Deborah Kerr

Member of: 
Broward Cultural Council
Cultural Foundation of Broward, BCC Liaison
Artists Hall of Fame Committee
 

Pennsylvania native Deborah (Bolster) Kerr spent her childhood in Whitehall Township in the historic Lehigh County, near Allentown before moving to Fort Lauderdale in l977. Married to Leigh R. Kerr, president of Leigh Robinson Kerr and Associates, Inc. a South Florida land planning and consulting firm, she enjoys the benefits of living in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Daughter, Nicole Bolster, is pursuing her professional career in Los Angeles, CA.

Currently, Deborah is a member of several cultural organizations including Funding Arts Broward, ArtServe, Broward Art Guild, and Bonnet House Alliance, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, the Norton Museum of Art and is a sustaining member of the Junior League. She has served on the boards of the Junior League of Greater Fort Lauderdale, Inc, HANDY, Inc, the YMCA of Broward County, and Fort Lauderdale Children’s Theatre and was chairman and president of the Broward County Film Society which annual presents the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival. Mrs. Kerr was a member of the Mentor Advisory Committee for Enterprise Ambassador USA, a mentoring program through Nova Southeastern University (1998) and served as a reading specialist with Each One Teach One – adult literacy program. During the past 30 years, Deborah has been an advocate for the arts, education and issues affecting children through many community projects and initiates.

Mrs. Kerr’s professional background was in banking and transitioned in l990 into the non-profit world as the founding executive director and president of Cities In Schools of Broward County, Inc. (currently known as Communities In Schools). She helped develop a school based educational program for the Gold Coast Jazz Society and was involved with development and fund-raising for Florida Grand Opera.
For the several years, Mrs. Kerr has been enjoying a more casual lifestyle studying oil painting, learning the game of golf and gardening – developing a butterfly garden and native habitat around the family home. She enjoys cooking, reading and traveling with her husband, Leigh R. Kerr.