Connecticut

Leo P Lavallee

create, inspire & empower social change through the arts

JOB OBJECTIVE: Executive Director of Performing Arts Organization

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• 20-plus years leading non-profit and public performing arts and arts education organizations

• extensive fundraising, development, sales and marketing experience in both the public and private sectors

• experience in financial management, resource allocation, budgeting, accounting and fiscal management technology systems

• experience in human capital development, human resource management, labor relations and negotiations, management and artist contracts

• extensive experience combining the performing arts with education to create social change

RELEVANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

FUNDRAISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

Waterbury Symphony Orchestra

• Directed fundraising committees that produced events including recitals, Galas, receptions, annual campaigns and other fundraising campaigns

• Developed new corporate campaigns, and secured significant new corporate funding during first quarter of interim tenure

• directed communications committees and staff to create marketing campaigns, ticket sales campaigns, media buys, newsletters, mailings, e-blasts

• maintained key relationships with community, government and business leaders in existing markets and developed new relationships with key leaders in new markets

Waterbury Arts Magnet School

• Directed all fundraising efforts with faculty, student, and parent groups in support of extracurricular and interdisciplinary arts curriculum for students

• Directed all communications and public relations media groups including leadership teams, student social media cohort, parent advisory groups, governance committees, and regularly communicated with partner district boards of education

• Developed partnerships with several community organizations including Special Olympics, United Way, Literacy Volunteers, Girls & Boys Club, YMCA, and the Police Athletic League

ADMINISTRATION

Educational Center for the Arts

• developed a process to create a collaborative vision, mission and goals for the organization

• led strategic planning process

• responsible for hiring and management of over sixty resident and visiting artists

• directed development of artistic programming and scheduling

• managed budget and directed all fiduciary functions of the organization

Lincoln Arts Middle School

• managed the day-to-day operations of an 800 student arts-themed middle school with over 125 staff members and a budget of over $6,000,000

Nutmeg Utility Products

• directed the day-to-day operations as well as strategic and long range planning for an international telecommunications manufacturer, distributer and service company with annual revenue of just over $12,000,000

PROGRAM PLANNING AND SUPPORT

Waterbury Symphony

• directed the transition of operations and marketing departments

• developed a strategic planning process anticipating the next level of growth for the organization

• conducted monthly fiscal analysis, set goals, and led management-level meetings to plan revenue generating strategies

• Hired, trained and supervised staff

The Community School for the Arts

• Developed partnership with area parks & rec department to bring after-school arts programming into underserved

• Developed quarterly programming recitals to promote local musicians

• Initiated “A Spring String Fling” middle/high school string musician masterclass/concert program

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

• Public School Superintendent Certification, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 2014-2015

• Ed Leadership Diploma, Southern CT State University, New Haven, CT 1997-1998

• M.B.A., University of New Haven, New Haven, CT 1988-1990

• B.M., Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 1977-1981

TRAVEL AND STUDY ABROAD

England, France, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Bermuda, Mexico, Canada, South America

COMMUNITY SERVICE (Current)

The Church of Saint Thomas Becket

Parish Music Director (1993 - Present)

United Way of Greater Waterbury

Community Leaders Council - Education Division (2013)

Education Council (2014 - present)

Board of Directors Voting Member (2014 - present)

The Waterbury Symphony Orchestra

Board of Directors (2012-2014)

The City of Waterbury Public Art Committee

Committee Member

Arts & Culture Collaborative of Greater Waterbury

Board of Directors (2012 - Present)

references available upon request