MK Wegmann, President & CEO, National Performance Network (NPN), has more than 35 years of experience in organizational development, artists' services, presenting and producing for non-profit visual and performing arts organizations. NPN supports the creation and touring of contemporary performing and visual arts, providing an important organizing link among communities, artists and presenters in the US. As an independent consultant, she works with organizations and individual artists in long-range planning, organizational development and systems management. Clients have included Alabama Dance Council, JumpStart Performance Co., Alabama Institute for Education in the Arts, Southern Danceworks, Dallas Black Dance Theatre and Young Aspirations/Young Artists (Ya/Ya). From 1978-1991 she was Associate Director for the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, a $2.2 million, multi-disciplinary artists' organization, and from 1993-1999 served as Managing Director of the theatre company Junebug Productions. She has served on and chaired panels for the National Endowments for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Louisiana Division for the Arts, The Kentucky Arts Commission and the Cultural Arts Council of Houston. Wegmann serves on Boards of Directors for National Performance Network and Junebug Productions, Performing Arts Alliance, and Creative Alliance of New Orleans. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Spring Hill College and a Master of Arts degree from Louisiana State University of New Orleans (LSUNO). As a life long resident of New Orleans, Wegmann is active in its recovery efforts.