Experience

The Story Collider

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Oversee and manage development, finance, and operations for a mid-sized performance, media, and science communications organization. Oversee and manage development, finance, and operations for a mid-sized performance, media, and science communications organization.



Partake Arts

• Principal Consultant and Founder

  • May 2014 - Present

  Partake Arts is a nimble and responsive nonprofit arts management consulting project headed by Ann Marie Lonsdale. The consulting practice provides support, guidance, practical services, and educational resources to performing arts nonprofits and individual artists in the areas of finance, operations, self-management, team and culture building, and project and program design and execution. PartakeArts.com for more. Partake Arts is a nimble and responsive nonprofit arts management consulting project headed by Ann Marie Lonsdale. The consulting practice provides support, guidance, practical services, and educational resources to performing arts nonprofits and individual artists in the areas of finance, operations, self-management, team and culture building, and project and program design and execution. PartakeArts.com for more.



Cave Canem Foundation, Inc.

• United States
• Writing and Editing

• Executive Director

  • Apr 2020 - May 2021

  Oversee all operations, programming, fundraising, communications, and strategic planning for this dynamic, boundary-breaking service organization for Black poets. Areas of key responsibility include:Financial management and oversight, including budgeting, planning, compliance, and annual audit; Program development and implementation; Fund development, including developing earned and contributed income streams from a variety of sources; Programming oversight, including shepherding signature Cave Canem events, prizes, and workshops; Oversight of organizational and programming-based communications; Strategic visioning and planning, together with the Board of Directors.



A.R.T./New York

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Director

  • Aug 2014 - Jun 2018

  Oversee the organizational budget of $4.9 million in programs and services and an additional $1 million revolving cash flow loan fund. Work with ArtsPool team to manage organizational finances, budget, compliance, and payroll. Manage organizational audit. Participate in loan, finance, audit, and investment committees of the A.R.T./New York Board. Manage benefits and other areas of human resource. Manage six full time staff members, indirectly oversee an additional cohort of hourly employees, and around 20 freelance workshop leaders and consultants. Manage relationship with ArtsPool, a collectivized administrative insourcing organization overseeing finance, payroll, and compliance. Direct a suite of programs and services for nonprofit member theatre companies in the five boroughs, including five different grant programs, cash flow and real estate loans, an annual Internship Fair, roundtables and other affinity groups, professional development workshops, consulting services, technical assistance, and knowledge sharing. Implement programing and selection process at the A.R.T/New York Theatres. Teach workshops and lead grant panels. Oversee the development of new programs and initiatives, as well as organizational communications with members. New grants and programs include: NYSCA/A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund; Mellon New York Theatre programs, Bodily Autonomy, A.R.T./New York Access, and a suite of new professional development offerings and cohort based learning opportunities. Cultivate a community of more than 400 nonprofit member theatres and professional affiliates, conduct outreach, represent the organization on the local and national levels, and offer presentations on A.R.T./New York's programs and services and issues affecting theatre and the arts. Participate in long range planning together with Board and Senior Staff.Originally hired as Director of Programs in August 2014, promoted to Deputy Director in November 2016.



Center for Performance Research

• Performing Arts

• General Manager

  • Dec 2012 - Aug 2014

  General Manager at a dynamic five year old dance and performing arts space in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Management duties include operational and fiscal management and planning for a budget of $230,000, supervising the organization's audit, board relations, development activities (grant stewardship for government and private foundation giving, including CPR's first NEA grant, individual giving, and annual fundraising event), institutional and performance-specific marketing, booking more than 50 evenings of rental performances per year, and organizing CPR's presenting programs, which offer a variety of innovative and experimental live performance events (Fall and Spring Movement festivals, New Voices in Live Performance, and Performance Studio Open House), as well as the development of new commissioning and presenting programs. Instituted a variety of office systems and practices to run the space more efficiently and document workflows. Supervised three part-time staff members, and up to ten independent and volunteer workers.



Creative Capital

• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Manager, Professional Development Program

  • Jul 2009 - Nov 2011

  Managed finances and program administration including contracts, grant reporting and marketing functions for a program providing business and self-management skills-building workshops to professional artists in all disciplines. Oversaw curriculum development for the program as a whole as well as the development of new workshops on topics including marketing, community engaged art-making and the documentation of live performance, as well as a slate of online offerings. Managed the Program's Internet for Artists workshop, including contracting with partner organizations, refining content and agendas with artist-leaders, planning and producing the workshop and various followup.Performed freelance workshop management projects through 2012, and led Internet for Artists workshop in Florida and Montana as a part of a team of professional artist-leaders.



Theatre Communications Group

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Intern, Artistic Programs

  • Feb 2009 - Jul 2009

  Processed applications, compiled panel books and assisted with panel convenings for the NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Theatre Directors and Designers at TCG, the largest service organization for theater artists and non profit institutional theaters in the US. Processed applications, compiled panel books and assisted with panel convenings for the NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Theatre Directors and Designers at TCG, the largest service organization for theater artists and non profit institutional theaters in the US.



Teachers College, Columbia University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2007 - May 2009

  Provided research and administrative support to Dr. Steven Dubin, a member of the faculty of the Arts and Humanities Department. Conducted library and online research, verified sources, organized and maintained research files and collected a variety of resources on arts, culture and politics in South Africa, working towards publication of a new book and several reviews. Provided research and administrative support to Dr. Steven Dubin, a member of the faculty of the Arts and Humanities Department. Conducted library and online research, verified sources, organized and maintained research files and collected a variety of resources on arts, culture and politics in South Africa, working towards publication of a new book and several reviews.



Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Producer, Sitelines

  • May 2008 - Sep 2008

  Provided on site coordination and in-office support for a series of outdoor, site specific dance and performance art pieces performed throughout Lower Manhattan. Provided on site coordination and in-office support for a series of outdoor, site specific dance and performance art pieces performed throughout Lower Manhattan.



Arcadia Publishing

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Acquisitions Editor

  • Aug 2004 - Aug 2007

  Acquired and managed 25-30 book projects per year for a small local history press specializing in image-based histories from inception through publication. Acquisitions territories include Illinois, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Project management involved extensive research into new book topics and authors; contacting and negotiating content with potential authors; presenting new book projects; contract negotiation; author and timeline management; content development and evaluation for covers, images and text; facilitating communication between our authors and our production, sales and publicity departments in pre-press and after publication.



Freelance

• Theatrical Stage Manager

  • 2003 - 2007

  Stage managed a variety of non-Equity shows with companies such as The Hypocrites (Camille/La Traviata, Leonce und Lena, True West), the side project (Porno), and Chicago Adventure Stage (Sideways Stories from the Wayside School). Stage managed a variety of non-Equity shows with companies such as The Hypocrites (Camille/La Traviata, Leonce und Lena, True West), the side project (Porno), and Chicago Adventure Stage (Sideways Stories from the Wayside School).



The Hypocrites

• Business Manager

  • Feb 2004 - Oct 2004

  Directed the day-to-day administration of a small ($100,000 annual operating budget) not-for-profit performing arts organization. Managed AR/AP and payroll activities; monitored cash flow; created and updated financial monitoring system; generated personnel contracts; oversaw development activity (including fundraising events and direct mail campaigns); coordinated volunteer program; organized publicity campaigns; assisted the strategic planning process (with a focus on transitioning the company from a small to a mid-sized organization).