JENNIFER CLARKE
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP - DEVELOPMENT - GRANTMAKING
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
The National Flute Association, Executive Director (January 2021 to present), providing leadership in the provision of programs and initiatives supporting flute players nationally, including presenting an annual convention, ongoing programs, new music commissions, scholarships for developing players, and more. Jennifer works alongside members of the board and committees from the flute community to build a diverse, accessible and innovative organization for the future.
Associated Chamber Music Players (ACMP), Executive Director (November 2016 - July 2020), creating opportunities for musicians at all levels and ages across the globe to play chamber music together through programs, grant making, and education. Priorities included expanding grant making programs and leading the organization through a strategic planning process, introducing new interactive programs to increase participation, and developing and implementing an integrated communications campaign. She has also steered the organization's financial management and budget process and maintained a significant endowment fund.
NYC Arts in Education Roundtable, Managing Director, supporting the many New York City arts organizations and individuals providing arts in education services to New York City schools, including organizing monthly workshops and the annual Face to Face conference, leading advocacy efforts, and creating an online community of arts education practitioners. 2013-2016.
Melodia Women’s Choir of NYC, Founder & Executive Director, established and manages nationally recognized, award-winning women’s choral organization, including: producing concerts, commissioning composers, marketing, development, financial management, and operations, 2003-present.
Interim Executive Director: Completed the Support Center's Interim Executive Director training in November 2013.
American Friends of Attingham, Interim Leadership, (2020), working with museum curators, historians and museum directors to facilitate the rigorous study of historic houses and their contents in the UK. Accomplishments included transitioning programs to online platforms, facilitating the annual appeal and an online fundraising event, and financial management.
DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT
Leader in fundraising efforts for arts organizations of all sizes and many disciplines, more than $15 million raised. Specialist in government and foundation grants for the arts.
Jennifer is a Consulting Partner at Rumohr and Clarke, Nimble Consulting for Nonprofits, providing consulting in development and strategic planning, and interim Executive Director services.
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING & WORKSHOPS
Development/Marketing Director, Theatre for a New Audience, fundraising for Off-Broadway theatre and arts-in-education programs – 3 years
GRANTMAKING
American Music Center, Manager of Grant Making Programs, implemented all activities for three grant making programs for national arts service organization, including guideline development and review, interaction with grantees and applicants, providing technical assistance and pre-application support, review and assessment of 1,000+ grant applications, facilitated 20 review panels – 2008-2012
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Grant Review Panelist Consultant, research and placement of panelists for Department of Cultural Affairs Program Services panel process, which reviews more than 700 funding applications over a 14-week period – spring 2012 & 2013
Women in the Arts and Media Coalition, established annual Collaboration Awards. Set up systems, created guidelines, defined review criteria and process.
Panelist: New York State Council on the Arts - Arts in Education Panel, 2014 - 2016; NYC Department of Cultural Affairs – Music Panel, 2011 & 2014; Lower Manhattan Cultural Council: Fund for Creative Communities, Dance and Theater Panels, 1999-2003
TEACHING AND MENTORING
APPOINTMENTS, PANELS, AND AWARDS
EDUCATION
Bretton Hall College (Leeds University) U.K.
Bachelor of Arts, Music and English (double major)
New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Master of Arts, Individualized Study: Non-profit Arts Management Studies
Deans Scholarship Recipient
WRITING/PUBLICATIONS
SKILLS
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP - DEVELOPMENT - GRANTMAKING
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
The National Flute Association, Executive Director (January 2021 to present), providing leadership in the provision of programs and initiatives supporting flute players nationally, including presenting an annual convention, ongoing programs, new music commissions, scholarships for developing players, and more. Jennifer works alongside members of the board and committees from the flute community to build a diverse, accessible and innovative organization for the future.
Associated Chamber Music Players (ACMP), Executive Director (November 2016 - July 2020), creating opportunities for musicians at all levels and ages across the globe to play chamber music together through programs, grant making, and education. Priorities included expanding grant making programs and leading the organization through a strategic planning process, introducing new interactive programs to increase participation, and developing and implementing an integrated communications campaign. She has also steered the organization's financial management and budget process and maintained a significant endowment fund.
NYC Arts in Education Roundtable, Managing Director, supporting the many New York City arts organizations and individuals providing arts in education services to New York City schools, including organizing monthly workshops and the annual Face to Face conference, leading advocacy efforts, and creating an online community of arts education practitioners. 2013-2016.
Melodia Women’s Choir of NYC, Founder & Executive Director, established and manages nationally recognized, award-winning women’s choral organization, including: producing concerts, commissioning composers, marketing, development, financial management, and operations, 2003-present.
Interim Executive Director: Completed the Support Center's Interim Executive Director training in November 2013.
American Friends of Attingham, Interim Leadership, (2020), working with museum curators, historians and museum directors to facilitate the rigorous study of historic houses and their contents in the UK. Accomplishments included transitioning programs to online platforms, facilitating the annual appeal and an online fundraising event, and financial management.
DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT
Leader in fundraising efforts for arts organizations of all sizes and many disciplines, more than $15 million raised. Specialist in government and foundation grants for the arts.
- Symphony Space, conducted annual institutional fundraising campaign for cultural and arts-in-education programs – 6 years (plus interim Institutional Development Specialist, summer 2014)
- Chamber Music America, resource cultivation for national arts service organization serving 6,000 members in the professional chamber music field – 1 year
- Roots&Branches Theater, fundraising for intergenerational theater company
- Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, raised funds for annual dance program and arts-in-education
- programs in NYC – 8 years
- Queens Museum of Art, provided development services for exhibition programs and art workshops for public school students – 5 years
- Girls Write Now, Interim Development Consultant - raised funds from institutions to support writing and mentoring programs for teenage girls from low-income neighborhoods -- November 2013 - January 2014
- The Actors Company Theatre/TACT, worked with staff and the board to increase support from
- individuals and institutions – 4 years
- Stages of Learning, conducted fundraising for arts-in-education program for NYC students grades 3 – 6, including institutional and individual fundraising and special events – 3 years
- Dancing in the Streets, fundraising for site-specific dance projects and arts-in-education programs in the public schools in Red Hook, Brooklyn – 3 years
- Da Capo Chamber Players, fundraising for chamber music projects and multi-media collaborations - ongoing
- Jane Comfort and Company, raised funds for dance project
- Women's Project & Productions, fundraising for arts-in-education program
Jennifer is a Consulting Partner at Rumohr and Clarke, Nimble Consulting for Nonprofits, providing consulting in development and strategic planning, and interim Executive Director services.
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING & WORKSHOPS
- Houses on the Moon, organizational development consulting, 2014
- Greater New Haven Community Chorus, Board development workshop, 2014
- ENACT Drama Therapy Company, Board development consultant, 2011
Development/Marketing Director, Theatre for a New Audience, fundraising for Off-Broadway theatre and arts-in-education programs – 3 years
GRANTMAKING
American Music Center, Manager of Grant Making Programs, implemented all activities for three grant making programs for national arts service organization, including guideline development and review, interaction with grantees and applicants, providing technical assistance and pre-application support, review and assessment of 1,000+ grant applications, facilitated 20 review panels – 2008-2012
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Grant Review Panelist Consultant, research and placement of panelists for Department of Cultural Affairs Program Services panel process, which reviews more than 700 funding applications over a 14-week period – spring 2012 & 2013
Women in the Arts and Media Coalition, established annual Collaboration Awards. Set up systems, created guidelines, defined review criteria and process.
Panelist: New York State Council on the Arts - Arts in Education Panel, 2014 - 2016; NYC Department of Cultural Affairs – Music Panel, 2011 & 2014; Lower Manhattan Cultural Council: Fund for Creative Communities, Dance and Theater Panels, 1999-2003
TEACHING AND MENTORING
- Symphony Space, Internship Program Consultant, established and implemented formal internship program providing training and experience for early career arts administration professionals; facilitated weekly career development seminars and workshops – 9 years
- Queens Theatre, designed and implemented internship program
- American Music Center, provided pre-application seminars for applicants to the Live Music for Dance program in New York and New Jersey
- Sister Singers Network Festival in Chicago, presented fundraising workshop for women’s choir participants
- NYU/Gallatin, participated in roundtable workshop for students interested in careers in arts administration; provided mentoring through Career Services (Alumni volunteer)
- Theater Resources Unlimited, participated on panel at member event: Fundraising – More Results, Less Effort
- Development workshops for artists in New York – fundraising fundamentals (Bluestockings bookstore and Women’s Project & Productions)
APPOINTMENTS, PANELS, AND AWARDS
- Presenter, Building Bridges: How Amateur and Professional Musicians Can Work Together to Reach Audiences, Chamber Music America Conference, January 2019
- Presenter, Meet the Arts in Education Grantmaker panel, Face to Face Conference, April 2015; Presenter, Work Sample Videos: The Why and the How, with the New York State Council on the Arts, April 2016; Exploring Arts Education, Chorus America Conference, June 2016
- Speaker/panelist, Yale University exCHANGE program - arts education panel, March 2014
- Board Member, Melodia Women’s Choir of NYC
- Roster consultant, New York Foundation for the Arts technical assistance program
- British Arts Council Theatre Management Award recipient: conducted management research project at Public Theatre, NYC
- Served on the Independent Theatre’s Council (U.K.) and developed equal opportunity and disability access guidelines for not-for-profit theatres
EDUCATION
Bretton Hall College (Leeds University) U.K.
Bachelor of Arts, Music and English (double major)
New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Master of Arts, Individualized Study: Non-profit Arts Management Studies
Deans Scholarship Recipient
WRITING/PUBLICATIONS
- News and blog posts about arts administration and arts education topics, NYC Arts in Education Roundtable website
- NewMusicBox.org award-winning online magazine – contributed bi-weekly articles on choral music topics
- Research and development: Money for International Exchange in the Arts 2nd Edition, Art International
- Graduate thesis: A Comparative Study of Arts Funding Policies and Practices in the United States and Great Britain (Partial fulfillment of Masters Degree at Gallatin School of Individualized Study, NYU)
SKILLS
- Leadership: strategic planning, HR, staff supervision, board development
- Development: campaign planning, grant seeking, special events, individual giving, board development
- Grant making
- Marketing/communications: social media, e-marketing, print media, PR
- Financial: financial planning, budget preparation, cash flow management, endowment management, reporting, administration
