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Strategic Thought Partnership for CEOs, EDs, and Chief Development Officers

You can tap our expertise through strategic thought partnership, in which we provide a confidential sounding board and executive coaching to senior leaders. This includes positioning your organization for greater success in fundraising—our consultants have led campaigns ranging from $5 million to $5 billion.

You can access our leader-to-leader, peer-to-peer expertise through all search engagements or as a separate service.

Our Arts & Culture Practice Team

ANNE JOHNSON

Managing Director & Practice Lead, Arts and Culture

Former Director of Development, San Francisco Symphony

CHRISTOPHER WINGERT

Managing Director &
Senior Consultant

Board Member, Sitar Arts Center, and Music Director, Helen Hayes Awards

RON SCHILLER

Founding Partner &
Managing Director

Former Vice President for Advacement, New England Conservatory of Music

PATRICK KEY

Managing Director &
Senior Consultant

Former Chief Development Officer, Theatreworks USA

TONYA MALIK-CARSON

Principal & Search Director

Former Executive Director of Development, Visual & Performing Arts Programs, Colorado State University

Frank Byrne

FRANK BYRNE

Associate &
Executive Coach

Former Executive Director, Kansas City Symphony

Empowering the Arts Through Strategy and Search

Aspen Leadership Group consultants have completed hundreds of searches for arts and cultural organizations, placing CEOs, Executive Directors, Chief Development Officers, Chief Artistic Planning Officers, COOs, CFOs, Artistic Directors, and more. Our consultants have experience serving as board chairs, board members, consultants, and C-suite leaders in arts organizations nationwide and globally.

Past Placements in Arts Leadership Include:

President & CEO

American Piano Awards

President & CEO

Better Angels Society

President & CEO and Chief Development Officer

League of American Orchestras

President & CEO and Vice President of Development

Kansas City Symphony

President & CEO and Chief Development Officer

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

President & CEO

Colburn School

Director of Development

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Chief Development Officer, VP for Development and Campaign Planning, and Senior Director of Special Events

Ballet Hispanico

Director of Development

Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra

Executive Director and Director of Development

Midori Friends

Executive Director

Caramoor

President & CEO

The Metropolitan Opera

Assistant General Manager

Aspen Music Festival & School

Vice President for Artistic Administration

TACAW

Executive Director

Young Concert Artists

Board Chair and Board Member

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Aspen Leadership Group (ALG) supports exceptional careers in the nonprofit sector and in philanthropy, recruiting and supporting CEOs, executive directors, chief advancement officers, COOs, CFOs, General Counsels, and other C-suite leaders and helping them recruit and develop diverse, inclusive, and high-performing teams. Our search services and leader-to-leader consulting focus on building teams that strengthen revenue and drive increased
impact.