Jenni Person

jenniperson@modernbalabusta.com

305.607.4585

 

Areas of Expertise

 

Organizational Management: Day-to-day not-for-profit organizational management; Board development and relations; long- and short-term planning; budget planning and management; program implementation and management; staff and volunteer oversight.

 

Resource Development: Grant/proposal writing and grants management; government and foundation relations; annual campaign development, implementation and management; individual solicitations; sponsorship solicitation, implementation, and stewardship.

 

Marketing/Public Relations: Media campaigns, Direct-Mail Campaigns, Newsletters, Special Events Planning and Production, informal market research and survey implementation and assessment; community outreach and relations.

 

Programming: Development/creation and production of cultural arts programs; artist negotiations and relations; audience development and outreach; oversight of technical production.

 

Educational Leadership/Teaching:  Development/creation and production of educational programming in music as well as Judaics; curriculum development in partnership with county school boards.  Teaching theatre, Hebrew, and Judaics as well as Bible study combined with cooking.

 

Positions Held

 

WORKMEN'S CIRCLE/ARBETER RING Southern California District, Los Angeles, CA                                                          2002–2003 Assistant Director

HEBREW UNION COLLEGE-JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION, Los Angeles, CA                                                          2001 – 2002

Director, Tartak Learning Center

 

BAT KOL: A FEMINIST HOUSE OF STUDY, Jerusalem, Israel and Philadelphia, PA 2000 - 2002

Managing Director

 

ALTERNATE R.O.O.T.S, Atlanta, GA 1997 - 1998

Co-Director/Director of Planning & Development

 

FLORIDA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, FL 1995 - 1997

Education Director (1996-97), Grants Manager (1995-96)

 

SOUTH FLORIDA ART CENTER, Miami Beach, FL 1993 - 1995

Director of Programming

 

MARY STREET DANCE THEATRE, Miami, FL                                                                                                                             1992 - 1993

Managing Director

 

THE LOFT THEATRE, Tampa, FL 1988 - 1992

Owner/Producing Director (1990-92), Managing Director (1988-90)

 

BENNINGTON COLLEGE JULY PROGRAM, BENNINGTON, VT                                                                    1990 – 1997

Teacher, Drama Faculty

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PERSON & COMPANY, CPAs, St. Petersburg, FL                                                                                                                     1988 – 1991

Junior Accountant

 

 

Other Professional Activities

 

Grant Panelist, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, 2003

Co-Host/MC Jerusalem Poetry Slam, 1999 - 2001

Director, artsfusion, inc. artists’ organization, 1990 - 1999

Participant, Moving Jewish Communities, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, 1998

Grant Panelist, Fulton County Arts Council, 1999

Grant Panelist and Site Visitor, Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, 1991 - 1999

 

Freelance Projects

 

Hebrew & Judaics Teacher, Temple Judea, West Palm Beach, FL  2004

Writer, various articles for the website, “ClickOnJudaism” of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC), 1999-2002

Writer, client website content, Person Consulting Organization, 2001

Subsitute  HebrewTeacher, The Temple, Atlanta, GA  1998

Local Slam Master, Lollapalooza 1994 Spoken Word Stage, Miami

Talent Coordinator, Anheuser-Busch In Concert Program, Miami and Tampa, 1992

Residency Coordinator, Miami-Dade Community College, Department of Cultural Affairs, 1992

Marketing Director, 1992 Florida Dance Festival

Promoter (and performer), estrofest, a celebration of women in music, Tampa, 1992

 

Volunteer Leadership

 

Board of Directors, Georgia Shares (workplace giving program benefiting progressive organizations), 1997 - 1998

Friends of the Future Steering Committee, Planned Parenthood of Georgia, 1998 - 1999

Business Volunteer for the Arts Program Committee, Arts & Business Council of Greater Atlanta, 1998 - 1999

Board of Directors, Children’s Cultural Coalition (Miami-Dade County); Chair, Arts in Ed Committee, 1996 - 1997

Mayor's Committee on Cultural Affairs, City of Miami Beach, 1996 - 1997

Initial National Steering Committee, Alternate ROOTS Community/Artist Partnership Project, 1992

Executive Committee, Dade Cultural Alliance (the county’s political advocacy organization for the arts) 1994-96

Chair, Cultural Committee, Dave & Mary Alper JCC’s "Building Bridges, Crossing Boundaries", 1995

Special Events Committee, Lincoln Road Partnership (Local Management District), 1993-1995

Board of Trustees, Bennington College, 1990-1995

Board of Directors, National Association of Artists' Organizations (NAAO) 1991-1996

 

Education

 

BENNINGTON COLLEGE, Bennington, VT

Bachelor of Arts in Drama, 1990

 

BEIT HA’AM, Jerusalem, Israel

Intensive Hebrew Language Program (ulpan), Summer 1999

 

BEIT MIDRASH/A LIBERAL YESHIVAH (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion), Jerusalem, Israel

Intensive Jewish Text Study and Hebrew language study (ulpan), 1999-2001