BYRON SANDERS |   Fundraising & Grant Writing  Arts Management Consultant / Actor / Director / Producer / Historian.

For the past 40 years he has been assisting organizations with grants writing and fundraising, and capacity building strategies. Having served as a C-Suite professional for numerous cultural and historical nonprofits I have a solid background in public administration, marketing, public relations and event planning.  

Experiences included, CEO for professional theater companies, museums, and an arts council. Served on several arts panels for the NEA/Expansion Arts Program, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs/Theatre Panel, NY Foundation for the Arts/Theater, and the NY State Council on the Arts/SAS panel.

In the State of Georgia, he served as the Executive Director for the DeKalb County Council for the Arts; Georgia Council for the Arts/Grassroots Arts Program Administrator; as a panel member for the Fulton County Arts Council/Museum; Cultural Affairs/City of Atlanta Theater panel, and Southern Arts Federation/Theater panels. In NYC, he was the Executive Director at the Queens Historical Society for 8 years preserving the history of Queens NYC, headquartered at the Kingsland Homestead (Flushing, NY). He also served for 3 years as General Manager for Black Spectrum Theater located in Jamaica, NYC.

From 2009- 2011, he was the Executive Director for the Wyckoff Farmhouse Association/Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum (NYC and NY State’s oldest historic landmark built in 1652 and one of the ten oldest wooden structures in the US located in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY).