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Al Heartley (he/him/his) is a Principal at ALJP Consulting. In addition to his consulting work, Al was the former managing director of the Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts at Northwestern University. Al is a graduate of Yale School of Drama and has worked for various regional theaters across the country including the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Yale Repertory Theatre, The Guthrie Theater, Cleveland Play House, and Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He currently serves on the boards of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network and the Yale Summer Cabaret. 

Leandro A. Zaneti (he/him/his) is a Senior Consultant at ALJP Consulting. He is a Brazilian-American creative producer focused on developing and producing live performance by and for people of color. He is a co-founder of Codify Art, a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist collective foregrounding the work of queer and trans artists of color. He has previously worked at organizations around the country including The Public Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre, The New Group, Yale Repertory Theatre and Capacity Interactive, a digital marketing consulting company for the arts. Leandro is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and Brown University.

Michael J. Bobbitt (he/him/his) is an Associate at ALJP Consulting. He is an arts leader, director, choreographer, playwright and currently the Executive Director of Mass Cultural Council, the Massachusetts' state arts and culture agency.  Previously, he was Artistic Director of New Repertory Theatre in the Boston area and the Artistic Director for Adventure Theatre-MTC in Maryland.  He has directed/choreographed at theaters nationwide and around the world. His leadership training is from the Harvard Business School’s Social Enterprise Initiative - Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management, The National Arts Strategies Chief Executive Program, among other programs. Michael has taught at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, George Washington University, Catholic University, Montgomery College, Howard University, and the Washington Ballet. 

Stephanie Rolland (she/her/hers) is an Associate at ALJP Consulting. She is a creative producer, curator, and arts administrator whose work is fueled by connection, experimentation, and laughter. Current: Associate, ALJP Consulting; Facilitator, Yale School of Drama. She co-founded, curates and produces for Interfest, a collective using arts and ideas to arouse liberation for the Black diaspora through ritual, healing, and pleasure. Experience: Classix (virtual), Theatre Row, McCarter, Baltimore Center Stage. Fellowships: TCG Rising Leaders of Color, WP Theater, Americans for the Arts DIAL Labs. Service: KCACTF, LORT and McCarter EDI, TCG National Awards, NEA Grant Panelist. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MFA, Yale School of Drama. 

Laura Moreno (she/her/hers) is an Associate at ALJP Consulting.  She is an actor, director, dramaturg, costume designer, and producer in Houston, TX. She is a graduate of the University of Houston, with an MFA in Theatre, MA in Arts Leadership, Certificate in Arts in Health, and a BFA in Acting. She is the founder of Women in Theatre - Houston, ¡Qué Onda! - LatinX Theatre Collective, and Artists for Change - Texas, as well as the Chief Representative for the Parent Artist Advocacy League (PAAL) - Houston Chapter. Laura is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Beans & Rice Media Arts. She is a member of the LatinX Theatre Commons Steering Committee as well as a cohort member of the artEquity 2021-22 BIPOC Leadership Circle and has served on the anti-racist and DEI committees for the University of Houston’s College of the Arts and School of Theatre and Dance. She also serves as the Director of Marketing and Grants Manager for the Latiné Musical Theatre Lab. 

Monica Montoya (she/her/ella) is a Marketing and Communications Manager at ALJP Consulting. She is a lifelong theater practitioner, producer, and digital marketing/communications professional. She spent 3 years serving as Boston Court Pasadena’s Social Media Coordinator and Marketing & Communications Associate, and she has worked as a Communications Consultant and Creative Producer for Teatro Luna West. Monica also proudly served as the Communications Manager for the National New Play Network, an alliance of professional theaters that collaborate in innovative ways to develop, produce, and extend the life of new plays. Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, she volunteers as the LA Anti-Racist Theatre Standards/BLKLST’s Community Building Coordinator, helping further its mission for change and accountability within the Los Angeles Theater Community.