conference committee and local host

Conference Planning Committee

Alan S. Brown, Principal, WolfBrown,
San Francisco, CA

Ken Bernhardt,
Regents Professor & Taylor E. Little Jr. Professor of Marketing,
Robinson College of Business,Georgia State University,
Atlanta, GA

Jonathon Glus,
CEO, Houston Arts Alliance,
Houston, TX

Richard Graber,
Grants Project Manager,Houston Arts Alliance,
Houston, TX

Bernadine C. Griffin,
Director of Theater Advancement & Development,
5th Avenue Theatre,
Seattle, WA

Andrew Huang,
President, Houston Downtown Alliance,
Houston, TX

Paul Johnson,
Associate Director, Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston, TX

Brian Jose,
Director of Marketing and Communications,
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center University of Maryland,
College Park, MD

Eliza Benington Kozlowski,
Director of Communications & Visitor Services,
George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & Film,
Rochester, NY

Terence McFarland,
Executive Director, LA Stage Alliance, Los Angeles, CA

Mary McNamara,
CFRE, Director of Development, Queens Theatre in the Park,
Queens, NY

Elizabeth Proctor,
Director of Development, International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists,
Houston, TX

J. Dennis Rich,
Chair, Arts & Media Management, Colombia College,
Chicago, IL

Joanne Steller,
Vice President, Strategic Communications, TRG

Donna (Sutton) Williams,
Audience Development Specialist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, NY

Laura Sweet,
Associate Executive Director,
Lied Center for Performing Arts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
Lincoln, NE

Jerry Yoshitomi,
Consultant, MeaningMatters,
Port Hueneme, CA

Alice Sachs Zimet,
President, Arts + Business Partners LLC,
New York, NY

Local Host

Houston Arts Alliance
3201 Allen Parkway, Suite 250
Houston, TX, 77019
P: 713.527.9330
F: 713.630.5210
www.haatx.com

The mission of Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) is to nurture, fund, and promote participation in the arts in Houston and Harris County which it does by providing financial support, technical assistance, and specialized services to artists, arts and civic organizations, and public institutions to ensure that citizens and visitors to the community have access to broad and diverse cultural programs—from avant-garde theater to traditional music to fine arts exhibitions. HAA offers a program of civic art and design dedicated to improving the region’s physical environment through the inclusion of art in infrastructure projects, working through partnerships with the City of Houston, and other public and private sector entities.