Barbara Shepherd
Director of National Partnerships, Education
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

At the Kennedy Center, Barbara Shepherd directs National Partnerships for the Education Department. These programs include Partners in Education which fosters partnerships between arts organizations and school systems, and the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network which supports state-level collaborations to strengthen arts education statewide. Currently, 136 collaborations in 48 states and the District of Columbia participate in National Partnerships programs. Ms. Shepherd facilitated the National Conversation on Artist Professional Development, a working group of organizations including Urban Gateways, Lincoln Center, and LA Music Center, which led to the publication of Creating Capacity: A Framework for Providing Professional Development Opportunities for Teaching Artists, for which she is a contributing author.

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