A DA Foundation Board member of eight years and a Jacksonville native, has agreed to serve as the Foundation’s secretary. Having served as the DA School Advisory Chair for several years, she brings much educational knowledge to the board. She has been a long-standing supporter of arts education and community organizations. Knauer served as a board member of the Arts Schools Network, an organization dedicated to empowering leaders of arts schools nationwide. Committed to service, she is a former board member of the Jacksonville Rotary Club, a Leadership Jacksonville Alumni ‘92, a member of the Jacksonville Women’s Network and currently serves on the Linda Berry Stein College of Fine Arts & Humanities Advisory Board at Jacksonville University. Knauer is an accomplished attorney who has been practicing law for close to four decades in the state of Florida.