Change Leaders
“The future of civilization as we know it depends upon our ability to respond effectively to change.” -Scott G. Isakson, Author
The Change Leader Program is a professional development course with an active network of course graduates. Participants attend a three-day institute with instruction on assessing environments and the communication and facilitation skills necessary to implement change. Following the institute, Change Leaders practice these skills by completing a certification project. These certified Change Leaders form a network of leaders that share a common language, mentor each other, and convene through leadership circles and conferences.
- Program Brochure (4.5 MB PDF)
Conferences
Change Leader Conferences are held every six months to provide networking and high-level educational opportunities for the 100+ Change Leaders who have been through the Institute. The conference includes a ceremony in which new Change Leaders present their projects and receive certificates of completion signed by the Governor. Contact Kirsten Darrington via email or 801.236.7553 for more information and to register.
Spring Change Leader Conference: May 1, 2013, The Maverik Center
Held in conjunction with the Mountain West Arts Conference in Salt Lake City.
Institute
The Change Leader Institute is a professional development course that addresses leadership issues in relation to leading change. Our goals are to better equip arts and cultural leaders to deal with environmental and organizational change, and also to create a statewide mentoring network in the arts and cultural community. Contact Jason Bowcutt via email or 801.236.7554 for more information.
Change Leader Institute: June 3 - 5, 2013, Daniels Summit Lodge, Heber City
Certification Projects
To complete their training, Change Leaders design a project, applying the concepts they learned in the Institute. After examining their environment to identify a need, they plan a response, engage others, identify resources, negotiate, honor resistance, adjust plans as necessary and implement change. Each certification project is unique.
Leadership Circles
Change Leader Leadership Circles are networking meetings that take place throughout the state. Change Leaders gather to exchange ideas and information as well as receive state and national arts updates.
Change Leader Random Acts of Art
Random Acts of Art bring creative solutions to social and community needs. Activities can range from art projects to targeted community participation by artists or members of arts organizations. Click here to view the guidelines.
Random Acts of Art is a benefit of the Change Leader Program and provides funding for the following purposes:
- Support local civic engagement using arts as a medium and the Change Leader network as a collective volunteer pool or collaborative partners.
- Illustrate the impact of arts and artists in meeting social/community needs through small projects that are not part of regular programs.
- Assist Change Leaders in building value and increasing connections within their respective communities.
- Raise awareness of and create a stronger sense of unity within the Change Leader network and the arts through media and other public relations.
Certified Change Leaders
| Elizabeth Abbott | Arts Career Consultant |
| Signe Adams | Nick Adams Photography |
| Kathryn S. Allen | Downtown Provo Inc. |
| Felicia Baca | Utah Arts & Museums |
| Laurie Baefsky | Flautist, Logan/New York |
| FayLynn Baron | Symphony of the Canyons |
| Lela Bartholomew | Timpanogos Arts Foundation |
| Laretta Beesley | Clinton Arts Board |
| Wally Bloss | Cache Valley Center for the Arts |
| Aimee Bonham | Kayenta Arts Foundation |
| Anna Boulton | Layton |
| Victoria Bourns | Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks Program |
| Jason Bowcutt | Utah Arts & Museums |
| Brent Boylan | Manti City Arts Council |
| Teresa Boylan | Manti City Arts Council |
| Suzette Bulloch | Iron County |
| Gail Bunker | Celebrity Concerts, St George City Council |
| Alisha Tolman Burton | St. George Arts Commission |
| Doug Caputo | Central, Washington County |
| Amanda Castillo | Cache Valley Center for the Arts |
| Michele Catten | Basin Arts Council |
| Jean Cheney | Utah Humanities Council |
| Erika Church | University of Utah Library and Utah Artists Project |
| Kathy Cieslewicz | Dixie State College |
| Michelle Coleman | Idaho Commission on the Arts |
| Marcie Collette | Utah Museum of Fine Art |
| Pat Cook | Symphony of the Canyons |
| Brian Cottam | Southern Utah University |
| Cheryl Cox | Boulder Heritage Foundation |
| Ken Crossley | EngAGE Utah |
| Jeremy Dabb | Defend the Arts |
| Tish Dahmen | Blackfoot Chamber of Commerce/Idaho Potato Museum |
| Kirsten Darrington | Utah Arts & Museums |
| Aubrey Davis | Moab Music Festival |
| Andrea DeHaan | Cache Valley Center for the Arts |
| Laura Durham | Utah Arts & Museums |
| Emma Dugal | Bountiful Davis Arts Center |
| Lisa Duskin-Goede | Bear River Heritage Area |
| Derek Dyer | Utah Arts Alliance |
| Lori Edmunds | South Jordan City |
| Theresa Ellis | Ogden Valley Arts |
| Maryo Gard Ewell | Colorado Creative Industries |
| Craig Fetzer | Visual Arts Association of Utah |
| Jinni Fontana | Helper Housing & Community Development Division |
| Susan Gallacher | Spring City Arts |
| Pamela Gee | Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre |
| Sheryl Gillilan | Art Access/VSA Arts of Utah |
| Joan Hammer | Box Elder County |
| Julie Hancock | Springdale Community Art Center |
| Saundra Hansen | Arts on the Run, Tri County LLC |
| Andra Harbold | Theatre Professional, Salt Lake City |
| Kay Harding | West Jordan |
| Ghulam Hasnain | Salt Lake American Muslim Association |
| Dennis Hassan | Old Lyric Repertory Company |
| Wendi Hassan |
Utah Arts & Museums |
| Ane Hatch | Midway Foundation for the Arts |
| Rachal Hedman | Utah Storytelling Guild |
| Melissa Hempel | Woodbury Art Museum |
| Craig Hibberd | Moab |
| LeAnn Hord | Oquirrh Mountain Symphony |
| Bruce Hucko |
BTS Program, Moab |
| Lucille Hunt | TAAS Storytelling Festival, Blanding |
| Marlo Ihler |
Utah Shakespeare Festival |
| Raymond Inkel | Alley Theatre, Houston, Texas |
| Caril Jennings | Weber State University Performing Arts |
| Kristen Jensen | State History |
| Patricia Jessie | Stansbury Art & Literary Society |
| Dellane Jessop | West Jordan Arts Council |
| Tonya Jocelyn | Washington County Arts Council - Hurricane |
| Abe Johnson | Old Capital Arts Festival |
| Annette Johnson | Old Capital Arts Festival |
| Theresa King | Moab Arts Council |
| Mary Ann Kirk | Murray City Cultural Arts |
| Susan Klinker | Utah Cultural Celebration Center |
| Carol LaForge | Tooele Arts Council, Encore Theatre |
| Kaia Landon | Brigham City Museum-Gallery |
| Jana Lauer | Heart & Soul |
| Donna Law | Southern Utah University |
| Lloyd Laycook |
Kane School Foundation |
| Nina Laycook | City of Kanab Mayor |
| Guy Lebeda | Salt Lake City |
| Katie Lee | Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery |
| Nikki Lovell | Egyptian Theatre Foundation |
| Janet Low | Orem Arts Council / Timpanogos Storytelling Festival |
| Victoria Lyons |
Bad Dog Arts |
| Sharon Macfarlane | Ogden Symphony Ballet Association |
| Kathryn MacKay | WSU, Weber Arts Council, Weber Reads |
| Diana Major Spencer | Casino Star Theatre Foundation |
| Paul Malluk | Las Vegas, NV |
| Melanie Marsh | American Fork Arts Council |
| Amy McDonald | Brolly Arts |
| Terri McGhee | Peery's Egyptian Theatre |
| Jill Mecham | Department of Workforce Services |
| Rhiana Medina | Moab Valley Multicultural Center |
| Renee Milne | Tooele City Arts Council |
| Michael Moonbird | Bad Dog Arts |
| Vicki Morgan | University of Utah |
| Kimberly Muller | Escalante Canyons Arts Festival |
| Dustin Nay | Oquirrh Mountain Symphony |
| Lori Nay | Gunnison City, Mayor |
| Susan Neidert | Brigham City Fine Arts Center |
| Charlene Nelson | LifeSuccess Consulting |
| Ricklen Nobis | Repertory Dance Theatre |
| Judy Noziska | Springville Museum |
| John Parkinson | The Space Between Theatre |
| Michelle Patrick | People Productions |
| Bjorn Pendleton | Spanish Fork Arts Council |
| Alisa Petersen | BTS Arts Education Program, Cedar City |
| Natalie Petersen | Springville Museum of Art |
| Chris Peterson | Great West Institute |
| Steve Puro | Basin Arts Council, Roosevelt Pops Symphony |
| Jason Quinn | Mt. Pleasant Arts Council |
| Irma Ramos | Vientos del Sur |
| Amanda Robinson | South Jordan Public Art & Cutural Development Board |
| Bayley Rogers | Monticello Chamber of Commerce |
| Kristen Rogers | Division of State History |
| Clive Romney | Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts |
| Carolyn Saam Bennion | Egyptian Theatre Foundation |
| Emily Ann Sanderson | Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage |
| Lisa Sewell | Utah Arts Festival |
| David Sidwell | Consultant |
| Marianne Sidwell | Utah State University Music Department |
| Melissa Singleton | Utah Symphony l Utah Opera |
| Rick Sline | Layton |
| Liz Smith | Utah Health and Human Services |
| Raquel Smith Callis | Provo |
| Melissa Spuhler | Bear Lake Arts Council |
| Sandra Starley | Moab |
| Rhoda Stauffer | Park City Summit County Arts Council |
| Kandace Steadman | Grand Theatre |
| Nicole Sterling | Utah Shakespeare Festival |
| Diane Stern | WSU Cultural Affairs, Utah Presenters |
| Ginny Stout | Ogden City Arts & Events |
| Kelly Stowell | Center for Business and the Arts |
| Kami Terry | Utah Shakespeare Festival |
| Dana Waggoner | Envision Escalante |
| Ronda Walker Weaver | Orem City Arts Council |
| Bobbi Wan-kier | Art Escapes 3D |
| Rachel Wheeler | Roosevelt Jr High School |
| Naomi White | Utah County Art Board |
| Don Wilhelm | Layton |
| John Witmer | West Valley Symphony of Utah |
| Katie Woslager | Utah Arts & Museums |
| Tamara Zollinger | Tremonton Beautification Committee |
| Lisa Zumpft | Zion Harvest |