DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Lesley Hunter is an experienced musician, dancer, arts educator, arts manager, program creator, and project management with over twenty years of experience working in the area of performing arts, arts education, and management in both the profit and nonprofit industries. Her work with such organizations as the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Arts Administrators of Color Network, Black Curators Dance Performance, and Arts and Education Roundtable demonstrate her service to the arts community. She has served as an arts program curator, developer, manager, and administrator for programs throughout the five boroughs of New York City.

Ms. Hunter spent many successful years as a music teacher and marching band director in Central Virginia, and as a Dance and Music Instructor for numerous non-profit organizations in New York City. She has taught all genres and levels of music and dance, and has provided private instrumental instruction and lessons, including teaching general music and theory.

With an MBA in Performing Arts Management and Administration from New York University, Ms. Hunter has turned her passion for music, dance, and theatre into transformative leadership for the arts. She consistently strives to provide collaborative leadership that inspires and motivates artists and teams to create positive changes in their organizations. Lesley intentionally seeks resourceful opportunities to apply her gifts in a way that will bring the arts to all BIPOC communities.