Greetings, WESTAF Trustees: Really hope everyone had a safe and relaxing long holiday weekend! Here’s a bit of an abbreviated biweekly—let’s get right to it: EXPANDED ROLE FOR DAVID HOLLAND, DIRECTOR OF IMPACT AND PUBLIC POLICY (CG) You already heard this big news last week, but in case you missed it, here’s the announcement again! Our colleague David Holland will be assuming a more expansive role at WESTAF, under the newly revised title of director of impact and public policy. In addition to his current portfolio leading WESTAF’s Alliances, Advocacy and Public Policy (AAP) department and serving as an advisor…

Hello WESTAF trustees: Still happily recalling our October trustees virtual meetings and gatherings. They were productive and a lot of fun. We continue to navigate a bizarre world, even as we experience moments of beauty and hope. Virtual works great, but I am rooting for a time, hopefully soon, when we can be together again, in person, in a special western place. For now though, here’s what’s up at WESTAF: WELCOME TO NEW BOARD MEMBER TATIANA GANT (CG) Her nomination being ratified at the October board meeting, we’re thrilled to welcome new trustee Tatiana Gant, executive director of the Montana…

Dear WESTAF board of trustees: Thank you all so, so much for the generous allotment of your valuable time and for the thoughts and feedback at the various meetings and gatherings of the WESTAF annual board of trustees meeting last week. We will be following up with a few requested items this week from our discussions. Mostly though, I wanted to hold the space this week to send positive signals for the most important election of our lifetime. It was really wonderful to be with you as a community for the lead up to this week. For now, I’ll leave…

Greetings Trustees: We’re gearing up for the trustee meetings next Wednesday, October 28 and Thursday October 29 and we can’t wait to see you there…on Zoom! We’ve got a packed agenda and we’re very excited about what we have in store. Before we dig in, Deborah Jordy, the executive director of Denver’s SCFD,  wanted arts leaders in Colorado to share this Opinion Piece in The Washington Post with their boards and networks about the role conservatives could play in helping the performing arts to survive this pandemic. It’s not a perfect op-ed — a bit too urban-centric/coastal elite for everyone…