Montalvo Announces Interim Executive Director

For Immediate Release Nov. 11, 2008

Contact: Becki Fowler-Gervin 408.961.5814 [email protected]

Montalvo Appoints Nancy Glaze as Interim Executive Director SARATOGA, Calif. – Montalvo Arts Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Nancy Glaze as Interim Executive Director starting November 10. Glaze will provide organizational leadership and operational oversight for Montalvo as the organization conducts a search for a permanent Executive Director. She was previously the Arts Program Director at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and brings a long-standing familiarity with Montalvo’s history and arts programming to this position. Montalvo’s previous Executive Director, Robert Sain, resigned in September. Sain spearheaded Montalvo’s adoption of a new artistic mission that defined the organization as a regionally significant contemporary arts center. In her capacity as Interim Executive Director, Glaze will work with Montalvo trustees, staff and consulting firm AlbertHall&Associates to establish a sustainable business plan for the organization. Montalvo’s Board president, Charmaine Warmenhoven stated, “Nancy will be an asset to our organization as we move through this transitional time, helping us stabilize our financial model through a balanced arts program, while providing an experienced arts organization perspective and leadership to our staff and board.” Nancy holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and education from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. Nancy is coauthor, with Dr. Thomas Wolf, of And the Band Stopped Playing…The Rise and Fall of the San Jose Symphony. She is on the Executive Committee for Americans for Arts and is a Board member for the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art. The Montalvo board of trustees serves as the governing body for Saratoga-based nonprofit Montalvo Arts Center. For a complete list of board members, please see the Trustees page of our Web site. About Montalvo Arts Center Montalvo Arts Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to forging meaningful connections between art, artists and the communities it serves through creation, presentation and education in extraordinary ways and settings. Located in the Saratoga hills, Montalvo Arts Center occupies a Mediterranean-style villa on 175 stunning acres, which Senator James Phelan left to the people of California for the encouragement of promising students in the areas of art, music, literature and architecture. In January 2005, the organization expanded its name from "Montalvo" to "Montalvo Arts Center" to commemorate its 75th year as an arts center and to better communicate its mission to increasing local, national and international audiences. For more information about Montalvo Arts Center, call (408) 961-5800 or visit www.montalvoarts.org . ###