Howard Klein
1962 through 1967 music critic and reporter for The New York Times
1967 through 1986, program officer at The Rockefeller Foundation. For ten of his 20 years there he was Director of the Arts.
1992 to 1996, Director of Artists & Repertory for New World Records, NY
Board memberships, past and present: Sundance Institute, Feld Ballet, International Public Television Screening Conference, Electronic Arts Intermix, The Night Kitchen Theater (Maurice Sendak)
Achievement awards from:
American Music Center, New York Arts and Business Council/Business Volunteers for the Arts, the National Music Theater Institute, New York Foundation for the Arts, the Museum of Holography, The Black Filmmakers Foundation, The Chamber of Commerce/Business Volunteers for the Arts of Philadelphia, and Atlantic Center for the Arts.
Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degree in piano from The Juilliard School
Michael Dalakian
Michael Dalakian has more than 25 years of experience in arts management, with special emphasis on developing and evaluating administrative, organizational and program structures. For eight years Mr. Dalakian was full-time consultant to The Rockefeller Foundation, specializing in arts administration and arts-in-education programs, He also evaluated over 400 Foundation grants and assisted in the development of national and international projects. Mr. Dalakian’s technical assistance to grantees resulted in the establishment of the Arts and Business Council of New York’s National program, The Naropa Institute's Arts in Education Intensive (Boulder, Co), the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art/Awards in Visual Arts Program (Winston-Salem, NC), The Carter Family Music Center (Hiltons, VA), and The NY. Museum of Holography.
His work has taken him throughout the U.S. and to over 14 foreign countries. He was selected to address the first "Roundtable of the African Producers of the Performing Arts," organized by the Ministry of Culture of Zaire, which was broadcast through the United States Information Agency's WORLDNET Satellite program. The broadcast originating in Washington, D. C.,was interactive with two African USIA Posts, and was seen throughout the African, Near Eastern television network.
Mr. Dalakian is a former Arts Fellow with the National Endowment for the Arts. He has appeared frequently as a speaker for such organizations as the National Community Education Association, the American Theatre Association, the New Jersey Writer's Conference, Business Volunteers for the Arts, the Wharton Business School Club, New York University, University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University.