Thursday's Speaker Is Debra Polich From Artrain, Inc & The Art Alliance
Posted
on Apr 12, 2016
Debra Polich
President/CEO
Artrain, Inc. & The Arts Alliance
1100 North Main, Suite 106
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Since 1993, Deb Polich has served as the president and CEO of Artrain, Inc., a National Medal for Museum Service winner. Artrainproduces and delivers world class arts and cultural programs throughout the United States to deliver discovery and – through the galvanizing power of arts and culture – transform lives, organizations and communities. In 2012, Polich added the responsibility of leading The Arts Alliance, the local arts agency that advocates for and serves the creative sector in Washtenaw County—arts and cultural organizations and creative individuals and businesses—to ensure that our region remains a great place to create, live, work, learn, play and visit. Polich oversees board relations, financial management, fund development, personnel/volunteer management, facility operation/maintenance, marketing, and exhibitions/programs management for both organizations.
Polich earned her degree in arts administration with a minor is marketing and management from Eastern Michigan University (EMU). Prior to her tenure at Artrain, Polich served as managing director of Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater. Polich has served on the boards of numerous arts and community organizations and currently serves on the board and executive committee of Creative Many Michigan and EMU’s College of Arts and Science Board. She is a member of the Creative Placemaking Workgroup of Michigan’s Sense of Place Council and is on the Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau’s finance and audit committees. Polich’s ties to EMU continue as she serves on its Masters of Public Administration advisory boards and is an Arts Management guest lecturer.