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McLean Emenegger has been providing artist career coaching and Business of Art workshops since 2004. She’s presented lectures and workshops through the National Arts Marketing Project, College Art Association, UCLA Extension, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Santa Monica College, Center for Cultural Innovation, California Lawyers for the Arts among many others. She joined the faculty of the National Arts Marketing Project in 2016. McLean began her art world career in 1997 at the Santa Monica Museum of Art (now Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles), and later served as Executive Director of Gallery 825/LAAA. In 2004 she established her art consulting and visual artist support firm, McLean Fine Art, and rebranded her agency McLean Art Projects in 2016. Additionally, McLean has worked in the Curatorial Department of the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, and was Director of Bandini Art Gallery, Culver City. She served as Managing Editor of THE Magazine and Contributing Editor for Bluecanvas and wrote their popular “McLean’s Artist Advice”. Her curatorial projects have been reviewed in Los Angeles Times, Artweek, Artscene, Review Magazine and The Huffington Post. Her recent public exhibition, Welcome to LA/Please Come Again, at Los Angeles World Airports was featured on KCET’s Artbound and KPPC’s Take Two. Apollo Emeka is the Lead Consultant at Apollo Strategy Group with expertise in organizational alignment and leadership development. He developed the STEP Alignment Assessment that helps organizations of all sizes align their Spirit, Team, Environment, and Product to achieve and sustain success. He has experience designing strategic solutions for organizations big and small. Apollo helps each client align their daily activities with their overall strategy by translating strategy into action. He uses the power of curiosity to challenge assumptions, spur innovation, and explore creative solutions with each client. He believes that the best solutions are not prescribed, they are discovered through collaboration and inquiry. This makes each solution unique. Apollo is a US Special Forces Green Beret, a former FBI Intelligence Analyst, an entrepreneur, and is earning his doctorate in policy planning, and development at the University of Southern California. Casey Summar is a consultant for artists, arts nonprofits, foundations, and arts councils nationally on strategy, program development, business and legal matters. Representative clients include the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation (New Haven, CT), Santa Monica Cultural Affairs (Santa Monica, CA), Springboard for the Arts (St. Paul, MN), and Joan Mitchell Foundation (New York, NY). She is also an adjunct Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University. Previously, Casey founded the Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts in 2006 which later grew to become the Arts & Business Council, for which she served as Executive Director until 2017. In that role, she directed a suite of programs designed to provide artists with the services, skills, and opportunities they need to thrive. Casey was recognized for this work as the 2016 Nonprofit CEO of the Year for Middle Tennessee. She was also named one of Nashville’s Top 40 under 40 in 2015 and a finalist for the Nashville Emerging Leader Awards in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Casey currently serves on the boards of the Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) and Carpinteria Arts Center. She recently concluded a term on the Americans for the Arts Private Sector Council. Other highlights from her community service include serving as Chair of the Nashville Arts Coalition, Chair of the American Bar Association Entertainment & Sports Industries Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Division, and Chair of the Tennessee Bar Association’s Entertainment & Sports Law Section. Casey received her J.D. with honors from Vanderbilt University Law School and graduated magna cum laude from Belmont University with a B.F.A in Photography. Casey is currently based in Carpinteria, CA. Christopher_Rivas.jpg Corbett Barklie is committed to deep engagement with artists and artist collectives whom she believes are the backbone of the creative community. It is the brave new work undertaken at the grassroots level that informs the field, ultimately shapes the work of arts institutions, and expands the palate of the arts consumer. Corbett was the founding director of Loretta Theatre, the executive director of ARTS, Inc., and an NEA assessor and consultant in the Challenge & Advancement Program. Since 2002, Corbett has been an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California, School of Dramatic Arts. She is a cultural journalist for KCET's Artbound, where she writes a bi-weekly column, "Arts Shrink". Corbett also produces theater with a focus on new work. Emily Churchill, EA, is a senior preparer at M & M Tax Pros, Inc., formally known as Actor'sTaxPrep, Inc. (http://actorstaxprep.com/). Ms Churchill is an experienced tax preparer, having been with Actors Tax Prep Inc, going on 10 tax seasons. She holds the prestigious designation of Enrolled Agent, which is awarded by the Internal Revenue Service to experienced practitioners. As a working actor, Emily is also highly knowledgeable of the entertainment industry and with the many avenues an artist's life can take. Her clients range from real estate agents to culinary professionals to editors in film and television. Greg Victoroff is the founding partner of the Los Angeles law firm of Greg Victoroff & Associates. Since 1979 Mr. Victoroff has handled intellectual property and business litigation matters, trials and appeals in state and federal courts, copyright, trademark, and intellectual property contracts and insurance issues in the film, fine art, and music industries. Since 1988 he has been an arbitrator and mediator resolving complex entertainment and IP disputes. He has received a Martindale-Hubbell rating of “AV Preeminent,” the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards. He was named 2014, 2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Intellectual Property by American Lawyer Media. Mr. Victoroff’s institutional clients have included Concord Music Group, Mark Burnett Productions, Epson, Plaza de Cultura y Artes, the Italian-American Opera Foundation, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem as Trustees of the Estate of Albert Einstein, The Graphic Artist’s Guild, Tacony, Balcony Press, Soft Air USA, Bellwork Press, Intervisual Books, The Erotic Museum, sculptors Carole Feuerman, Tony Delap, musicians Bruno Mars, Chuck Mangione, Phranc, Al McKay and Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Timothy Yarger Fine Art and Ikon Fine Art art galleries, among others. Mr. Victoroff has served as an expert witness in trademark, copyright and idea theft cases and is certified by the State Bar of California as an MCLE provider. He frequently lectures on intellectual property law matters for Bar Associations, law schools, art and music schools across the country, including UCLA’s Anderson School of Business, Yale Entertainment and Sports Law Association, American Bar Association, American Law Institute, State Bar of California, American Association of Museums, The Art Institute of California – Hollywood, The University of The Arts, Honolulu Academy of Art Center, Claremont College, California. Institute of the Arts, Hollywood Film Festival, Otis/Parsons College of Art and of Design, California State Northridge, Art Center College of Design, Ringling School of Art and Design, Chaffee College, College of the Desert, Screen Actors Guild, The Graphic Artist’s Guild, The Center for Cultural Innovation, Los Angeles International Contemporary Art Fair and Art Expo New York. Mr. Victoroff has served as a legal consultant to documentary films including “I Ain’t In It For My Health”, about Levon Helm, former vocalist and drummer for The Band, “Bombing LA”, about Los Angeles graffiti, “Kamikaze Hearts”, about the San Francisco and Los Angeles adult movie business, and NBC’s “Midnight Caller”. In addition to authoring numerous articles on copyright and entertainment law, he is the editor and co-author of “The Visual Artists Business and Legal Guide” (Prentice Hall 1995) and a contributor to “Art and Museum Law” (Carolina Academic Press 2002), “The Musicians Business and Legal Guide” (Prentice Hall 2001), “How To Make and Sell Your Own Recording” (Prentice Hall 1999), “A Music Business Primer” (Prentice Hall 2003) ,“Entertainment Publishing and the Arts Handbook” (Clark Boardman 1990) and the “Handbook of Pricing and Ethical Guidelines” (GAG 2001-2010)and Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal. His entertainment law interviews have appeared in USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily Journal, Art and Business News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, People, Los Angeles Lawyer and Keyboard Player magazines. Mr. Victoroff is the past President of the Beverly Hills Bar Association Barristers and a founding member of its Committee for the Arts. For his pro bono volunteer legal services Greg has received awards from the American Bar Association, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Boy Scouts of America, the Urban League and former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. In 2008 he received the first Artistic License Award presented to an individual attorney from California Lawyers for the Arts. Mr. Victoroff received a B.A. in Theatre and teaching credential from Beloit College in 1976 and received his J.D. degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1979. In 1978 he transferred from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law to the UCLA School of Law to study copyright and entertainment law with the late Melville Nimmer and art law with Monroe Price. As a musician Mr. Victoroff has backed artists such as Santana, Huey Lewis and the News, Bobby McFerrin, Journey, Jefferson Starship and Graham Nash, Ernie Watts and Barbie Benton. He currently performs with the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic Orchestra and his own jazz ensemble. Irina Contreras is a Los Angeles born and bred interdisciplinary artist, cultural producer and consultant. She has worked for over ten years at the intersections of the arts, education and radical pedagogy within institutional and community based platforms. She is the founder of the 12 year-old project The Miracle Bookmobile and has pursued an art practice alongside her lifelong dedication to social and restorative justice practices. She earned her dual Master’s degree at California College of the Arts with an MFA in Social Practice and MA in Visual and Critical Studies. Additionally, she has done coursework in UCLA’s Social Research, Urban Planning and Public Policy Department as well as having worked for the San Francisco’s Public Health Department for two years. In 2006, Irina co-founded Night Kitchen as a women owned and run catering, healthful and wellness focused project. Eventually Night Kitchen expanded to include and center QTPOC and WOC centered affordable and sliding scale consulting, leadership development and production. Since then, Irina has focused on expanding her knowledge base within alternative economic structures including giving circles, fundraising and more. Her knowledge of cooperative and collective arts, business structures and strategizing comes from years of love and work for the various communities she has been a part of. She has strong roots in Oakland, where she has lived off and on since 1997. When Irina isn’t busy working on projects, she can be seen taking long walks throughout LA at sunset with her six month old bebe in tow. Judith Teitelman brings 35 years of experience helping grass roots, mid-sized and large organizations strengthen their management and resource generating capacities and effectively plan for the future. She is a strong proponent of initiatives designed to examine and challenge long-standing assumptions about nonprofit administration and is committed to helping organizations rethink "business as usual." Judith is also a mentor to artists working in all disciplines. A skilled, innovative designer and facilitator of meetings and retreats, she regularly works with Board and staff members to institute positive, effective change. Judith’s national consulting practice provides a full range of services tailored to meet the unique vision and particular needs of each organization and artist. As planning consultant, trainer, executive leadership coach and technical assistance specialist, Judith has worked with the National Endowment for the Arts, L.A. County Arts Commission, St. Louis Regional Arts Commission, Los Angeles’ and Nashville’s Centers for Nonprofit Management, Center for Cultural Innovation, Flintridge Foundation’s Nonprofit Leadership Program, Detroit’s College for Creative Studies, CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP), East West Players, PEN Center USA, Riverside Art Museum, Mobile Mural Lab, among many others. In her parallel realm, Judith’s first novel, "Guesthouse for Ganesha," is on the road to publication. Kevin Seaman is a cultural worker with over a decade experience working with Bay Area arts communities whose expertise lies in grantwriting and strategy, cultural equity-based grantmaking, individual artist development and support, program evaluation, and event coordination. He was named one of SF Weekly’s 16 Artists To Watch in 2016 and recently completed a 20-month fellowship as an Association for Performing Arts Presenters’ Leadership Fellow. Kevin has formerly worked with San Francisco Foundation’s Art & Culture program and San Francisco’s Queer Cultural Center, and has reviewed applications for San Francisco Arts Commission, City of Berkeley and Endeavor Foundation for the Arts. He has led artist-focused workshops for the National Queer Arts Festival, Intersection for the Arts, Center for Cultural Innovation, Groundswell Institute, and San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, and has promoted queer arts on a national level by co-facilitating workshops for Grantmakers in the Arts and APAP|NYC. Mari Riddle is the Executive Director of Grand Performances, and brings over 25 years’ experience in executive positions at nonprofits working in community economic development, performing arts, and adult literacy/education, most recently as Program Director of Community Partners. She has served as Executive Director of the Friends of the Levitt Pavilion – MacArthur Park, the Coalition for Women’s Economic Development, and TELACU Community Capital, where she was responsible for the strategic development, management and capitalization of a $6.5+ million CDFI that provided small business loans and business management workshops to small businesses operating in the low-to-moderate income communities of Los Angeles. Marlon Fuentes brings design thinking and lean startup methods to the forefront of his work as a multi-disciplinary designer, researcher, and entrepreneur. By championing user experience and data, Marlon has changed not only the way he works, but also the organization’s he’s served and the thousands of professionals who have benefited from his dynamic training seminars. Among his fields of study, Marlon is currently interested in working with peers to develop ways of utilizing virtual reality technology for education and beacons for assistive technology. He is also a passionate speaker on the topics of agile learning, lean entrepreneurship, marketing analytics, human centered design, and micro-storytelling. Marlon was recently awarded the Best Mobility Award for an augmented reality application he and a team developed at the 2015 Google SF Makeathon for assistive technology. He was also chosen to be a 2015 Lean Startup Conference Ambassador and holds a degree in Ethnomusicology from UCLA where he conducted ethnography on people’s relationship with music, technology, and design. Marlon is a graduate of the UCLA Anderson School of Business Riordan MBA Program where he led business case presentations and learned strategy and leadership development from top MBA professors. He currently works at BuzzFeed Motion Pictures as a Virtual Reality 360º Producer. marlonfuentes.info Morrie Warshawski has worked in the nonprofit arts sector for over 30 years as an administrator, consultant, facilitator, teacher and writer. His practice has included work with state and regional government agencies (South Carolina, Missouri, Michigan, California), foundations (Bush, MacArthur, Pew Charitable Trust), the President’s Commission on the Arts and the Humanities, and numerous nonprofit organizations in many disciplines (Operation Shoestring, California Coalition for Youth, Michigan Alzheimer’s Organization, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, St. Louis Black Repertory Company, and others.) He was executive director of three nonprofits (including Bay Area Video Coalition). Warshawski has extensive experience in the area of strategic planning. He designed and edited a Web site devoted to strategic planning essays for the National Endowment for the Arts called LESSONS LEARNED; and for many years was one of the consultants for the NEA’s Advancement Program, which provided 15 months of planning assistance to organizations throughout the U.S. Nancy discovered the field of Arts Administration in 1998 and gleefully left the ad agency world behind. She started Hytone Arts Management in 2004 and now works with a diverse array of arts organizations throughout California and the U.S. In addition to providing marketing, development and management guidance to arts organizations, Nancy creates and presents marketing and fundraising workshops for both artists and arts organizations on behalf of the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI), LA County Arts Commission, California Presenters, and the National Arts Marketing Project and is currently a Visiting Instructor at UCLA in the Department of World Arts and Culture/Dance. Nancy served as editor/content developer for the all-new 2nd edition of CCI’s ground-breaking publication, Business of Art: An Artist’s Guide to Profitable Self Employment which was published in January 2012. She authored the book’s marketing chapters in both the original edition (published in 2008) and the new version. In 2009, Nancy was elected to the Board of Trustees for the Pasadena Arts Council and was named President in 2016. She started her non-profit career as a consultant for the San Francisco Business Volunteers for the Art program. From 1998 - 2004, Nancy was the Director of Marketing and Development for Playhouse West in Walnut Creek, CA. Previously, Nancy held senior account management positions at three of California’s largest advertising agencies working on national brands such as Toyota, Saturn, Honda, Leap Frog Toys, Disney Channel, and California Pizza Kitchen. Nancy received a graduate certificate in Arts Administration from Golden Gate University and her B.A. from Iowa State University. Nancy Walch is a partner in Walch Consulting, LLC. Nancy founded Walch Consulting in 1973 based on her passion for supporting inspired leaders and making life better for people by building healthy relationships among business, the arts community, government and nonprofit organizations. Walch Consulting provides coaching, strategic planning and project development services to a wide range of clients, including Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs, artists, arts and cultural organizations and new and established nonprofit organizations. Nancy enjoys the challenge and creativity involved in responding to the rich diversity of her client’s needs, which includes refocusing the vision, mission and philanthropic programs of well-established corporate foundations as well as small nonprofit cultural and social service organizations. A considerable part of her work involves coaching nonprofit executives and board leaders with the responsibility of taking their vision to the next level. For further information see: www.walchconsulting.com Ron Evans is principal consultant at GroupofMinds Arts Marketing + Technology Consultants, and is a leading developer and researcher of arts marketing and audience development using technology. His primary area of interest is the exploration of emerging technologies and their impact on patron behavior in expanding arts audiences. He has a history in the field of social interactions using technology, and is currently studying the uses and best practices of social networking and mobile applications and their potential to communicate with cultural audiences. His Web site is groupofminds.com. Yesenia Sanchez is a professional coach and arts management consultant based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has over 10 years experience working with artists and arts organizations as an executive director, finance manager, administrative director, program director, coach and consultant. She ran one of the largest artist incubation programs in the country at Intersection for the Arts and is currently a founding member of C2Arts – Consultants and Coaches for the Arts. She received her coach training through the Coaching & Philanthropy Project, where she and 40 other nonprofit leaders nationally were put through coaching training programs to explore the value of the coaching model in supporting nonprofit environments and in underserved communities. Yesenia has served as a panelist and presenter for Theatre Bay Area, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Foundation & Grants for the Arts “Best Practices Series", and the National Performing Arts Convention. She is a trainer and featured author in the Center for Cultural Innovation’s "Business of Art: An Artist’s Guide to Profitable Self-Employment", authoring the chapter on financial literacy for artists. www.c2arts.com.

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