staff bios
Robert Lynch
President and CEO
Bob is the president and CEO of Americans for the Arts, where he has served since the organization’s inception in 1996. Previously, he was executive director of the National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies for 12 years, and managed the successful merger of that organization with the American Council for the Arts to form Americans for the Arts. Now in his 30th year of work for the arts industry, he has been motivated by his personal mission to empower communities and leaders to advance the arts and to advance appreciation for the arts in society. He has delivered and presented more than 1,000 speeches and workshops in 49 states and eight countries for audiences ranging from Native American tribal gatherings to the U.S. Armed Forces in Europe to the president of the United States. He is currently on the boards of the Craft Emergency Relief Fund and the United Arts Organization of Washington, DC.
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