5th ENCATC International Study Tour in Barcelona with AAAE

Barcelona, Spain

Sherburne Laughlin

President of the Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE)

Sherburne Laughlin holds an MBA from Yale University and is a cum laude graduate of Davidson College. A professor since 1995 at American University, she has pioneered top-ranked courses in strategic planning, fundraising, grant writing and governance. Her consulting work focuses on issues of governance, organizational development and strategic planning and serves all types of nonprofits, arts and non-arts, large and small, national and local. She has served on many arts panels, including the DC, Montgomery and Fairfax County Arts Council panels and the national VSA arts panel. She is currently serving on the City Fund, which is awarding $15 million over 3 years to the arts and workforce development in the District of Columbia. Until recently, she was a member of the Advisory Board of Round House Theater and for 16 years served on the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of Davidson College. She is now the President of the Association of Arts Administration Educators.