Graeme Page
For over 20 years, Graeme Page has facilitated board and organizational development, fund raising and planning for several hundred cultural and not-for-profit organizations of all sizes and descriptions.
In addition to his work as an independent consultant, Graeme served for 10 years as director for arts management programs and for five years as co-facilitator of not for-profit management programs at The Banff Centre for Management in Alberta . He managed a Toronto development office for The Banff Centre from 1995-1998, identifying and securing corporate and individual support for the arts, management and environmental programs of this post-secondary institution. He has also been a guest lecturer in strategic planning for the arts management programs at the University of Toronto at Scarborough and Humber College , and published a guide to strategic planning in the journal for Chorus America .
Graeme has been commissioned to undertake studies and research by agencies such as the Canada Council and the Department of Canadian Heritage as well as by the City of Toronto , Region of Waterloo and the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador , Ontario and British Columbia . In 2000, Graeme was part of a three member Task Force invited by the Samuel and Saide Bronfman Family Foundation and the Ontario Arts Council to report on the health of arts in the communities throughout Ontario . He also served as the Campaign Director for the National Ballet School's successful $47 million dollar capital campaign, which enabled them to expand facilities and operations.
Graeme currently serves as the Chief Communications and Development Officer for the Alzheimer Society of Canada.
Graeme is a graduate of the University of Toronto in Commerce and Finance. Prior to establishing his practice as an independent consultant, he was a founding member of Canadian Brass and President of Canadian Brass Music Productions Inc. He performed in major centres around the world and managed many aspects of this international enterprise such as recordings, television specials and guest appearances.
Graeme is Past President of the Association of Cultural Executives and of the Canadian Association of Arts Administration Educators and a member of the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada. For the past four years, he has chaired the selection committee for the Peter F. Drucker Canadian Foundation Awards in Not-for-Profit Innovation. His current, and perhaps biggest, assignment is as father of Graeme Junior.
