Leadership Team

Each goal from the action plan is led by a team of leaders from the Sacramento arts and business communities.  Goal teams are comprised of a goal chair and 3 sub-goal team leads.  Teams meet regularly with a committee of community members and arts enthusiasts to fulfill the goals and charges of the For Arts' Sake Action Plan in an effort to support and strengthen our arts community.

Goal 1 - Strengthen Our Cultural Infrastructure
Chair – Dennis Mangers, State Bar Board of Governors

A.      Increase Public Funding
         Team Lead – Bill Blake, B Street Theatre

B.     Increase Private Sector Giving
          Team Lead –TBD

C.     Help Arts and Culture Spaces Flourish
         Team Lead – Dave Pier, Three Stages at Folsom Lake College

Goal 2 – Improve Access to the Arts and Arts Education
Chair – Stacey Shelnut-Hendrick, Crocker Art Museum

A.     Access to the Public
        Team Lead – Barbara Bonebrake, City of Sacramento

B.     Strengthen and Support Arts Education
         Team Lead – Priscilla Enriquez, Sacramento Region Community Foundation

C.     Build the Brand
        Team Lead – Bobby Peña, BPcubed Public Relations

Goal 3 – Invest in Talent and the Creative Economy
Chair – Michelle Alexander, Arts and Business Council

A.     Support Artists
         Team Lead – Shelly Willis, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission

B.     Develop Professionally
         Team Leads – Gail Catlin, Non-Profit Resource Center and Tracy Saville, Human Empath

C.     Buy Local
         Team Lead – Sonya Bradley, Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau