Elevating Arts Leadership
Goldsmith Strategies understands firsthand the evolving needs of today's cultural and arts institutions.
We join you as trusted strategists and thought-partners, bringing our expertise to address a wide-range of organizational challenges. With excellence, integrity, and compassion, we advise and implement strategies to increase cultural equity, sustainability, and mission-aligned impact.
Trusted Thought-Partners
Emily Liao Master, Principal
Emily (she/her/hers) is committed to challenging the norm by guiding individuals and organizations to embrace new perspectives and approaches, emphasizing both excellence and compassion in their endeavors.
Stanford Thompson, Principal
Stanford (he/him/his) is a leading voice in promoting cultural equity and advancing change for nonprofit organizations across the arts and culture sector.
Customized Capacity Building
We tailor each project to respond to your organization’s specific needs, closely partnering with leadership at every step. We draw on our multifaceted experiences — as artists, educators, administrators, founders, fundraisers, funders, audiences, community members — to bridge gaps and create systemic solutions. We provide the human capacity needed to develop, test, and refine your ideas.
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Advising on and implementing strategies around cultural equity and belonging, organizational sustainability, and impact.
Partnering with you to develop new programs and initiatives, including feasibility studies, coalition-building, and implementation.
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Leading annual funds and capital campaigns for cultural institutions.
Developing mission-aligned funding initiatives for philanthropic organizations.
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Implementing best practices for attracting, assessing, retaining, and/or exiting talent.
Offering outsourced recruiting support as an alternative to traditional executive searches.
Serving in interim leadership roles.
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Hosting an annual retreat for arts executives, with customized curriculum built around each cohort.
Mentoring and coaching early and mid-career talent arts administrators.
Supporting Emerging Leaders
Our annual Next Leaders / New Strategies retreat offers an unparalleled opportunity for chief executives in the arts to come together, share experiences, and learn from one another and from experts in the field.
