25B - AGMT - ARTS AND CULTURE MASTER PLAN

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In 2010 she collaborated with the Arts Extension Service at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Americans for the Arts to develop strategic planning training workshop for local and state arts agencies. She co- presented the daylong pilot workshop to IAA's from throughout Connecticut in November 2011. An enthusiastic researcher with a curious mind and a skilled writer with a deep interest in arts leadership, Victoria has published several articles on next generation and mid- career arts leadership for CultureWork, an electronic publication of the University of Oregon Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy, and NAMAC, as well as conducted statewide leadership research for The James Irvine Foundation. She was also recently published in the G1A Reader with a case study on the San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory's El Sistema- Inspired Community Opus Program. Piettner- Saunders chaired the Arts Education Council at Americans for the Arts (2011 -2013) and founded the first local arts education advocacy network in San Diego In partnership with the California Alliance for Arts Education. For a complete CV please go to: www. vpscartographle.com, Alliance for California Traditional Arts Amy Kitchener co- founded the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) in 1997. Understanding California's unique position as the nation's epicenter for diverse cultural and multi - national communities, ACTA's work has focused on social change through grant making, capacity and leadership development, technical assistance, and bilingual program development. Trained as a public folklorist with an M. A. from UCLA, Amy is trained and highly experienced in ethnographic research methods. Amy has piloted participatory cultural asset mapping in neglected and rural areas of the state and consults with other organizations and across sectors on this method of discovery and inclusion of community voices. In 2007, Amy served as a consultant and co- author with WolfBrown for the James Irvine Foundation's California Engagement in Inland California. Later in 2011 Amy was on the study team that coauthored the James Irvine Foundation report on the arts and cultural ecology of California. Recently, in 2013, Amy served as the Program Director for the Santa Ana Building Healthy Communities "Activating Cultural Treasures" project. She continues to serve as a consultant for many national organizations and has taken part in two U.S. -China Intangible Cultural Heritage exchanges. She has published on a variety subjects Involving California folklife, including immigrant arts training and transmission, and Asian American folk arts. 25B -32 Im