Consultants
Our consultants are experts in their fields and can provide you with one-on-one mentoring.
Lorraine Albert
Lorraine Albert is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, designer and freelancer whose work is rooted in conceptual ideation & problem-solving, specializing in brainstorming, branding and corporate identities. She is an attentive listener who has a knack for “pulling threads,” linking ideas, and making connections.
Consults in:
- Branding
- Graphic Design
- Social Media Management
- Website Design & Development
- Communications
Margot Aldrich
Margot Aldrich has been a professional violist for 25 years, 17 of them in Nova Scotia. She has been a member of Symphony Nova Scotia and The Blue Engine String Quartet and has also been featured in many Nova Scotian artists’ recordings including Sanctuary, MIR, Mary Jane Lamond, Gordie Sampson, Suzie LeBlanc and others…
Consults in:
- Audience Development
- Communications
- Grant Writing
- Touring
Carol Dobson
Carol Dobson has been an independent communications consultant for the past 27 years She has worked on a number of significant public events including the Halifax-Dartmouth Canada Day Committee (18 years), building it to the largest July 1 celebration east of Ottawa. Other significant events she has guided include…
Consults in:
- Communications
- Public & Government Relations
Erin Donovan
Percussionist, pianist and composer Erin Donovan presents interdisciplinary site-specific events with her organization, Hear Here Productions. Recent projects include Woodlight (Field and Tree) a short film with Susanne Chui of Mocean Dance and poet Alice Burdick), Arrival (interactive sound environment with live performance), Burnwater: Alchemy (immersive dance theatre event that toured Nova Scotia…
Consults in:
- Artistic Counseling
- Audience Development
- Communications
- Event Planning
- Grant Writing
- Marketing
Michael Erwin
Michael is a professional theatre manager with a nerdy side. His life long love of technology has turned into more than just a hobby through Cloudsmith Studio. Learning new things is what makes him tick, and staying on top of new trends and technologies on the web perpetually scratches that itch. In addition to Cloudsmith Studio, Michael currently the Production Manager at Neptune Theatre, and…
Consults in:
- Website Design & Development
Mhiran Faraday
Mhiran has lived, worked, studied, and explored various regions across Canada. Though she started as a Statistics major in university, Mhiran quickly realized that her passion was to work in the arts – not as a performer or maker, but as someone that leads and supports others in their success: first in theatre production as an Equity Stage Manager, and eventually in music administration primarily with the Banff Centre, Symphony Nova Scotia, and…
Consults in:
- Event Planning
- Financial Management
- Grant Writing
- Operations
- Strategic Planning
Janice Fuller
Janice Fuller is an organized, friendly, and effective writer, editor, and communications professional. Throughout her career in academics, non-profit, and freelance, she’s always been drawn to work that allows her to create, simplify, and perfect things. After receiving a master’s degree in Sociology, she worked for several years as a qualitative social researcher…
Consults in:
- Communications
Karen Gross
Based in K’jipuktuk, Karen Gross works as a theatre producer. She is the Creative Producer for the Accidental Mechanics Group (Let’s Not Beat Each Other To Death, The Unfamiliar Everything) and serves as chair of the board of Eastern Front Theatre. Karen has experience writing grant applications at the municipal, provincial, and federal level. She has assembled proposals for small and mid-sized organizations as well as…
Consults in:
- Grant Writing
Pamela Grundy
Pamela Grundy has spent decades working in the arts and culture sector as a dancer, director, curator, fundraiser and arts administrator. Her long association with the Toronto-based Danny Grossman Dance Company included many years as performer, Co-Artistic Director, Director of Education and Outreach and Director of Preservation. Most recently as Development Co-ordinator, she established…
Consults in:
- Audience Development
- Grant Writing
- Revenue Generation
- Strategic Planning
Amy Harrison
Amy Harrison is a freelance graphic designer with 20 years experience working with all sized businesses, governments, and non-profits. She is the founder & force of Pixels & Pieces, a graphic design and branding company for small business. Amy can help work on your StoryBrand story, develop a marketing plan, plan your social media strategy and even look at how your business works operationally…
Consults in:
- Communications
- Graphic Design
- Marketing
- Strategic Planning
- Website Design & Development
Gay Hauser
Gay Hauser has worked as an actor, director, designer and general manager administrator in non-profit arts sector for 35 years. Currently a consultant for Strategic Arts Management, Gay has worked as the general manager of Live Art Dance Productions and as a founding member of Eastern Front Theatre and Mulgrave Road Theatre Co. Gay continues to perform annually in…
Consults in:
- Audience Development
- Financial Management
- Governance
- Grant Writing
- Operations
- Revenue Generation
- Strategic Planning
- Touring
Janice Jackson
Janice Isabel Jackson has sung over 230 world premieres, many of which were written for her. She has performed with contemporary music ensembles and in concert halls around the world – Beijing, Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Torino, Toronto, Montreal, New York, Berlin, Johannesburg, Cape Town…
Consults in:
- Audience Development
- Communications
- Event Planning
- Grant Writing
- Marketing
- Strategic Planning
Krista Keough
Consults in:
- Anti-Oppression/Safe Spaces
- Audience Development
- Communications
- Financial Management
- Governance
- Grant Writing
- Graphic Design
- Marketing
- Revenue Generation
- Strategic Planning
- Touring
- Website Design & Development
Bruce Klinger
Bruce Klinger has been working in Atlantic Canada’s arts community for over 30 years. During his 10-year tenure as the General Manager of Neptune Theatre, Bruce saw the organization through the building of the new $13.5 million facility from the first planning stages through to completion. In 1998, Bruce opened his own business as an arts management consultant…
Consults in:
- Audience Development
- Financial Management
- Governance
- Grant Writing
- Operations
- Revenue Generation
- Strategic Planning
- Touring
Colleen MacIsaac
Colleen is a multi-disciplinary freelance artist based in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. Former Managing Director of 2b theatre company and Chair of the Board of the Bus Stop Theatre Co-op, Colleen is the current Artistic Producer of the Villains Theatre. Winner of the Bhayana Invisible Champion Award and the Halifax Mayor’s Award for Emerging Theatre Artist…
Consults in:
- Communications
- Event Planning
- Grant Writing
- Graphic Design
- Marketing
- Operations
Cat MacKeigan
Cat MacKeigan, PhD, is active behind the scenes in the arts and cultural sector and the 2SLGBTQ+ community in Nova Scotia. With over 15 years of experience working within and reporting on cultural policy, government-cultural relations, and innovations in economic development through the arts, Cat brings a novel perspective and queer voice to conversations around arts management, public policy, and institutional relations…
Consults in:
- Anti-Oppression/Safe Spaces
- Communications
- Digital Production
- Event Planning
- Governance
- Grant Writing
- Marketing
- Operations
- Strategic Planning
- Touring
Jane Marsland
Jane Marsland has been an articulate advocate for the arts for many years and has served on a wide range of boards, advisory groups and committees. Jane was a co-founder of For Dance and Opera, co-founder and Director of Technical Assistance of The Creative Trust: Working Capital for the Arts, as well as co-founder and director of ARTS 4 CHANGE. She has been the recipient of…
Consults in:
- Governance
- Strategic Planning
Nancy Morgan
Nancy Morgan has been working as an administrator in non-profit arts sector for 20 years. Currently the Executive Director of the Playwrights Guild of Canada, Nancy has previously worked as Executive Director of Theatre Nova Scotia, Managing Director of Strategic Arts Management, the General Manager at Eastern Front Theatre, and as Administrator at Great Canadian Theatre Company…
Consults in:
- Communications
- Financial Management
- Governance
- Grant Writing
- Operations
- Strategic Planning
- Touring
David Oyler
David Oyler has been working in the charitable and non-profit sector since 2001. His most recent work has been with the Antigonish Culture Alive Association, FEED NOVA SCOTIA, the Colchester Residential Services Society, the Second Story Women’s Centre, the Support Services Group Co-operative, and in the continued delivery of sector presentations and workshops to over 400 organizations around the Maritimes….
Consults in:
- Financial Management
- Governance
- Revenue Generation
Lisa Phinney Langley
Lisa Phinney Langley is a dancer, choreographer, producer, and educator with 25 years experience in the arts and a side hustle in scientific research. She is co-founder of Mocean Dance, and Artistic Director of Phin Performing Arts where she creates dance work for the stage and alternative venues…
Consults in:
- Grant Writing
Annalise Prodor
Annalise Prodor is a multi-disciplinary artist and creative facilitator currently based in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Kjipuktuk). Annalise has a decade’s worth of arts facilitation and non-profit organizational experience. Her professional practice contains a delicate balance between administrative and active facilitation, having filled roles such as: operations manager, fundraising & development consultant, grant writer, producer, co-director, script writer…
Consults in:
- Event Planning
- Financial Management
- Governance
- Grant Writing
- Operations
- Revenue Generation
- Strategic Planning
- Touring
Gillian Reid
Gillian has worked in the performing arts sector for over a decade, building tours for her curated client roster to perform across Canada and Internationally. She is a member of the CAPACOA International Market Development Committee…
Consults in:
- Touring
Barbara Richman
Barbara Richman has worked for more than 30 years in the arts and heritage, assisting individuals, small and mid-sized companies, large organizations, and funding agencies. During that time she has held executive management positions with Halifax Dance, Jest In Time Theatre, Symphony Nova Scotia, and Strategic Arts Management. She is known for her skills in…
Consults in:
- Financial Management
- Governance
- Grant Writing
- Operations
- Revenue Generation
- Strategic Planning
Julie Robert
Julie is a professional dancer, dance educator and arts administrator originally from Montréal, QC. She has been working with various non-profit organizations in the dance sector since 2016 including Mocean Dance, Dance Nova Scotia, Kinetic, The Dance Institute, and various independent dance artists across Nova Scotia…
Consults in:
- Communications
- Social Media
- Website Design & Development
Sarah Santos
Sarah Santos is a marketing and communications professional with more than 15 years of experience helping organizations to achieve their goals and build a strong relationship with its costumers. Events, strategic planning, sponsorship and marketing…
Consults in:
- Communications
- Governance
- Strategic Planning
Kayleigh Sheehan
As a SAM Consultant, Kayleigh has worked with the Nova Scotia Talent Trust and Visual Arts Nova Scotia. She has also worked with 2b theatre company (Associate Producer), Zuppa Theatre Co. (Associate Administrator), the Nova Scotia High School Drama Festival (Administrator), and the Atlantic Film Festival (Box Office and Theatre Manager). Kayleigh is a volunteer with…
Consults in:
- Communications
Jess Smith
Jess Smith is a non-binary person (identifying as genderqueer), they work as a legal coordinator in a large media company’s corporate office. They also assist small businesses, non-profits, and entertainers as a content creator to help their clients’ present their best selves online. In 2018, they began doing drag as Pat McCox, whose charming personality and slick style has won…
Consults in:
- Communications
- Digital Production
- Event Planning
- Governance
- Social Media
Virginia Stephen
Virginia Stephen has 35 years of experience as an arts educator, museum educator and senior arts administrator. She was Deputy Director (Head of Programs – Exhibitions Education and Public Programs) and Curator of Education at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Executive Director of the Edmonton Art Gallery and Executive Director of Liberal Studies (Visual Art, Residential Interiors, Writing, Humanities), Faculty Of Extension at the University of Alberta…
Consults in:
- Governance
- Grant Writing
- Strategic Planning
Michael Sutherland
Michael Sutherland, CPA, CA, has been in public practice for over thirty years. As part of his practice he works with a variety of artistic clients ranging from individual artists to not- for-profit and charitable organizations. Mike has provided these clients with assurance services ( audits, review engagements, compilation engagements ), taxation services and business…
Consults in:
- Financial Management
Krista Tannahill
Krista Tannahill is a social media and online marketing expert with a focus on helping artists, non-profits and entrepreneurs shine online. Whether you need support with your social media, online advertising or are just looking for new ways to be found online, Krista can help!
Consults in:
- Communications
- Marketing
- Social Media
Erin Taylor
Erin Taylor is a communications professional specializing in social media, graphic design, internal and external relations, e-communications, and much more. She has worked extensively with arts service organizations and has a deep understanding of the arts sector landscape in Nova Scotia.
Consults in:
- Communications
- Digital Production
- Event Planning
- Graphic Design
- Marketing
- Social Media
- Website Design & Development
Mary Vingoe
Mary Vingoe is a well-known figure in Canadian Theatre. A director, Artistic Director, Festival Director, playwright, teacher and actor who has worked across the country, Vingoe is celebrated for co-founding four major theatre companies in Canada. She is the founding Artistic Director of the Magnetic North…
Consults in:
- Artistic Counseling
- Audience Development
- Grant Writing
- Strategic Planning
- Touring
Sally Wolchyn-Raab
Sally Wolchyn-Raab is an interdisciplinary artist, Artist-Run Centre nerd and critical writer working with intersectional feminist and community-based approaches to science, body and space. She merges a range of mediums from drawing, printmaking…
Consults in:
- Anti-Oppression & Safe Spaces
- Financial Management
- Governance
- Grant Writing
- Operations
- Strategic Planning
Interested in becoming a SAM Consultant?
We’re always looking for dedicated and qualified professionals with varied experience – in the arts or otherwise – to join our roster of expert consultants. Working with artists and arts organizations to help them meet their goals and expand their skills is an experience like no other! If that sounds like something you’re interested in, please get in touch with us to begin the process.