EXECUTIVE PROGRAM FOR NONPROFIT LEADERS - ARTS


National Arts Strategies is proud to announce the selection of the EPNL-Arts 2007 Fellows. These individuals have been nominated based on their leadership in the arts, and will be financially supported by their nominating funders, National Arts Strategies, and fellowships from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Center for Social Innovation. Congratulations to all who will participate in this year's program.



  • Zoinul Abidin
  • Idea Store Manager
  • London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LBTH), Idea Stores
  • Elizabeth Dawn Anstis
  • General Manager
  • Queensland Theatre Company
  • Ann Meier Baker
  • President and CEO
  • Chorus America
  • Peter Bellingham
  • Executive Director
  • Welsh National Opera
  • Stalfana A. Bello
  • Executive Director
  • Oakland Interfaith Choir
  • Nathan Birnbaum
  • Executive Director
  • Angels Gate Cultural Center
  • James SM Boyd
  • Executive Manager, Development
  • West Australian Symphony Orchestra
  • Noelene Buddle
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • State Theatre Company of South Australia
  • John Chaney
  • Exectuive Director
  • Historic Seattle
  • Jeffrey T. Chapline
  • Executive Director, Creative Aging Programs
  • Institute on Aging
  • Janet Chen
  • Executive Director
  • ProMusica Chamber Orchestra
  • William Conner
  • President and CEO
  • CAPA
  • Hernando V. Cortez, Jr.
  • Artistic Director
  • Verb Ballets
  • Kathleen Eilertsen
  • Executive Director
  • Museum of Craft and Folk Art
  • Richard James Evans
  • Executive Director
  • The Australian Ballet
  • Nancy Finegood
  • Executive Director
  • Michigan Historic Preservation Network
  • Kumani Gantt
  • Artistic & Executive Director
  • Village of Arts and Humanities
  • Jacqueline Anne Gazzard
  • Head of Communication
  • Historic Royal Palaces
  • Carlos R. Hernandez
  • Executive Director
  • Puerto Rican Arts Alliance
  • Jon Hinojosa
  • Artistic Director/Executive Director
  • SAY Sí
  • Gayle Hooks
  • Managing Director
  • Jazz Tap Ensemble
  • Sara Jones
  • Managing Director
  • Sierra Repertory Theatre
  • James Kass
  • Executive Director
  • Youth Speaks
  • Amy Kitchener
  • Executive Director
  • Alliance for California Traditonal Arts
  • Matthew Lehrman
  • Executive Director
  • Alliance for Audience
  • Cynthia Liu
  • Chief Manager
  • Leisure and Culture Services Department (Hong Kong)
  • Susan Lowenberg
  • Producing Director
  • LA Theatre Works
  • Joan Adrian Marshall
  • Executive Director
  • Pacific Asia Museum
  • Jay Kyle McAdams
  • Executive Director
  • 24th Street Theatre
  • Mark Charles McDonald
  • Director
  • Savannah Foundation
  • Kevin J. McNamara
  • Vice President, Development & Marketing
  • Independence Seaport Museum
  • Michael Miller
  • CEO and Executive Producer
  • American Musical Theatre of San Jose
  • Geoffrey Nelson
  • Artistic Director
  • Contemporary American Theatre Company (CATCO)
  • Ann Marie Nemanich
  • Executive Director
  • Alonzo King's Lines Ballet
  • Richard Newirth
  • Director of Cultural Affairs
  • San Francisco Arts Commission
  • Michael Norris
  • Executive Director
  • Art-Reach
  • Christina Orr-Cahall
  • Executive Director (CEO)
  • Norton Museum of Art
  • Paula Owen
  • President and CEO
  • Southwest School of Art and Craft
  • Ann Owens
  • Executive Director
  • Houston Grand Opera
  • Ben Payne
  • Associate Director
  • Birmingham Repertory Theatre
  • Jeffrey Poulos
  • Executive Director
  • StageSource
  • Jane Przybysz
  • Executive Director
  • San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
  • Dorothy Gunther Pugh
  • Founder and Artistic Director
  • Ballet Memphis
  • May Redfern
  • Manager (Strategy)
  • The Thackray Museum
  • Greg Reiner
  • Managing Director
  • The Actors' Gang
  • Sandra Joy Ruch
  • Executive Director
  • International Documentary Association
  • Charles Philip Schroeder
  • Executive Director
  • National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
  • David Shimotakahara
  • Artistic Director
  • GroundWorks Dance Theater
  • Alan Silow
  • Executive Director
  • Santa Rosa Symphony
  • Janice Sweeter
  • Director of Marketing
  • Actors Theatre
  • Brian E. Wagner
  • Executive Director
  • Durango Arts Center
  • Adam Wallace
  • Education Officer
  • Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast
  • Craig Michael Whitehead
  • General Manager
  • West Australian Opera
  • Catherine Wolff
  • General Director
  • Syracuse Opera
  • Sau Lan Wong
  • Curator
  • Leisure and Culture Services Department (Hong Kong)
  • Stephanie Rizk
  • Marketing Communications
  • National Arts Strategies