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Donna Walker-Kuhne
President, Walker International Communications Group, Brooklyn, New York

Acknowledged as the nation's foremost expert on audience diversification by Arts & Business Council Inc., Donna Walker-Kuhne, an accomplished arts administrator and adult educator, has devoted her professional career to increasing the accessibility of and connection to the arts for our nation's rapidly growing multicultural population.

Since 1984, Ms. Walker-Kuhne has been president of Walker International Communications Group. She conducts seminars and workshops while providing marketing consultation services to arts organizations, performing and visual artists, dance companies, Broadway and off-Broadway productions, and nonprofit groups.

She was honored in 1998 as the first American invited by the National Arts Council of Singapore to teach a week-long marketing workshop. In 2003, she was the first American invited by the Australian Council on the Arts to conduct a three-city lecturing tour on the topic of ethnic diversity for arts organizations.

Ms. Walker-Kuhne has published her first book, Invitation to the Party: Building Bridges to Arts, Culture and Community, which is sure to become a top-selling, invaluable resource for today's nonprofit arts marketer, producer, or student. Visit the Americans for the Arts Online Store to purchase a copy.

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