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216 S. Geneva Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 793-5101 susiemonagan@gmail.com
Master of Science, Communications (Dec. 2011) Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Master of Professional Studies in Community & Rural Development (May 2005) Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Thesis: “The Artist As Active Agent: Six Portraits”
Certificate of Completion (acting, directing, playwriting) (May 1987)
Bachelor of Arts in English (June 1983)
Trinity Rep Conservatory, Providence, RI
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
NUI Galway (September 2013-January 2014)
Fulbright Scholar at the Whitaker Institute
Galway, Ireland
• In concert with the activities of the EU-funded Creative Edge project, conducted in-depth interviews with 28 artistentrepreneurs, living and working in the west of Ireland and engaged in a variety of fields.
• Presented findings in both written and oral presentation format in December 2013
Ithaca College (June 2005-present) Ithaca, New York
Manager of Audience Development and Special Projects, Department of Theatre Arts
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Lead the experiential learning component of the Theatre Arts Management B.S. degree program (30 students)
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Teach “Promotion and Publicity for the Performing Arts” and “Introduction to the Creative Economy”
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Manage the use of collaborative project management tools such as Google docs and wikis
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Collaborate as a member of department committees such as Season Planning and Assessment
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Manage a $40,000 annual budget
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Promote productions using electronic and traditional media and organizing events on and off campus
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Manage and provide content for department website ( www.ithaca.edu/theatre )
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Advise students, supervise internships
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Work with professional designers and printers to produce publications such as playbills, posters, and brochures
Cornell University (December 2003-December 2007) Ithaca, New York
Research Associate for Re-Thinking Upstate Economic Development: A Creative Economy Model
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Surveyed and interviewed administrative officials and faculty from 38 colleges and universities and twelve directors of state arts councils in New York, presented findings in both written and oral presentation format
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Initiated, coordinated and executed a one-day conference: Campus-Community Art Connections and the Creative
Economy in Upstate New York
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Worked with professional web designer to design project website
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Researched, wrote, organized and managed all content for project website
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Wrote reports of research for professional publications
Cornell University (December 2003-December 2007) Ithaca, New York
Research Associate For Cornell’s Community and Rural Development Institute (CARDI)
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Consulted on several arts-related projects in rural communities in New York State
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Organized and facilitated community meetings to discuss local potential for economic development using the arts
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Assessed the assets and needs of a community project to build an art and environmental education center
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Collaborated with Cornell’s real estate program to create a report of comparable projects in the state
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Created an online resource guide for the use of local Main Streets organizations across NY state.

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Flo
Founder & President
(1991-present) Ithaca, New York
Communications consultancy instructing the essentials of presentation skills and public speaking.
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Design and deliver programs for businesses, business organizations, non-profit groups and community organizations.
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Teach clients how to organize and effectively deliver a presentation, self-assess their speaking styles and develop the skills of effective speaking.
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Teach clients how to research an audience, craft effective messages, and manage presentation technologies
Outreach Project (July 2000-July 2002) New York, New York
Greenpoint Outreach Coordinator
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Administered and implemented a two-year, $300,000 NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) grant
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Reached out to community groups and human service organizations to assess need for, and coordinate delivery of, trainings
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Recruited and managed instructors to deliver trainings concerning the impact of substance abuse
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Worked with instructors to create and revise training curricula and hone presentations skills in order to reach a diverse and multi-lingual client base
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Using traditional and electronic media, promoted the services of new alcohol treatment facility
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Compiled quarterly reports of the project within the guidelines of NYS DCJS
Ithaca Theatre Collective (2008-present) Ithaca, NY
Founding Member
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Collaborated to launch a five-member organization dedicated to communication and strategic collaboration
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Worked with partners and professional designers to define brand and design website
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Received a grant from the county’s tourism board to extend the marketing reach of Ithaca’s live theatrical venues.
“Lifelines” Intergenerational Dance project (2008-2010) Ithaca, NY
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Conceived of, secured funding for, and managed this project involving guest choreographer/organizer, senior citizens, and Ithaca College students as participants.
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Conducted a formal evaluation of project using qualitative research methods
Ticket Center Ithaca Tier 1
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(2005-2013) Ithaca, NY
Along with representatives from five other performing arts organizations, provide governance and oversight of a shared ticketing service.
Fulbright Scholar Peer Review Committee: Theatre Arts 1 (August 2014)
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Review dozens of applications for theatre-based projects and research
 Make recommendations to Fulbright board
Strategic Tourism & Planning Board of Tompkins County (July 2009 - present) Ithaca, NY
Member of this Board of the County Legislature
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Review and make recommendations of Arts & Cultural Organizational Development grants
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Served as a member of the committee charged with developing a 5 year strategic plan

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The State Theatre of Ithaca, Inc. (April 2009 - present)
Member of the Board of Trustees
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Member of the Board’s Executive Committee
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Chair of the Board’s Marketing Committee o Created a marketing plan for the nine-show 2011-2012 season
Ithaca, NY
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County (January, 2004- January, 2010) Ithaca, NY
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Member of Family & Community Development Program Committee
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Representative to Strategic Planning Committee o Used multi-year, collaborative concept mapping process to engage internal and external audiences in planning
Park Moms (August 1996 - August 2003) Brooklyn, New York
Co-founder of neighborhood parks advocacy organization
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Collaborating with other local groups, secured $3.2 million in Federal, State and City funds for tree replanting and local environmental education and training, following the aftermath of an infestation by the Asian
Longhorned Beetle.
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Initiated, organized and implemented an annual four-part, outdoor children’s performance series
Presentations:
Susan Monagan, “How do the artists-entrepreneurs in the West of Ireland’s creative enterprises make sense of their role and value their remote location?” at The 2014 New England Regional Meeting of the American Conference for Irish
Studies, November 22, 2014 at Wheaton College, MA.
Susan Monagan, “How do the artists-entrepreneurs in the West of Ireland’s creative enterprises make sense of their role and value their remote location?” at The 18th International Conference on Cultural Economics (Association for
Cultural Economics International), June 27, 2014 at Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada.
Susan Monagan, “The Double-Edged Sword: Listening to Artist-Entrepreneurs in the West of Ireland” at the conference
‘How Creative Industries Contribute to and Shape Peripheral Regions, Societies and Economies’, December 2nd, 2013 at
Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe Theatre in Galway, Ireland.
Susan Monagan, “The Double-Edged Sword: Listening to Artist-Entrepreneurs in the West of Ireland” public talk at the request of the Whitaker Institute , Dec 11, 2013 at National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Susan Monagan, “The Double-Edged Sword: Listening to Artist-Entrepreneurs in the West of Ireland” public talk at the request of the Fulbright Commission, January 8, 2014 at Brooklawn House, Dublin, Ireland.
Susan Monagan, “Reflecting on Creative Economy Pedagogy” at the “Creative practice, complexity and the creative economy” Research Symposium, May 31, 2012 at the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK .
Susan Monagan, panelist, “Methods and Madness: Collaborative Fundraising Works!” at the 2009 National Arts
Marketing Project Conference.
Susan Monagan, panelist, “Arts and Culture as a Catalyst for Change,” at the “I Live NY” Summit, September 2007.
Susan Monagan, “Listening to the Artist-Entrepreneur,” delivered at the Alliance of NYS Arts Organizations’ 2008 Arts

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Summit.
Susan Monagan, “The Creative Economy Practitioner’s Toolkit: Taking Advantage of Campus and Community
Resources,” delivered to NYSCA’s (New York State Council on the Arts) DEC program coordinators at their annual retreat entitled, “Communication and Collaboration: Continuing the Conversation”, April of 2007.
Susan Monagan, The Artmaker as Active Agent: Six Portraits, The East Side Institute’s, "Performing the World 4," Conference Oct. 12-14, 2007 in Tarrytown, New York.
Susan Monagan, The Artmaker as Active Agent: Six Portraits, SUNY Binghamton conference, “Multidisciplinary
Community-Based Inquiry: Uniting Participatory Research with Professional Practice,” October 11&12, 2006.
Susie Monagan, Socrates Sculpture Park: A Case Study in Art/Community Collaboration,
Association for the Study of Literature and Environment Fifth Biennial Conference, Boston University, Boston,
Massachusetts. June 6, 2003
Susan Monagan, Reflecting on the place and meaning of the practice of community-based art, 18th Annual Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. January 7-9, 2005
Susan Monagan, Campus and Community Connections Via the Arts with Cornell University, Western New York Regional
Arts Conference 2005, Geneva, New York. August 3, 2005.
Susan Monagan, Percent for Art Programs: Creating a Legacy of Public Art for America, Community/Performance, Bryant
College, Smithfield, Rhode Island. June 4th-6 th , 2004.
Susan Monagan and Susan Christopherson, Creative Alliances: How Colleges and Universities Contribute to the Creative
Economy, Campus-Community Art Connections and the Creative Economy in Upstate New York, Ithaca, NY. May 3, 2005.
Susan Monagan, “The Creative Economy: Using Arts to Drive Social And Economic Development In Communities:” A
Scholarly Colloquium, Center for Faculty Excellence Fall 2005 Colloquium Series, Ithaca College. October 6, 2005.
Susan Monagan, Creative Alliances: How Colleges and Universities Contribute to the Creative Economy, class lecture,
Community Development Seminar, Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University. November 2005.
Susan Monagan, Introduction to Public Speaking, class lecture, Activism & Advocacy, Dept. of Political Science, Rutgers
University. September 2001 and March 2006.
Susan Monagan, Introduction to Public Speaking, Intermediate Public Speaking and Advanced Public Speaking,
Leadership Scholars Certificate Program, Institute for Women’s Leadership, Rutgers University, annually since the program’s inception in 1997.
Publications:
Review manuscripts for Community Development, the official journal of the Community Development Society.
Susan Monagan, book review of Suzanne Lacy: spaces between, by Sharon Irish for the February 2015 issue of
Community Development, the official journal of the Community Development Society.
Susan Monagan, “The Double-Edged Sword” Visual Artists’ News Sheet, Issue 3 May-June 2014. Visual Artists Ireland.

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Susan Monagan, Suzanne Loker, and Susan Christopherson, “Connecting Campus and Community to Foster a Creative
Economy: Strategies and Lessons from Upstate New York,” Campus Compact Occasional Paper, Summer 2007.
Susan Monagan, The Artmaker as Active Agent: Six Portraits, Community Arts Network, February 2007. http://www.communityarts.net/readingroom/archivefiles/2006/02/
Susan Monagan, Susan Christopherson and Suzanne Loker, Creative Economy Practitioner's Toolkit: Taking Advantage of
Campus and Community Resources. Community Arts Network, August 2007. http://www.communityarts.net/readingroom/archivefiles/2007/08/the_creative_ec.php