MEET JASPER!

The Jasper Project is dependent upon its hard working board of directors to make our world go ‘round. In addition to sharing a wealth of information from their own experiences, the Jasper Project board is, what is called in the world of non-profits, a “working board.” Emphasis on the word WORK.

You’ll see our board members delivering Jasper Magazines, greeting and ringing up art sales at any of our gallery spaces, hauling bags of ice, cases of wine, and trays of food at our receptions and events, as well as planning, setting up for, and cleaning up after those events. Our board of volunteers also plan and program those events. They schedule art exhibitions, review plays, install art, make labels, read plays, screen films, program concerts, write checks, balance the budget, communicate with their unique contacts, and so much more.

Every board member is attached to at least one of Jasper’s primary projects (the magazine, galleries, Play Right Project, 2nd Act Film Project, or any of our one-off projects like the Degenerate Arts Project we just finished up or our upcoming Peter Lenzo retrospective and remembrance that will be opening at Stormwater Studios on April 3rd.)

New board members are officially elected into their seats at our annual board retreat in January, though when potential new board members come along throughout the year, we invite them “to date” Jasper until the next retreat. This gives the potential director time to learn how Jasper works and decide whether they can see themselves as part of our motley crew. And the reciprocal works for Jasper.

In January 2026, Jasper voted in 7 new directors to join our already existing board of 14 sitting members. Over the next few weeks we will be introducing these amazing people to you via Jasper Online. We invite you to check back here daily to MEET JASPER, and we will introduce you to the hard-working and talented individuals who make up the Jasper Project Board of Directors.

Roxy Lenzo Douthit is a Detroit native who spent her childhood going back and forth between Detroit and Columbia. Raised by artists, she rebelled by becoming a scientist and working for the man. She has her Bachelors and Masters in Environmental Science from USC and currently works as a consultant in Products and Technology. Despite the corporate day job, Roxy finds time to create art and get involved in the Columbia arts and activism scenes. Previously known for resurrecting a feminist southern magazine and making dresses out of trash (She won Columbia Design League's Bruce Bahr Award at Runaway Runway in 2013 for a dress made out of phone books), Roxy now spends her time showing her two young daughters as much art and adventure as possible. She's excited to help foster, promote, and expose even more art and adventure as a member of the Jasper Board.

Roxy sits in the Jasper Project’s Project & Planning Committee and she is the chair of our Membership & Development Committee. She is also heading up the next one-off Jasper project coming up April 3, 2026 at Stormwater Studios - PETER LENZO: A RETROSPECTIVE AND REMEMBRANCE.