Mrs. Christen Boone
President/CEO
Fund for the Arts
Christen McDonough Boone is the President & CEO of the Fund for the Arts in Louisville, KY, one of our country’s oldest and most successful united arts funds. Each year, the Fund for the Arts raises more than $8,000,000 from over 20,000 donors and supports 25 cultural partners and programs throughout the region. She is deeply committed to helping build a stronger and more vibrant Louisville. Throughout her career, Boone has been active as a community connector, social entrepreneur and a sought-after consultant in nonprofit development and strategic philanthropy.Before joining the Fund for the Arts, Boone served in leadership roles for some of the country’s most treasured cultural institutions and has raised nearly $250 million for regional nonprofit organizations including Actors Theatre of Louisville, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and Cincinnati’s Fine Arts Fund. Most recently, she led the efforts to raise more than $120 million to build The Parklands of Floyds Fork, one of the nation’s largest new urban parks. Stretching 4,000 acres, The Parklands is the size of eight Central Parks and is lauded as one of the 21st century’s great legacy projects.
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