Executive director · arts advocate

Securing the funding and the vision the arts depend on.

Annie DiMartino — over 20 years leading nonprofit arts organizations, from the rehearsal room to the appropriations table

Executive Director

Director Producer

Arts Advocate

Arts Educator

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Leadership Impact

$4.2M

annual operating budget

3.4×

budget growth, 6 years

9

programs launched

28

staff & teaching artists led

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Arts advocacy & federal funding

Translating field priorities into appropriations — turning relationships on the Hill into durable funding for the sector.

A short narrative explains how the work happens: coalition-building, testimony, and agency relationships sustained across budget cycles. The outcomes below give a hiring committee something concrete to hold onto.

$350M

federal funding secured, FY24-26

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appropriations cycles with testimony

650+

organizations advocated for before congress

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Selected Projects

Selected work where bold artistic vision meets the strategy, funding, and leadership to sustain it.

Culture Connects 2026
Utah's annual cultural convening — 150+ leaders, headlined by a keynote from the NEA Chair.

Advocacy Day 2025
A statewide day of arts advocacy at the Utah Capitol, bringing the cultural sector face-to-face with legislators.

Bellwether 2023
A free, month-long festival of arts and technology, produced with the City of Bellevue and sponsored by Amazon.

Arts Without Barriers
Free public performances that brought Eastside communities back to life after COVID — reaching 90,000+ over three seasons.

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Featured Skills

  • Director

  • Choreogapher

  • Arts Educator

  • Strategic Thinker

  • Community Engagement

  • Festival Producer

“Every detail was thoughtfully executed. We're thrilled with the outcome.”

— Former Customer

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Ways to work together

Tell me about your organization.

Whether it's a leadership search, an advocacy push, or a season that needs a steady hand, I'd love to hear what you're working toward.

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  • Available for executive director and senior leadership roles at mission-aligned arts and culture organizations — bringing twenty years of building programs, budgets, and teams, and the funding to sustain them.

  • Sector advocacy, coalition-building, and legislative and appropriations strategy. I help arts organizations make their case at the state and federal level — and turn that case into durable funding.

  • Short-term strategic support for arts nonprofits: revenue and fundraising strategy, program design, board development, and organizational capacity. Senior thinking for organizations that aren't ready for a full-time hire.

  • Steady hands during a leadership change. I step in as interim director to keep momentum, stabilize operations, and set up the incoming leader to succeed.escription