About me
Jan Newcomb was appointed Executive Director of the National Coalition for Arts Preparedness & Emergency Response in 2018, and the Performing Arts Coordinator for the Performing Arts Readiness Project in 2017. Since 2023 she has served as Professor, Volunteer Title Series at the University of Kentucky. Jan's career in arts management and education has spanned 40+ years; she directed ten arts organizations including the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, four arts councils and a community arts education center. She taught arts policy at College of Charleston and modern dance at the University of Buffalo and the University of South Carolina. Jan served as Director of Grants at the SC Arts Commission for 3 years. In 2009, she received the Community Achievement Award from Charleston's Mayor Riley and began consulting on leadership transition and development for arts organizations, including Long Wharf Theatre, Lexington Philharmonic, Miami Summer Music Festival, and South Arts. In 2015, she designed and was asked to direct the MA in Leadership in the Arts & Entertainment Industries Program at NYIT in Manhattan. In 2017, she received the Lifetime Service Award from The Arts Council in Corning, NY, her hometown. Jan lives and works in Columbia, SC and holds a BA in Music, Hood College; MA in Dance, from The George Washington University.