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Adrian M Ellis

United States - AEA Consulting


Executive Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and experienced as a practioner, consultant and policy analyst. Interested in the relationship between cultural policy and policy in adjacent fields such as economic development, education and urban renewal as well as the effective management of cultural organizations (non-profit and for profit) and the wider ecology in which they operate. Founder (1990) and Executive Director (1990 - 2006) of AEA Consulting.

Primary role

Senior executive

Interests

Arts and cultural policy, design and evaluation, Government policy, Urban development and regeneration, Cultural sector modelling, Cultural economics

Languages

English, French

Nationality

British

Location

AEA Consulting, Beacon, United States

Institution type

Arts Organisation


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AEA Consulting

544 Main Street

Beacon

USA 12508

United States

Tel

+1 845 765 8100

Fax

+1 845 765 8099

Quick link

www.connectcp.org/AdrianEllis

Web

www.aeaconsulting.com

Institution email

Job title

Director

Resident

United States


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Adrian ran AEA Consulting from 1990 to 2007 and was appointed Executive Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in 1997 (www.jalc.org).

 

AEA, which he ran for 17 years, was established in 1990 to offer strategic advice on the management of cultural organizations and on cultural policy. The company has offices in New York and London and a detailed account of the company, its philosophy and activities can be found at www.aeaconsulting.com

 

Between 1986 and 1990, Adrian was Development Director and subsequently Executive Director of the Conran Foundation, an educational charity based in London.

 

He is on the board of the Kaufman Center in New York and was a member of the Governing Council of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales (1996 – 2000) and a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects' Architecture Centre Committee (1997 – 2001). He is on the board of Pathé Pictures, a film production company, and a member of the Getty Leadership Institute’s advisory board.

 

He writes and lectures extensively on management and planning issues in the cultural sector and was a visiting scholar at Columbia University in 2010. He was educated at University College Oxford and the London School of Economics and has lived in New York since 1998.

 


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2007 - 2007 Executive Director - Jazz at Lincoln Center (United States) - Jazz at Lincoln Center (www.jalc.org) is the world's largest non profit jazz presenter. Its mission is to promote understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of this art form.

1998 - 2006 Director - AEA Consulting (United States) - See www.aeaconsulting.com

1990 - 1998 Director - AEA Consulting (United Kingdom) - See www.aeaconsulting.com

1986 - 1990 Executive Director - Conran Foundation (United Kingdom) - Primary responsibility was planning and managing the creation of the Design Museum, which opened in London in 1989.

1981 - 1986 Principal - HM Treasury (United Kingdom) - Between 1981 and 1986 I worked in UK Cabinet Office and HM Treasury as a 'fast track' administrative trainee, Higher Executive Officer and Principal. Assignments included Private Secretary to Economic Secretary, and policy work on privatisation and monetary policy.


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1979 BA Hons and MA Hons First Class Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) - University College, Oxford (United Kingdom)


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Ellis, Adrian and Krishan Kumar (1986) The Dilemmas of Liberal Democracy, London, Tavistock,


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1.  www.jalc.org

2.  www.aeaconsulting.com

Last Updated: 19/07/2010


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