"Building an Arts Organization that Lasts" with speaker Eliot Pfanstiehl”

Join the Arts Council on this exciting journey of creative learning as we explore the topic “Building an Arts Organization that Lasts,” led by Strathmore Executive Director, Eliot Pfanstiehl. Eliot will highlight the need for organizations to build a reputation as a well run arts organization, a responsible Board governance structure that ensures quality leadership, financial transparency that encourages private, corporate and public donors, and the right balance of margin/mission to survive in tough times.

Location: ArtSpace Herndon 750 Center Street, Herndon, VA 20170
Date: February 7, 2012
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30pm (Reception starts at 6:30pm; presentation starts at 7:00pm)
Cost: $15 advance tickets / $20 at the door

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Biography:
Eliot Pfanstiehl - President and CEO, Strathmore Hall Foundation, Inc.

Eliot Pfanstiehl is the President and CEO of the Strathmore Hall Foundation, Inc., which operates and presents programming at Strathmore, a multi-disciplinary arts center, including the Music Center at Strathmore and the Mansion at Strathmore, in Montgomery County, Maryland. Mr. Pfanstiehl has held this position since the Foundation’s inception in 1983.

Born in the District of Columbia and a graduate of George Washington University with a B.A. in Psychology, Mr. Pfanstiehl's career is a mixture of arts management, education, leadership training and organizational development.

Mr. Pfanstiehl has been a founder, president or chair of Montgomery County Arts Council, the Round House Theatre, the League of Washington Theatres and Strathmore. His past board service includes the Friends of the Kennedy Center, Round House Theatre, Black Rock Arts Center, Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, Maryland Association of Non-profit Organizations and chair of both the Maryland State Arts Council and Maryland Citizens for the Arts.

He was the founding President of Maryland Leadership Workshops and is the program facilitator for Leadership Maryland, Leadership Montgomery, Leadership Allegany, Leadership Anne Arundel and is a graduate of the inaugural class of Leadership Washington.

Mr. Pfanstiehl has led over 250 board and strategic planning retreats for a range of non-profit civic, arts and social service organizations, government agencies and businesses.

Mr. Pfanstiehl was named 2001 Washingtonian of the Year, and he was named one of the 2005 "People to Watch" by the Washington Business Journal.

Eliot and his archaeologist wife, Cynthia are the proud parents of four children. They live in Silver Spring, Maryland where they are active in school, church, and community affairs.