John R. Killacky is the Executive Director of the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington, VT. He is the former program officer for arts and culture at The San Francisco Foundation. He received the Sally Ordway Irvine Award in Artistic Vision, the William Dawson Award for Programming Excellence from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Dance USA’s Earnie Award as an “unsung hero,” a Gerbode Foundation Professional Development Fellowship, and the Fan Taylor Distinguished Service Award for Exemplary Service to the Field of Professional Presenting from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. He has served as a panelist, lecturer, and consultant for a broad range of arts and funding organizations; written for numerous publications on the arts; and written and directed several award-winning short films and videos.