Mary Margaret Schoenfeld

Schoenfeld is an independent arts management consultant who works with Maren Brown Associates on state and regional arts agency planning and other projects. She has a particular focus and expertise working with funding agencies, including recent planning and facilitation work with the Massachusetts Cultural Council and Delaware Division of the Arts (both with Maren Brown Associates), the Vermont Arts Council and Vermont Historical Records Program, the Cultural Affairs office of the Arlington (VA) Economic Development Department, the Oklahoma Arts Council, and the Mid-America Arts Alliance.  Schoenfeld currently serves as the National Coordinator for the six US Regional Arts Organizations and represents them on the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies’ board of directors.  A former state and local arts agency staff member, Schoenfeld also managed community development and local arts agency service programs at Americans for the Arts, where she coordinated the work of the US Urban Arts Federation (consisting of CEOs from arts agencies in the 60 largest US cities), and created and implemented community and economic development-focused professional development opportunities for the field.

Her work with national arts service organizations includes recent work as the coordinator for the National Coalition for Arts’ Preparedness and Emergency Response, managed by South Arts. She previously served as Executive Director of the League of Historic American Theatres, where she led the organization through the National Endowment for the Arts Advancement Program and created LHAT’s first research database to support historic theatre renovation. Schoenfeld is a 20-year resident of Arlington, Virginia, where she serves as a member of the Economic Development Commission.