital projects — including the award-winning restoration of Kress on Dexter, now a landmark hub for creativity and community. A graduate of Harvard College (B.A., cum laude, 1988), Sarah spent 16 years in media and marketing at MTV and USA Network before pivoting to environmental entrepreneurship, founding Green Depot in Brooklyn and Greenmaker Industries, a manufacturer of environmentally preferred building products. That unconventional arc — spanning media, construction, manufacturing, and community development — prepared her uniquely to lead MAP360's complex, multi-disciplinary work. She brings to it both the strategic instincts of a builder and the values of a committed community advocate.
TOM BLOUNT,
BOARD SECRETARY
Thomas A. Blount is an architect, AIDS activist, historic preservationist, and arts patron with deep Alabama roots. His most enduring contribution to Montgomery's cultural life is the Blount Cultural Park — a 250-acre park he master-planned and whose centerpiece theater he designed at his father's commission — now home to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, for which Blount serves as an executive board member. Educated at Vanderbilt University and North Carolina State University's School of Architecture, he considers his deepest education a lifelong engagement with diverse peoples and distant places. His career reflects a belief that architecture, like art, is most powerful when it serves community — shaping spaces that bring people together, honor history, and open possibility. That belief makes him a natural and committed steward of MAP360's mission.
JIM HOLIBER,
TREASURER
Jim Holiber brings to MAP360's board a career built at the intersection of law, operations, and entrepreneurial enterprise. As General Counsel at The Buller Group, he provides legal and compliance oversight across the organization's portfolio. His earlier work spans a range of sectors: as General Manager and Corporate Counsel at Green Depot, he led company startup, drafted vendor contracts, and developed operational policy from the ground up; as Chief Counsel at MarJam Supply, he provided legal leadership through a period of significant growth; and as a Manager at NBCUniversal, he contributed to operations in the media and internet sector. That range — from startup to media corporation — gives him an unusually broad operational lens. A graduate of New York Law School (J.D.) and American University (B.A.), he brings to MAP360 the rigor of a seasoned legal mind and the agility of someone who has built things from scratch. https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-holiber-1a81803/
“Their work has put Montgomery on the playing field with the major arts capitals
of the world, raising the profile of Montgomery artists.”
— Todd Schmidt, Executive Director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival​