"This should be an ongoing project!!! It was so beneficial for me in my career. I gained so much insight into the Atlanta arts community and many ideas for avenues I want to explore in my future. It gives young arts professionals the chance to connect with established arts leaders in an unintimidating way. This is one of the greatest EALA events I have ever participated in."
- Kara Keene Cooper, Emerging Leader, Rialto Center for the Performing Arts
"I think the [Creating Connections] approach was really excellent and would not change it. I appreciated the door being opened for me, but then having the freedom to make what I could out of the opportunity with minimal supervision."
- Anonymous, Emerging Leader
Past Participating Established Leaders
Joanna O'Flaherty, Arts Education Manager, Georgia Council for the Arts
Dwight Andrews, Associate Professor of Music, Emory University
Susan Weiner, Executive Director, Georgia Council for the Arts
Jay Constanz, Director, Ferst Center for the Arts
Ann Parks, Board of Directors, Eyedrum
Steve Harris, Windstorm Productions
Tara Murphy, President, 360 Media, Inc.
Gerri Combs, Executive Director, Southern Arts Federation
Carolyn Morris, Executive Director, Alternate ROOTS
Betty Blondeau Russell, Managing Director, True Colors Theatre Company
David White, Artistic Director, Atlanta Boy Choir
Lisa Cremin, Director, Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund
Leslie Gordon, Director, Rialto Center for the Performing Arts
Allison Vulgamore, President, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Lisa Mount, Independent Arts Consultant
Del Hamilton, Artistic Director, 7 Stages
Mollie Lakin-Hayes, Deputy Director, Southern Arts Federation
Jo Ann Haden-Miller, Director of Cultural Tourism, Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau
Past Participating Emerging Leaders
(* indicates a new job title since participating in the program)
Sage Crump,* Program Assistant, Alternate ROOTS
Catherine Stolarski, Marketing Coordinator, Fernbank Museum of Natural History
Ann Gilman, Director, Romero Music
Harold McNaron, Community Partnerships Manager, Hands On Atlanta
David Dombrosky,* Contemporary Arts Manager, Southern Arts Federation
Emmalee Iden,* Managing Editor, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Hannah Leatherbury,* SouthernArtistry.org Manager, Southern Arts Federation
Rivka Levin, Development Director, The New American Shakespeare Tavern
Dorian McDuffie,* Public Art Administrator, City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs
Nikki Tucker,* Grants Manager, Southern Arts Federation
Scott Giffen, Director of Major Gifts, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Megan Webb,* Special Events Director, Heritage Sandy Springs
Lorna Wilson, Program Associate, IMAGE Film & Video Center
Adisa Nickerson,* Assistant Manager of Programs, Southern Arts Federation
Leah Christine Simon,* Student, Brenau University
Elizabeth Labbe-Webb, Executive Director, VSA arts of Georgia
Kara Keene Cooper, Marketing & Public Relations Manager, Rialto Center for the Performing Arts
Bethani Oppenheimer,* Member Services Manager, Atlanta Coalition of Performing Arts
Shellie Schmals, Young Leadership Council Director, Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
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