Caitlin Strokosch (she/her) was appointed President and CEO of the National Performance Network in 2016. Most recently, she served the Artist Communities Alliance — an international association of artist residency centers — from 2002 to 2016, where, as Executive Director, she was instrumental in creating the Artist Communities division at the NEA in 2008. Caitlin was elected to the Chicago College for Performing Arts’ Advisory Board in 2025. She has previously served on the board of directors of Grantmakers in the Arts, where she was a member of the Racial Equity, Support for Individual Artists, and Finance committees; as Secretary of the Performing Arts Alliance board; and as Chair of Girls Rock! Rhode Island’s board. Caitlin has a BA in music performance from Columbia College Chicago and a Master’s in musicology from Roosevelt University, where her research focused on music as a tool for building communities of resistance. She is also an avid costumer and award-winning dioramist.