A convening and panel discussion designed to reverberate social action

is a leading voice in promoting cultural equity and advancing change for nonprofit organizations across the sector. He works closely with the boards and staff of arts and cultural organizations, educational institutions, institutional funders, and national service organizations to evaluate the effectiveness of programming and identify solutions to deepen and broaden their impact. Stanford founded and led the internationally recognized music education organization Play On Philly, served as the founding board chair of El Sistema USA, and currently serves as Executive Director of Equity Arc. In those roles, he has been a champion for equitable access to education, mentoring, and advancement for musicians of all ages and abilities.

joined Bonfils-Stanton Foundation (BSF) as President and CEO in 2013. Since that time, he has focused on leveraging the voice and legacy of the Foundation to sustain and strengthen the arts and nonprofit leadership in our community. In addition to overseeing $3.5 million in annual grantmaking, Gary empowers the foundation’s signature programs, investments, and initiatives to ensure they are advancing equity, innovation, community, and quality of life. Under his leadership, the Foundation has dramatically elevated its commitment to applying an equity lens to all its operations, grantmaking, and investments. Prior to joining BSF, Gary served as the Chief Cultural Officer and Director of the Office of Arts, Culture & the Creative Economy for the City of Philadelphia.

brings a rich amount of arts experience to his new role as Colorado Creative Industries Director, including serving as Executive Director of Theatre SilCo. He oversees the state’s arts agency leading efforts to position Colorado as a hub of innovative thinking, practice and business, expanding creative economies and supporting placemaking across the state. Blanchard brings to OEDIT an interdisciplinary arts background, previously serving as Executive Director of Theatre SilCo, where he was responsible for the general operations of the theater including donor cultivation, grant writing, development, execution of marketing and branding strategies and overall management of the financial functions. He most recently served as a Summit County Commissioner where he focused on policies most important to his constituents including economic development, housing, sustainability, water, and childcare.

is the Executive Director of the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts (CBCA). She is a past participant of CBCA’s Leadership Arts program and a recipient of CBCA’s Cultural Leadership Award in 2016. Christin is a seasoned professional with over 30 years’ experience in non-profit and for-profit leadership and management. The majority of her experience has been in the private sector having co-owned a public relations agency in Denver for over 10 years, as well as the previous Executive Director of Ballet Nouveau Colorado. She has experience working with organizations in many industry sectors spanning consumer, business-to-business and nonprofit. Crampton Day is a life-long advocate for the arts, serving on the Colorado Ballet Board of Trustees for 13 years, among numerous other volunteer leadership roles.

is an active parent of two children who are currently participating in El Sistema Colorado, playing the viola and cello, and she is committed to ensuring the music is made available to youth in Denver. Joanna serves as is the Director of Pharmacy Services at Colorado Coalition for the Homeless and passionate about improving access and quality of health care. Joanna focuses to deliver comprehensive pharmacy services, integrating housing and health care to people experiencing homelessness. Joanna has extensive experiences in designing and executing public health programs on rational use of medicines, both in the US and abroad, focusing on vulnerable populations.