Emerging Leaders Wrap-up June 3-5, 2006 Milwaukee, WI

Emerging Leader Opportunities at Americans for the Arts Annual Convention
Since the inception of the Americans for the Arts Emerging Leaders Network in 1999, more and more emerging leader-related activities have taken place at the annual convention every year. This year at Living Cultural Democracy: Arts in Changing Communities, opportunities for emerging leaders to be engaged took place everyday, everywhere. You couldn’t walk around the corner without running into one of the Emerging Leadership Exchange participants or recipients of an Emerging Leader scholarship. Networking was abundant at the Emerging Leader peer group meetings on Saturday and Monday, and at the Emerging Leader Reception on Sunday night. Finally, the national recognition of the importance of the next generation of emerging arts leaders rang true at the presentation of the first-ever Emerging Leader Award. See more about these activities below, or join us next June at the Americans for the Arts 2007 Annual Convention in Las Vegas, NV. It's Vegas baby! and the emerging leaders will be there.

For any additional information contact Jamie Bignall or call 202.371.2830.

Emerging Leader Reception

• Photo Gallery (link will open in a new window)

Emerging Leadership Exchange Participants

Listed below are the participants of the 2006 Emerging Leadership Exchange. Participants are listed next to their partners. These partners were matched based on criteria outlined in the emerging leaders’ applications and on their mutual professional interests.

Erin Eisenberg Policy Coalition on Culture: Advocating the Arts in Public Affairs Austin, TX	Gary Steuer Vice President of Private-Sector Affairs, Americans for the Arts Executive Director, Arts & Business Council of Americans for the Arts Washington, DC
Kathleen Gardenhire Finance and Operations Assistant, Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County Fort Worth, TX	Michael Spring Director, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs Miami, FL
Suzanne Jenkins Programs Manager, Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Boston, MA	James Clark President and CEO, Lexington Arts and Cultural Council Lexington, KY
Kaitlin McNally-Murphy Program Director, Performing Arts Workshop San Francisco, CA	Mary McCullough-Hudson President and CEO, Fine Arts Fund (FAF) Cincinnati, OH
David Neary Managing Director, Wyoming Shakespeare Festival Company Lander, WY	John Barsness Executive Director, Montana Arts Bozeman, MT
Stephanie Pereira Research Associate, Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education Chicago, IL	Mayumi Tsutakawa Grants to Organizations, Program Manager, Washington State Arts Commission Seattle, WA
Nikki Tucker Grants Manager, Southern Arts Federation (SAF) Atlanta, GA	Margie Johnson Reese General Manager, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Los Angeles, CA
Irene Weygandt Performing Arts Coordinator, VSA arts Washington, D.C	Shannon Daut Senior Director of Programs, Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) Denver, CO

Emerging Leader Award

The first annual Emerging Leader Award was presented to Jennifer Armstrong at the Americans for the Arts Annual Convention on June 4, 2006.  To Learn more about this award, its nominating process, and Jennifer's background, please visit our Emerging Leader Award Page.

Emerging Leader Peer Group Meetings

• Notes from June 3, 2006 (pdf 38KB)
• Notes from June 5, 2006 (pdf 73KB)