Ed Douglas is a native of Alabama, but has lived and worked in 7 different states and traveled to over 30 countries. He has a B.A. and B.S. from the University of Alabama, a M.S. from the University of Washington, and an A.A.S. from Faulkner State. He has been on the faculty of what is now Coastal Alabama Community College for 13 years, the last 7 as director of the Gulf Shores Campus and chair of the Hospitality Division. He is involved in increasing the Global perspective of Community College students and to that end is currently serving as Chair of the Coastal Alabama Community College Global Engagement Committee, Chair of the Alabama Community College System Global Engagement Association (ACCSGEA) and is the immediate past chair of Study Alabama. He is collaborating with Universities, the Alabama Department of Commerce, Alabama Commission on Higher Education and the Alabama Community College System on internationalizing college curriculum and increasing opportunities for international students in Alabama.

Ms. Pardo’s musical experience has included almost fifteen years with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in Caracas, Venezuela. She also taught viola at the Simon Bolivar Conservatory in Caracas, and coached young musicians within “El Sistema”, Venezuelan Youth Symphony Orchestras System, in several cities of the country. In 1998 she founded the Tabor Strings Summer Course (Caracas, Venezuela), and in 2000 was commissioned to create the Youth Symphony of Peru.

As a violist, her chamber music experience includes the Teresa Carreño String Quartet and Santa Cecilia String Trio. She has also performed as soloist in such major works as Bach’s Sixth Brandenburg Concert, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola, and Telemann solo and double concertos.

In 2000 she joined the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music as violin/viola teacher, head of department, Suzuki Program founder and coordinator. She was also a coordinator of the chamber music program, orchestra specialist for the Conservatory Connections department and she joined Merit School of Music in Chicago, where she taught at the Alegre and Preparatory programs.

Ms. Pardo moved to Hattiesburg, MS in July 2010 and taught for eight years at the Hattiesburg School District. Daniela also taught at William Carey University, and she was the founder and director of the William Carey Suzuki Institute and My First String Camp. in 2019 Daniela moved to Daphne, AL to become the Mobile Symphony Education Director. Ms. Pardo also plays with the Mobile, Pensacola, Meridian Symphony and Gulf Coast Orchestras, and performs Latin music especially arranged for classical strings with the “IberoAmerica Ensemble”, a group unique in its kind in the Pine Belt area, which features original, riveting arrangements of music from Latin-America and Spain.

ESCMF Treasurer and cardiologist, Dr. Ralph Buckley, received his medical degree and completed his training at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, Virginia.  He was chief medical resident during his residency and also completed his internship in internal medicine and fellowship in cardiovascular diseases while at UVA.  He attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island for his undergraduate studies and graduated magna cum laude with honors, receiving a Bachelor of Science in biology.