Lenore has envisioned, created, staffed, and directed projects of all sizes, from $2,500 residencies to $3 million institutional programs. During her 20 years at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco she coordinated an $85 million capital campaign that encompassed individual, institutional, and community solicitations as well as fundraising events ranging from huge public gatherings to intimate house parties.

Lenore’s deep experience encompasses virtually every stage of performing arts development and execution: from vision to fundraising, from staffing to marketing, and from facility planning to audience engagement, programming and mentoring independent artists.

In 2020, she embraced the challenges and opportunities of the day, pivoting her work to producing livestream events, convening national meetings of arts presenters, and consulting with independent artists to dramatically improve their websites.

She earned a theater degree from Syracuse University and an MFA in arts administration from SMU. She was the first Management Fellow of the National Opera Institute.

One prominent example:
As director of the JCCSF’s Eugene & Elinor Friend Center for the Arts, she created the vision for a multidisciplinary arts presenting program; managed its $2.4 million annual budget; oversaw theater planning and venue development; hired and supervised a staff of 14; coordinated outside consultants and volunteer committees; stewarded an annual major donor campaign; curated, marketed, and managed more than 50 mainstage performances each year; and produced fundraising events with net annual revenues of $500,000. Within five years, audiences had grown to 30,000 and the program had achieved local and national prominence and attracted widespread critical acclaim.

During her six-year tenure as president of California Presenters, the West Coast’s preeminent consortium of performing arts centers, Lenore led the organization through a period of outstanding growth and transformation.

Among her achievements: innovative programs, record-breaking membership rolls, and nationally recognized professional-development tracks.

She continues to lead and manage seminars, retreats, workshops, conferences, and learning opportunities presented through Arts Northwest, APAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters), WAA (Western Arts Alliance), Intersection for the Arts, Catchafire,org. WESTAF (Western States Arts Federation) and their IM Tour program, CP (California Presenters), NJCN (New Jewish Culture Network) , JCCA (Jewish Community Centers of North America) and the Consortium Leaders Network.