Tom O’Connor is pleased to announce that Dr. Edie Demas will be joining Tom O’Connor Consulting Group, LLC (TOCG) in the role of Senior Strategist effective January 1, 2022. Demas brings over 20 years of experience in arts leadership, with a particular focus on film, media, and performing arts as well as arts education and theater for young audiences, and will lend her expertise to a mixture of strategy projects and executive search engagements.

Tom O’Connor Consulting Group is pleased to announce that Jared Fine has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer by Jacob’s Pillow in Becket, Massachusetts.

Tom O’Connor Consulting Group is pleased to announce that Emily Bookwalter has been appointed Director of External Affairs by award-winning Off-Broadway company, The New Group.

Tom O’Connor Consulting Group is pleased to announce that Andrea Cuevas has been appointed Director of Marketing and Communications by Hartford Stage in Hartford, Connecticut.

Tom O’Connor Consulting Group is pleased to announce that Joe Petrowski has been appointed Director of Ticketing and Customer Relations by Park Avenue Armory in New York City.

TOCG and Baker Richards have formed a strategic partnership to deliver comprehensive marketing strategy informed by revenue and audience behaviour analysis for arts organisations in Australia and New Zealand.

Tom O’Connor Consulting Group is pleased to announce that Chris Kam has been appointed Director of Marketing by award-winning Off-Broadway company, The New Group.

Tom O’Connor Consulting Group is pleased to announce that Ilana Barker has been appointed Senior Manager, Audience Insights by the Flint Institute of Music, a multi-disciplinary performing arts organization located in Flint, Michigan.

Tom O’Connor Consulting Group is pleased to announce that Carlos Vicente has been named Vice President of Marketing and Communications of Grand Rapids Symphony after a nationwide search.

Jordan Sanford will join Tom O’Connor Consulting Group (TOCG) as Director of Recruitment and Professional Development on November 4, 2020. Sanford will play a central role in TOCG’s efforts to recruit leaders for arts and cultural marketing teams and adjacent divisions and will manage industry programs fostering shared learning among cultural marketing professionals.

Tom O’Connor Consulting Group is pleased to announce that Lisa Middleton has been appointed Vice President, Marketing & Communications of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts (Casey Reitz, President), effective August 24.

Tom O’Connor Consulting Group is now offering virtual workshops for cultural organizations interested in rethinking their relationships to audiences and planning for the best ways to center them in plans for reopening.

Following conversations with a few of our clients, Tom O'Connor will be facilitating two roundtables via Zoom for senior marketers in the performing arts space to discuss the fallout from COVID-19.

Tom O’Connor has announced that Rani Haywood has joined Tom O’Connor Consulting as Senior Consultant and will be central to providing marketing, audience development, and overall revenue growth consulting for the arts and culture industries.