Caitlin Strokosch

Caitlin Strokosch (she/her) was appointed President and CEO of the National Performance Network in 2016. Most recently, she served the Artist Communities Alliance—an international association of artist residency centers—from 2002 to 2016, where, as Executive Director, she was instrumental in creating the Artist Communities division at the NEA in 2008. She is a frequent speaker and writer on issues including intermediary arts organizations, racial equity, economic justice for artists, and international exchange. As a member of the board of directors of Grantmakers in the Arts from 2014 to 2020, she served on the committees for Racial Equity, Support for Individual Artists, and Finance. She was board chair of Girls Rock! Rhode Island, and currently serves on the advisory committees of Transcultural Exchange and Crosshatch artist residency. Caitlin has a BA in music performance from Columbia College Chicago and a Master’s in musicology from Roosevelt University, where her research focused on music as a tool for building communities of resistance. She is also an avid costumer and award-winning dioramist.