private sector council

Jim Sparrow
PS Council Vice Chair
Executive Director
Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne
303 E Main Street
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
T 260.424.0646
E-mail: jsparrow@artsunited.org
Website: www.artsunited.org

Jim Sparrow

Jim Sparrow is the Executive Director of Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne, the united arts fund serving northeast Indiana and has been with the organization for 10 years. Before becoming Executive Director in 2005, he was Director of Development for the organization, running the annual fund drive for 5 years. Prior to that position he held the position of Education Specialist with the organization. Jim started his career as a classically trained musician, studying at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and held the position of Principal Clarinetist with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic from 1988 to 1998. He is currently Board Chair for Invent Tomorrow; a member of Early Childhood Alliance’s Board of Directors and a board member for Fort Wayne’s Downtown Improvement District. Jim has also been a member of the Indiana Arts Commission’s Strategic Planning Task Force and is on the Advisory Committee for the Northeast Indiana Nonprofit Association.