Jazz at Lincoln Center announced today that Janna Spock has been appointed Vice President and Chief Development Officer. Ms. Spock, reporting to Executive Director Greg Scholl, will lead JALC’s global fundraising efforts, working closely with Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, the Board of Directors, and JALC leadership. Ms. Spock joins this team as the organization completes and begins to implement a new long-term strategic plan charting the next chapter in its long, successful history of support for jazz fans, musicians, music teachers, advocates, and scholars.
Ms. Spock joins Jazz at Lincoln Center from the Metropolitan Opera, where she served as Senior Director, overseeing the Individual and Institutional Giving programs. There, she managed a portfolio of patrons and major supporters to enhance the membership experience for its donors. Before her tenure at the Metropolitan Opera, Ms. Spock was the Director of Individual Giving at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), where she established a new individual giving program and cultivated donors to support the Museum at FIT. Before that, she served as Major Gifts Officer at the Brooklyn Museum.
An opera singer and soloist, Ms. Spock has been a two-time member of the Ezio Pinza Council for American Singers of Opera and was awarded a Master’s degree from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA.
“Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates our 37th season, commemorates the 20th anniversary of Frederick P. Rose Hall, The House of Swing and home of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and proudly presents the 30th anniversary of Essentially Ellington, our transformative international high school jazz orchestra festival and competition,” said Wynton Marsalis, Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. “Janna’s record of success, her passion for the arts and for people, and her engaged leadership will help deepen our organization’s impact in this crucially important moment in the trajectory of American culture.”
About Jazz at Lincoln Center
The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center is to entertain, enrich, and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education, and advocacy. With the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and guest artists spanning genres and generations, Jazz at Lincoln Center produces thousands of performance, education, and broadcast events each season in its home in New York City (Frederick P. Rose Hall, “The House of Swing“) and around the world, for people of all ages. Jazz at Lincoln Center is led by Chairman Clarence Otis, Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, and Executive Director Greg Scholl. Please visit us at jazz.org; follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X via @jazzdotorg; watch our global webcasts on the JazzLive app; and enjoy concerts, education programs, behind-the-scenes footage, programs, and more at youtube.com/jazzatlincolncenter.
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