John Van Heest

For over 20 years, John served has served in marketing and communication leadership roles within the nonprofit sector, leading key audience building and branding initiatives for prominent cultural and arts-based organizations in North America, including museums, theatre and dance companies, and large-scale cultural centers. 

John’s expertise in digital marketing management, brand development, and IMC have extended into the university classroom in a teaching capacity, and he has taught at Point Park University, The University of Tampa, Drexel University in Philadelphia, and at McGill University in Montreal.

He has sat on the Board of Directors for the Boreal Theater and Community Arts Center in Millinocket, Maine, and he has been a member of the Faculty Board of Advisors for McGill University’s School of Continuing Studies. Previously, John has served on grant panels for the National Endowment for the Arts American Rescue Plan, the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, as well as the Delaware Division of the Arts.  

John holds a master’s degree in marketing from WGU, a graduate diploma in public relations from McGill University, and a bachelor’s in art history from the University of Delaware.