PARTICIPATION
Watch your life as if it were a film. Absorb everything. What you see, hear, and feel will stamp every alphabet of your work.
— Nikky Finney
2018, Leadership Maryland
2016-2019, UMD First Year Book Committee
2015, Speaking of the Arts Podcast: Episode 10 – Innovative Programming
2013, TEDx America’s Finest City Speaker: “Changing Context of the Delivery of the Performing Arts.
2010-2013: Facilitator for strategic planning for non-profit arts organizations (Carlsbad Music Festival, Calit2 Gallery, Trade & Row, etc.)
2005-12, Grant Panelist, Japan Foundation of New York’s “Performing Arts Japan” program
2007, Honorary Committee, The Neurosciences Institute’s “Minding the Arts 2007”
2001-03, Member, Committee on Black Performing Arts (Stanford)
2001-02, Packard Foundation for program pilot year of “Arts Leadership for the Future”
1996-00, Commissioner, City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Commission
1995, Consultant for CSU Monterey Bay: Residential Staff Hiring and Publication Development
1995, Participant: UC Management Skills Assessment Program
1994-96, Member, UCSC Observer Team
1994-96, Member, UCSC Arts & Lectures Advisory Committee
1994, Group Facilitator, UCSC Merrill College’s Valuing Diversity Conference