Jeanne LeSage

Jeanne is an arts consultant with 30+ years’ experience in the sector across Canada and abroad with senior roles at TIFF, the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Royal Opera House Muscat, and the prestigious International Arts Management Fellowship at the Kennedy Center.  She is a Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL), holds an MBA in Management Consulting, and runs LeSage Arts Management with a focus on strategic human resources, organizational development, effective governance and leadership transitions.  Jeanne is also the author of research reports such as Performing Arts Leadership in Canada (2018),  Reporting and Investigation Mechanisms for Workplace Harassment in the Arts (2019); Board Governance in the Arts: Emerging Ideas (2021), and the co-founder of the COVID response initiative LEAN (Leadership Emergency Arts Network) Canada (2020).  www.lesagearts.com