Who We Are:

PACE is a not-for-profit arts advocacy organization, run by a volunteer executive board and one part-time staff member. Its membership consists of professional arts organizations and independent professional artists from Edmonton and the surrounding region. Serving the professional arts community in the greater Edmonton region since 1986, PACE produces the annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts, coordinates the ArtsVote campaign at election times and conducts advocacy campaigns throughout the year. For more information about PACE, please contact us at 780-485-3085.

Executive Planning Committee for 2011-2012:

Past-Chair:  Daniel Cournoyer (Directeur artistique et général , L’UniThéâtre)

Chair:  Jennifer Faulkner (Associate Executive Director, Alberta Ballet)

Co-Vice-Chair:  Keltie Brown (General Manager, Workshop West Theatre)

Co-Vice-Chair:  Kieran Leblanc (Executive Director, Book Publishers Association of Alberta)

Treasurer: Karen Brown Fournell (General Manager, Rapid Fire Theatre)

Directors:

• Marian Brant (General Manager, Cantilon Choirs)
• Carol Holmes (Executive Director, Writers Guild of Alberta)
• Anna-Karolina Szul (Executive Director, Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists)
• Meghan Unterschultz (Strategic Communications & Government Relations, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)

PACE Coordinator:  Mary Elizabeth Archer