Staff & Board

Message from the Board President

Dear Live Arts community,

In the spring and summer of 2026, the Board convened 4 community listening sessions, and 3 opportunities to interact with and ask questions of candidates for the new executive staff position. Over 100 people took the time to share their experiences, feedback, and recommendations. Thank you!

At our April 27th meeting the 25/26 board convened to a) hear and process the consolidated and specific feedback from the spring’s community listening sessions, and b) discuss and brainstorm the resulting objectives and tactics the board might take to guide Live Arts into the next year.

During our May 18th meeting the board consolidated the broader lists of brainstormed actions developed in our April meeting into a set of key strategic objectives.  The board considered seven total meta-objectives and landed on the four that the group felt were a) most appropriate for a board (vs. a management team) to take on, and b) most impactful to the near- and long-term health of the enterprise.

The four key objectives include:

Generating revenue to achieve sustainability

Strengthening community connections

Enhancing the volunteer experience, and

Enhancing the effectiveness of the board.

The board plans to focus on these four objectives in the next year with our time, our decision-making, and our resources. We will be designing our 26/27 board meetings with a laser focus on these four objectives, and plan to set metrics with which to track our progress.

If you have any questions about our process for getting to this point, please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected] or any member of the board. 

With gratitude for your engagement and support,

Miller Susen

Board President