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.
Jocelyn Prince (she/her/hers) is a Principal at ALJP Consulting. She teaches in the Leadership for Creative Enterprises program at Northwestern University. Jocelyn is a graduate of Bradley University and Northwestern University and has worked with theaters across the country including Steppenwolf Theatre Company, The Public Theater, Court Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Cleveland Play House, and Yale Repertory Theatre. She is an Associate with Beehive Dramaturgy Studio NYC. Jocelyn is a frequent staffer and volunteer with the Democratic Party. She was a staff field organizer for the 2008 Obama for America, 2016 Hillary for America, and 2020 Kamala Harris for the People campaigns.
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.
Tiffany Vega-Gibson (she/her/ella) is a Consultant at ALJP Consulting. Tiffany Vega-Gibson is a New Yorker and Puerto Rican based in New Orleans, LA. She is the President and Founder of the performing arts management and DEI consulting company, La Vega Management, which has worked with dozens of organizations throughout the US. She currently serves on the National Board of the Parent Artist Advocacy League and the Board of Directors for Kyoung’s Pacific Beat. She holds an MFA in Theatre Management & Producing from Columbia University and a BA in Theatre Performance from the University of Maryland-College Park.
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.
Francesca Fernandez McKenzie (she/her/hers) is an Associate at ALJP Consulting. She is an actor, educator and theater maker. She has performed on stages all over the country including 59E59, The Daryl Roth Theater, CalShakes, Southern Rep, Theater Mu, and more. While attending Yale School of Drama for her MFA in Acting, she was co-Founder of the Yale Cabaret in its 50th season, an originating member of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Working group, and a co-organizer of the Asian & Asian American Coalition. She is a co-Founder of Encompass Collective NYC, an ensemble of teaching artists offering affinity space actor training at accessible sliding scale prices for Global Majority artists. She is currently a professor atNew School and Yale University. She has worked as an educator at La Mama/Trinity College, Waterwell Drama Program, Urban Arts, KidSmART, and the Edible Schoolyard NOLA. Learn more at her website.
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.
Megan Sandberg-Zakian (she/her/hers) is an Associate at ALJP Consulting. She is a theater director with a passion for the development of diverse new American plays & playwrights, and a co-founder of Maia Directors, a consulting group for artists and organizations engaging with stories from the Middle East and beyond. Her book There Must Be Happy Endings: On a Theatre of Optimism and Honesty is available from The 3rd Thing Press. Megan is a graduate of Brown University and holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College. She lives in Jamaica Plain, MA, with her wife Candice.
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.
Rose Figueroa (she/her/hers) is an Operations & Search Manager at ALJP Consulting. She is a Stage Manager and Arts Administrator. Rose is currently based in South Florida where she freelances as a Stage Manager and is also currently the Administrative Coordinator at the National New Play Network. Rose has a passion for facilitating the artistic processes of new work in the new play field and widening the reach of new work. She is committed to her ongoing journey of merging her passion for human centered practices, inclusiveness, diversity, and accessibility in an equitably diverse arts ecosystem.
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.
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