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JANE HILL, artsmart
For over 30 years, Jane Hill has successfully led arts organizations in the fields of theater, opera and orchestral music. She is artsmart.
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Who is Jane Hill?
For over 30 years, Jane Hill has successfully led arts organizations in the fields of theater, opera and orchestral music. She is artsmart.
Hill recently retired from her five-year tenure as executive director of The Sacramento Philharmonic. Prior to this, she served eight years in the same position at Opera Omaha. Under her watchful leadership, The Sacramento Philharmonic nearly doubled its budget, adopted an ambitious strategic plan, began a multi-year initiative to commission new works, grew the staff and established community partnerships with regional arts and educational organizations. At Opera Omaha, Hill joined a company on the brink of bankruptcy. During her term, she led the elimination of a major deficit, established a viable infrastructure, developed a professional staff and restored relations with many community entities.
Jane Hill is also the co-founder and former executive director of Dell’Arte International, Inc., a prestigious California theatre company and unique professional training program now entering its 39th season.
Past board service includes the Association of California Symphony Orchestras, OPERA America and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha. She was president of ArtsAIM, an association of executive directors of Omaha’s top arts organizations and also represented the arts on the board of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
Past awards include Greater Omaha YWCA Woman of Vision Award and the Arts on the Green Award for arts service. In 2004, she was named Arts Executive of the Year by the Sacramento Arts & Business Council. Hill has been an On-Site Reporter (Opera) for the National Endowment for the Arts and serves as a volunteer mentor for the Kennedy Center’s “Arts in Crisis” program..
Education includes a B.A. from Carnegie-Mellon and an M.A. from Humboldt State. She also holds Certificates of Completion in “Vital Facilitation Techniques” and “Advanced Board Consulting” from Board Source in Arlington, VA.
She has three grown children and seven grandchildren.