In October, Americans for the Arts and The Conference Board collaborated on two events focused on how the arts can advance business and community goals. On October 6, Bob Lynch hosted forty corporate leaders from the Corporate Contributions Council I at his home in Washington, D.C. for a dinner and discussion on arts education policy. We shared with them recent work in arts education including the new National Core Arts Standards. Bob was joined by Narric Rome, Vice President for Government Affairs and Arts Education and Emily Peck, Vice President of Private Sector Initiatives. A few weeks later on October 27, Bob Lynch and Emily Peck, VP of Private Sector Initiatives traveled to Richmond, VA to speak with twenty corporate leaders at the Corporate Contributions Council II meeting. Bob Lynch and John Bryan, the former CEO of Richmond CultureWorks presented the results of our 2011 Creative Conversation in Richmond, VA which brought together artists and business people for a day-long dialogue.

This is part of a longstanding partnership with The Conference Board which includes our joint study Ready to Innovate on the importance of creativity to the future workforce and Jon Spector, CEO of The Conference Board serving on our BCA Executive Board.