Mexican, Mother, Wife, Dancer, Photographer, Poet and Social Justice Warrior.

Ruby is the Vice President, Equity and Local Arts Engagement for Americans for the Arts. Her portfolio includes external equity strategies and field education, leadership development, local arts advancement, and cohort building for the local arts agency field, arts and culture administrators, and arts marketers. She is the chief architect of the National Arts Marketing Project Conference. She was selected as a 2019 Arizona State University Practices for Change Fellow. She was recognized as an 2019 Inspirational Woman (Arts Advocate) by “And I Thought” Women in Literature. She is a steering committee member for the National Coalition on Arts Preparedness and Emergency Response, serves as Chair of the Gard Foundation, serves on the board for the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (Grants Committee/Advocacy Committee) and serves on the WETA Community Advisory Council.

Ruby’s work has focused on equitable access, grantmaking, supporting individual artists, community development, economic development, cultural tourism, marketing and public art. She draws on a varied background that includes corporate affairs, community relations, volunteerism, employee engagement, marketing and communications, and business administration. She served on the Emerging Leaders Council for Americans for the Arts, was the primary contact for the Arts and Economic Impact Study for Central Ohio and recently served as a mentor with Arts Administrators of Color DMV. She is a 2017 National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Advocacy Leadership Institute Fellow, Class of 2017 American Express Leadership Academy Alum and Class of 2010 Next Generation of Leaders Fellowship program. 

As the National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP) Manager, Laura is in charge of overseeing the programmatic development and execution of a suite of services in the areas of marketing, media and audience engagement, including the annual NAMP Conference. Prior to joining Americans for the Arts in September 2010, she was responsible for planning a variety of events for undergraduate students at Brown University in Providence, RI. She has also worked coordinating European and American painting auctions in Dalllas, TX. Laura holds a B.A from Fordham University in art history and M.A. in art history from Brooklyn College.

Norah G. Johnson oversees activities that aim to extend and deepen the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts' (PCA) fulfillment of its mission to foster the excellence, diversity and vitality of the arts in the commonwealth. She is currently working with Americans for the Arts’ National Arts Marketing Project to bring to life Arts Marketing and Audience Engagement in the 21st Century: Building Capacity of Pennsylvania’s Cultural Sector. Johnson’s past projects at the PCA include an exhibit of Pennsylvania textiles, and a video on the history of the Pennsylvania arts community’s 50-year+ relationship with the National Endowment for the Arts.   Prior to joining the PCA, Johnson worked in user experience design and research for Andculture, based in Harrisburg, PA. 

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Prior to becoming the National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP) Associate, Juliet was the Arts Marketing Intern at Americans for the Arts. As an intern, she worked closely with the Local Arts Advancement team, supporting and helping with all tasks related to NAMP. As the NAMP Associate,Juliet’s main job is to create and maintain a smooth implementation for a variety of tasks that will help create an easier transition when planning and organizing the NAMP Conference. Juliet graduated from the University of Rhode Island, where she earned a B.A. in public relations and advertising, and a minor in business administration.