Connie Walters, Network Coordinator
Partners for Arts Education
501 West Fayette Street, Studio 221
Syracuse, NY 13204
Phone: 315-234-9911
E-Mail Connie Walters
Web: www.arts4ed.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


December 10, 2007

Partners for Arts Education Announces Appointment of Fran Hradil as Director of Strategic Development

(December 10, 2007; Syracuse) Partners for Arts Education is pleased to announce the appointment of Fran Hradil as their Director of Strategic Development.

In this newly created role, Hradil will be responsible for the development, management, implementation, and evaluation of a fund-development program to strengthen the capacity of arts-in-education partnerships between cultural organizations and schools and in collaboration with a variety of funding stakeholders.

As such, she will manage staff and volunteers in planning and executing agency-wide sponsorship, capital, endowment, and planned giving programs. Hradil will also be responsible for securing grants from government agencies, private foundations and corporations that provide education and arts funding.

Hradil most recently served as the Director of Development and Marketing at the Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. Prior to that she was Director of Development at the Syracuse Opera Company.

Hradil is a graduate of Leadership Greater Syracuse, and was honored as one of Central New York’s “40 Under 40” in 2006. She is an active member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and Vice President on the Board of Directors of the George & Rebecca Barnes Foundation.

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Partners for Arts Education inspires learning and leadership for arts in education in Central New York and throughout New York State. We provide funding and support to deepen and enrich educational experiences in and through the arts for students, teachers and artists.

 

Partners for Arts Education
Delavan Center Suite 221  501 W. Fayette St.  Syracuse, NY  13202
315.234.9911  info@arts4ed.org  www.arts4ed.org

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