Alumni and Student Profiles

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Jessica Gelter
Jessica Gelter is a dedicated nonprofit leader and holds the Core Certificate in Arts Management from the Arts Extension Service. Read more about Jessica and the ways she has used the certificate in her daily work as executive director at ArtsAlive!
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Lauren Bouvier
Lauren Bouvier details how vital AES classes were when she started the Masters program in Arts, Festival, and Cultural Management.
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Emilie Jensen
Emilie Jensen speaks about being simultaneously an artist and administrator and how AES has provided the necessary foundation in combining the two.
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Susan Dillard
Susan Dillard taps into her new role of Education Director at the Academy of Music in Northampton and how AES provides her the necessary marketing skills to succeed in her role.
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Tara Klee
“WE ARE ALL A PART OF CREATING ART”
Tara Klee talks about her career with Madison Square Garden, opportunities AES courses provided, and advice for current students!
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Allie Mulrow
Allie Mulrow, Manager of Visitor Experience at Heritage Museums & Gardens, describes how AES classes has helped succeed in her current administrative role, especially in budget management and strategic planning.
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Emilie Jensen
Emilie Jensen had a hunch that her work would lead to arts management but it wasn’t until COVID hit that she decided to take AES online classes.
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Natalie Passov
Natalie Passov, '21, realized her passion for advocacy in the arts through AES and was able to realize her dream job in the arts is attainable.
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Fleur Kuhta
Fleur Kuhta, '23, speaks about how her AES Arts Management campus certificate supplements her double major in Theater and Psychology and how her aspirations in theater are becoming realized.
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Madeleine Bonn
Madeleine Bonn describes how her course of studies with Arts Extension Service provided support in her dream job as Artistic Director of Amherst Ballet during a global pandemic.
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