Our Guiding Vision
Where the Arts Thrive for All
The performing arts have the profound ability to inspire performers and audiences alike to reach for the stars, discover new perspectives, and strengthen bonds between individuals through shared transformative experiences.
TOArts has an ambitious goal to broaden access and exposure to the arts for this and future generations.
Leadership
TOArts supports and advances the visual and performing arts. TOArts is governed by an independent Board of Directors, and thanks to the generosity of the City of Thousand Oaks, key city staff support TOArts general operations on a day-to-day basis.
TOArts is also guided by its advisory council with members drawn from former Alliance and Foundation Boards, Legacy Founders, and community and business leaders. They serve as the ambassadors of TOARTS providing advice and support to the Board.
Thanks to the generosity of the City of Thousand Oaks, key staff members from the city’s Cultural Affairs and Finance departments provide staff to fill the following TOArts positions on a pro bono basis: Executive Director, Associate Director, Finance Director, Marketing Director, City Attorney, Box Office support and Administrative Assistance.
Jonathan Serret, Executive Director
Niki Richardson, Associate Director
Colleen Debler, Marketing Director
Casey Comstock-Mills, Consulting Program Director
Ethan Craig, Program and Development Coordinator
The advisory council are members drawn from former Alliance and Foundation Boards, Legacy Founders, and community and business leaders. They serve as the ambassadors of TOARTS providing advice and support to the Board.
Lynne Andujar
Michael Arndt
Matthew Burke
Chuck Cohen
Amy Commans
Chris Cuilty
Astrid McLean
Jim Friedl
Tim Gallagher
Cindy Goldberg
Tim Hengst
Tracy Hudak
Jacqui Irwin
George Jones
Kelly Karren
Rick Lemmo
Debi Lewis
Al Lowe
Wyatt McCrea
Dr. Jerry Miller
Ron Plotkin
TOArts Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Ventura County is home to one of the nation’s most diverse populations. TOArts is committed to ensuring that our audiences and performers alike in our community experience a sense of belonging, connection, and happiness through the arts, inclusive of diverse factors such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, ability, or other individual identities.
We recognize that people of color and other communities have been historically marginalized and excluded. We are dedicated to ensuring the equity and the diversity of voices represented in all TOArts programs and initiatives.
To realize our mission, TOArts is committed to integrating equity into the fabric of arts education, programming, and the presentation of performing and visual arts in pursuit of a place Where the Arts Thrive for All.
OUR MISSION
TOArts inspires and elevates arts, culture, and entertainment through presentation, education, and collaboration to provide community support at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center and beyond.
Legacy Founders
The Founders listed here are the original donors of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, now known as Bank of America Performing Arts Center. These individuals and businesses supported and believed in the vision that a few citizens had to first build and then continue to support and sustain the Bank of America Performing Arts Center.
TOArts Organizational Structure
TOArts is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation that provides fundraising and programmatic support to the Bank of America Performing Arts Center at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.
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