1st Meeting at CCT on 9/21

SMART Growth Grantees,

CCT has assembled an extraordinary panel of five Executive Directors from organizations representing each of the 5 phases of development. The panelists will address each of the 6 key management areas and how the role of the Executive Director changes over time as the organization evolves. There will be time for questions.

Panelists
Phase 1 – Kendra Jorstad, Founder of JorsTAP Chicago (dance)

Phase 2 - Marcus Burks, Founder/Executive Director of Urban Aspirations (music/youth)

Phase 3 – Malik Gillani, Executive Director of Silk Road Rising (theatre) and SMART Growth “graduate”

Phase 4 – Jim Hirsch, Executive Director of the Chicago Sinfonietta (music)

Phase 5 – Gary Johnson, Executive Director of the Chicago History Museum

When:

Friday, Sept. 21, 2012

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m

Chicago Community Trust Board Room (225 N. Michigan Ave. – 22 floor)

This session is highly recommended for Executive Directors.  Due to space limitations, we must limit the attendance to 2-3 people per SMART Growth group.  Our building security requires that everyone sends their RSVP to Vanessa Johnson ( 312-616-8000 ext. 174, vjohnson@cct.org) so that you will be on the security list in the lobby.  Please bring photo ID.