Liz O’Leary Albers, ArtsKC Fund Director of Workplace Giving
My best arts memory…. Little Orphan Annie! (the professional musical, when I was in grade school). I desperately wanted to be Annie. My little sister and I would have “who sounds the most like Annie” singing contests…hours were spent making cassette tape recordings, playing them back and judging who sounded most like Andrea McCardle. Beyond the show itself, I remember how grand the Music Hall seemed to me, I loved the anticipation of waiting for it to begin, how the hair on my arms raised when the orchestra began the overture, the costumes, the scene changes…the whole experience was simply magical and I wanted to be a part of it! Thus a long career of dancing classes, High School Theater performances and part-time work in my college’s Theatre box office followed.
A quote I love… When you get, give; when you learn, teach. Maya Angelou
If I were an instrument, I would be… a xylophone.
My favorite artists are… Emily & Claire Albers (my daughters).
I am inspired by… People who face unimaginable challenges with passion, commitment and grace.
Liz O’Leary Albers is Director of Workplace Giving for the ArtsKC Fund, an initiative of the Arts Council. She has more than 15 years of professional experience in marketing, public relations, customer service, event planning, and fundraising. In the non-profit arena, she held positions as alumni director of Saint Mary College (a small liberal arts college in Leavenworth) and director of community relations for Wayside Waifs, a local humane society. In the for-profit arena, she was an account representative at Daniels Publishing in Overland Park and a customer service representative for the United Fidelity Life Insurance Company.
Liz holds a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism with a minor in communications from the University of Kansas.
Her activities in the civic community include serving on the Oak Hill Elementary PTO, teaching Sunday school and volunteering for her national sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta.
Liz 's husband Brad is an architect at Populous. They live in Overland Park with daughters Emily and Claire.
816.994.9223
Albers@ArtsKC.org
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