Professional Experience
June 2015 – Present Executive Director, Atlantic City Arts Foundation
• Develop and produce programming
• Provide leadership to develop a sustainable organization
Mar 2014 – Sept 2018 Part-time Coordinator, Art Gallery, Atlantic Cape Community College
• Manage all gallery operations, supervise work-study students
March 2014 – 2015 Sponsorship Development, Garden State Film Festival
• Acquired new sponsor relationships and income
March 2012 – Present Owner, JAH Consulting
• Consult with nonprofit organizations on board development and structural compliance, fundraising, marketing, public relations, strategic planning, and grantwriting.
• Consult with artists and art related businesses from start-up through successive cycles
• Grant reviewer
Feb. 2008 – July 2011 Director of Development, Atlantic City Historical Waterfront Foundation
Worked with all stakeholders to increase income and program participation
Administered and promoted membership program
Supervised committee to produce annual fundraising event and manage all event details - developed and maintained databases for ticket sales, sponsorships, and advertisers, and oversaw all event operations
Researched grant opportunities, applied to appropriate sources, monitored program implementation, and filed timely reports
Maintained and promoted current fundraising opportunities and developed new opportunities
Served as outreach liaison to community business, tourism, and public relations organizations
Initiated and developed partnerships within community
Developed and implemented group tour promotions
July 2005 – Feb. 2008 Manager of Marketing and Tourism, South Jersey Cultural Alliance
Administered projects supported by a grant from the NJ State Council on the Arts
Bought and coordinated print and radio co-operative marketing campaigns
Implemented cultural tourism initiatives – website, consumer and group travel markets, ad campaign, brochure copy, design, and distribution
Developed timelines and project guidelines to guarantee program success
Identified and developed sponsorship opportunities
Promoted member organizations to media and to travel industry
Organized and promoted annual Media Roundtable
Fall 2004 – Spring 2007 Adjunct Professor, Arts Management, Richard Stockton College of NJ
Taught undergraduate students the basics of non-profit arts management
Formation of a non-profit and compliance with government regulations
Mission statement and by-laws development
Strategic planning, fundraising, grant-writing
Budget development
Program planning and design
Marketing and public relations
Organizational and project evaluation procedures
Sept. 2000-July 2005 Executive Director, Atlantic City Art Center
Managed all programs and operations under the supervision of the Board of Directors
Scheduled and installed visual arts exhibitions
Designed and implemented related educational programming
Managed public and media relations including community outreach to cultural organizations
Developed/promoted programming complementary to exhibits, poetry readings, concerts, etc.
Developed and maintained fundraising and grant-writing and reporting efforts to support $100,000 budget, administered budget and fiscal reporting
Supervised staff of three
1990–2005 Owner, Joyce Hagen Design, Wholesale Craft Sales, Sole Proprietor
Designed, manufactured and marketed wholesale hand-crafts
Supervised 12 independent contractors and sold wholesale products nationwide
1989-1990 Manager, Forever Toys, Boalsburg, PA
Oversaw the production of artist-designed, limited production, high-end stuffed creatures
1988-1989 Director, Central Pennsylvania Village Crafts, Inc., Bellefonte, PA
Administered all programs and projects devoted to training hard-to-employ regional residents to produce handcrafted products and provide marketing opportunities for those products
Implemented public relations efforts to increase participation and public awareness
Wrote grants, manage and evaluate grant projects and implement fundraising strategies
Managed wholesale and retail craft sales, supervised staff of four
1986-1988 Arts Coordinator, Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association, PA
Implemented all programming activity, including classical and popular concert series, film series, visual arts gallery, lecture series, etc
Wrote grants and implemented fundraising strategies, responsible for all public relations
Recent Honors
March 2018 – Induction into Atlantic County Women’s Hall of Fame
Board Appointments
2009 – 2011 -- NJ Governor's Tourism Conference Planning Committee
2009 – 2012 -- New Jersey Travel Industry Association
2009 – 2010 -- Greater Atlantic City Regional Tourism Council – President
2010 – 2015 -- Atlantic County Advisory Commission on Women
2015 – 2017 -- Atlantic City Community Fund Steering Committee
2017 – present – Atlantic City Community Fund Board of Directors
2019 – present – Atlantic City Historical Preservation Commission
Volunteer Experience
2012 -- 2013 Grantwriter, Atlantic City Ballet
2008 – 2011 Development Committee, South Jersey Area Wind Ensemble
Fundraising, grantwriting, audience development, public relations
2006 – 2008 Grantwriting Volunteer Consultant, African American Heritage Museum of
Southern New Jersey, Inc.
Researched and applied for grants and filed timely reports
1997 – 1998 Docent, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
Served as a tour guide for student and adult groups
1988-1994 Committee Chair, Gamble Mill Gallery, Bellefonte, PA
Disseminated calls for proposals to artists to submit exhibition proposals, evaluated proposals and arranged delivery, installation and publicity of exhibits
1982-1984 Committee Chair, Crafts National, National Juried Crafts Exhibition,
Central PA Festival of the Arts, Palmer Museum of Art
Publicized artist prospectus nationally, received applications, hired nationally recognized juror, worked with museum curatorial and installation staff to prepare exhibition and exhibition materials
1980-1983 Executive Vice-President for Marketing, Board of Directors, Central PA Village Crafts, Inc.
New product development, product training, developed marketing plans, tracked marketing success
Education - BA, Psychology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Art and Art History Courses, Pennsylvania State University
Advanced Grant Proposal Writing, Certificate, Atlantic Cape Community College
Non-Profit Fund Raising Certificate Program, University of Pennsylvania
