Vice President
Gail Crider, Vice President for Community Programs, designs and directs our Extended Learning Services programs, leads capacity-building programs, and works as lead consultant with several arts organizations for National Arts Strategies. In addition, she teaches strategic planning and consults on strategic leadership.
Ms. Crider has worked with a variety of nonprofit organizations. Before joining National Arts Strategies, Ms. Crider spent ten years in the funding community. In her most recent position as a program officer for a private foundation, she worked on inner-city redevelopment and community building in Washington, D.C. She co-chaired the Community Development Support Collaborative in Washington, D.C., and has served on grants panels for the Corporation for National Service (AmeriCorp), the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Department of Treasury, CDFI Fund. Ms. Crider has also worked for the Arizona Commission on the Arts, Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She holds a B.S. in theater from Lewis and Clark College.
