Leadership
Staar’s Leadership Works with Volunteers to Bring Quality Programs to Staar
Southern Tennessee Area Arts Repertory (STAAR) is a 501c3 corporation. Leadership of STAAR is undertaken by an Executive Director, Tammy Pierchoski, who acts upon the authority of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors consists of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Immediate Past Chairman, Finance Chairman, Secretary and a representative of STAAR.
Board members include individuals with backgrounds and expertise in education, the arts, tourism development, local business, historic preservation, communications, venue design, construction and nonprofit management.
Non-voting Advisory Council members are selected due to their interest in various aspects of the operation of STAAR. The Advisory Council is composed of individuals offer a level of expertise that assists in meeting goals, addressing issues or introducing the organization to a broader audience.
All Board members and Advisory Council members serve without receiving any monetary compensation.
STAAR’s volunteers and advisors focus on the operation and management of the first floor facility, the theatrical organizations’ live performances, booking quality entertainment, expansion of the center’s arts education offerings and raising funds to ensure successful execution of the STAAR’s mission and goals.
A goal for the organization is to provide professional instruction coordination and training for STAAR executive director, board members and volunteers and to develop resources for full-time staff consisting of an Executive Director, Marketing Director and Development Director.
Organization Information
STAAR Theatre at Antoinette Hall
501c3 Organization is Lynnville Area Arts Association
(DBA Southern Tennessee Area Arts Repertory)
105 N. First Street, Pulaski, TN 38478
EINID#62-1864717 • DUNS#166648720
Executive Director
Operations and financial management for STAAR are managed by Executive Director Tammy Pierchoski, whose office is within the STAAR Theatre at Antoinette Hall complex.
Tammy has been affiliated with the non-profit, Lynnville Area Arts Association, DBA-STAAR Theatre at Antoinette Hall since 2005. She originally joined as a set designer/performer and has been the Executive Director for 15 years. Since 2006 she has been the producer of over 50 productions. In 2015 she shifted her focus to grant writing and has worked to constantly improve the facility for the cast and volunteers as well as for patrons.
Among her accomplishments, she served the Pulaski Rotary Club for eight years as well as host/content producer/sales for the local cable network, Pulaski TV Today – Channel 3, showcasing all of Giles County and focusing on positive impact topics. She served on the advisory board for Columbia State College Commercial Entertainment Department, Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Pulaski, Giles County Tourism and Chamber of Commerce and was as co-chairman of CACIRA (Community Advisory Council on Inclusive Recognition and Acknowledgement) that brought to Giles County, using a local sculptor, the monument dedicated to the United States Colored Troops (USCT), blending art and local history.
With a sense of the importance of history, she, along with valued partners within the region, is currently spearheading the 1868 Antoinette Hall Opera House restoration project vowing to make sure this space is not forgotten and is brought back into the spotlight. She strives to make her community strong and diverse in arts education and performance for children, teens and adults as well as being an advocate for economic growth/quality of life in Giles County supporting a vibrant, engaging downtown. Working alongside hundreds of volunteers, she understands that each person who contributes their time and talent has ownership in this beautiful place and strives to widen the reach with the offerings at STAAR.
Tammy has lived in Giles County since July 1990. She has been a professional baker for 45 years and was a ballet/tap dance instructor for 15 years with the Art of Dance in Lawrenceburg and Pulaski, from which she is retired. She is married to local estate planning attorney Stan Pierchoski. Together they raised and home-schooled their three children, who are now grown. She is a graduate of Calhoun College in Alabama with a Bacherlor’s Degree in Technical Drafting/Engineering.
Tammy Pierchoski
Executive Committee
The Southern Tennessee Area Arts Repertory (STAAR) executive committee is comprised of the following:
Executive Committee
Chairman: Mary Ann Trimble, retired educator
Vice-Chairman: Claudia Johnson, small business owner
Treasurer: Stanley Pierchoski, attorney
Secretary: Tracy Monchilov, business owner
Board Members
Rosalyn Craft
Nicole Bostater
Richard Woolard
Bethany Shockney
About the Board
The Antoinette Hall Preservation Society (AHPS) is a companion organization to the 501c3 corporation, Southern Tennessee Area Arts Repertory (STAAR), and shares a Board of Directors with STAAR. The Society was born of the desire to restore Antoinette Hall so that it can once again become a center of arts and culture for the community and the region.
Leadership of STAAR and AHPS is undertaken by an Executive Director, Tammy Pierchoski, who acts upon the authority of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors consists of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary and a representative of STAAR and of AHPS. Board members include individuals with backgrounds and expertise in education, the arts, tourism development, local business, historic preservation, communications, venue design, construction and nonprofit management.
Along with the Executive Director, STAAR’s volunteers and advisors focus on the operation and management of the first floor facility, the theatrical organizations’ live performances, booking quality entertainment, expansion of the center’s arts education offerings and raising funds to ensure successful execution of the STAAR’s mission and goals.
Advisory Council
If you would like to offer your expertise as a non-voting member of the Advisory Council, please let us know.
Non-voting Advisory Council members are selected due to their interest in various aspects of the operation of STAAR or the restoration of Antoinette Hall. The Advisory Council is composed of individuals offer a level of expertise that assists in meeting goals, addressing issues or introducing the organization to a broader audience.
All Board members and Advisory Council members serve without receiving any monetary compensation.
Marketing Team
Tammy Pierchoski – Executive Director
Claudia Johnson – Webmaster
Rosalyn Craft – Social Media Manager
Would you like to serve on the board or become a volunteer?
There’s a place for everyone!
There are many ways you can help. Here are a few of them.
• Join a Committee
• Become a Board Member
• Serve on the Advisory Committee
• Join the Fundraising Team
• Make a Donation
• Share this Website
• Attend Events that Support Our Mission
• Include STAAR Theatre in Your Estate Planning
• Donate Items of Use to STAAR
• Donate your Professional Expertise
• Donate Materials (ask what’s needed)
• Influence Others to Help
