Best Businesses Partnering with the Arts in America 2018 Tuesday, October 2, 2018
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BEST BUSINESSES PARTNERING WITH THE ARTS IN AMERICA 2018 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2018 Event Chair Mark A. Shugoll Churchill Downs Louisville, KY Chief Executive Officer Shugoll Research Fifth Third Bank Cincinnati, OH Presented by Americans for the Arts Fosun International Shanghai CN New York Office SPONSORS Champion Phillips 66 Houston, TX Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Fosun International Shanghai CN (New York Office) The Standard Portland, OR Phillips 66 Chandrika Tandon Tierney Philadelphia, PA Sustainer Atlantic Salt, Inc. UMB Financial Corporation Kansas City, MO VF Corporation Zions Bank VF Corporation Greensboro, NC Investor Cardinal Health West Bend Mutual Insurance Company West Bend, WI Fifth Third Bank The Martha Rivers Ingram Advised Fund at the Zions Bank Salt Lake City, UT Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Quaver Music The Standard Starwood Capital Group With presentations of the BCA Leadership Award to West Bend Mutual Insurance Company Chandrika Tandon, Chairman of Tandon Capital Associates Patron and Soul Chants Music, Aspen Skiing Company Anne and Albert Chao / Westlake Chemical Corporation Golden Artist Colors, Inc. Kohler Co. and the David Rockefeller pARTnership Award to John & Mary Pappajohn Raymond James Phoebe and Bobby Tudor Square and Cheyenne River Youth Project, Western & Southern Financial Group San Francisco, CA / Eagle Butte, SD BUSINESS COMMITTEE Mark Hegedus David Minnigan Douglas Sorocco FOR THE ARTS President Principal Director Magic Hat Brewing Company ESA Architecture Dunlap Codding WELCOME FROM THE PRESIDENT Founder David Rockefeller Martha R. Ingram Craig A. Moon Jonathan Spector Chairman Emerita Owner Senior Advisor Chair Ingram Industries Inc. Lake Norman Publications The Conference Board, Inc. AND CEO OF AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS Edgar L. Smith, Jr. Chairman and CEO Paul Kinley Randy Oostra Steven D. Spiess World Pac Paper, LLC Principal President and CEO Chief Operating Officer Opsis Architecture ProMedica Brownstein Hyatt AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE Members Farber Schreck George Barrett Robert Lamb III John Pappajohn Former Chairman and CEO President Chairman, Equity Dynamics Inc. Barry S. Sternlicht Grayson Group LLC Owner, Pappajohn Capital Resources Chairman and CEO BUSINESS COMMITTEE FOR THE ARTS Cardinal Health Starwood Capital Group John F. Barrett Shelagh Mahoney Roderick Randall Chairman, President, and CEO President and Executive Partner Bobby Tudor Western & Southern Chief Executive Officer, S1 Capital Partners CEO Eastern Salt Company, Inc. Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Welcome to the 14th annual BCA 10 Awards. All of our in their communities and in their companies. Increasingly, Financial Group Mark A. Shugoll honorees have played an integral role in supporting the arts businesses are partnering with the arts to address diversity, Albert Chao David Mastran CEO Dennis G. Wilson President, CEO, and Director Co-Founder and President Shugoll Research President and CEO to create flourishing communities, engaged employees, and equity and inclusion and open dialogues around important Quaver Music Delta Dental of New Jersey Westlake Chemical Corporation Toni Sikes Delta Dental of Connecticut bottom-line success. Our BCA Leadership Award honoree, issues. As staunch supporters of the arts, these results C. Kendric Fergeson Marc Melcher Founder and CEO Chandrika Tandon is a business leader, arts supporter, and may not surprise you, but they do tell an incredibly compelling Chairman and CEO Vice President, CODAworx Robert Lynch Wealth Management Advisor President and CEO Grammy-nominated musician, whose keen understanding story of the power of the arts. NBC Oklahoma Ken Solomon Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Americans for the Arts Chairman, Ovation TV of both the arts and business communities inspire success. Mark Golden Fenner & Smith Inc. CEO Chairman and CEO, Our David Rockefeller pARTnership Award, sponsored by Americans for the Arts has been leading the way in arts The Tennis Channel Golden Artist Colors, Inc. the David Rockefeller Fund, celebrates a project between advocacy for more than 50 years. Over our lifespan, we Square and Cheyenne River Youth Project, that bonds the have not only seen the success of our work, but we have arts, technology, and an entrepreneurial spirit. witnessed threats to the arts and come out victorious. Time ABOUT AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS and time again, we have felt the way the arts unite us. Americans for the Arts is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization We want to thank the David Rockefeller Fund and the Much of this work would not have been possible without the for advancing the arts in America. For 55 years, Americans for the Rockefeller Family for partnering with us to celebrate arts incredible support of the business community. Arts has been dedicated to building broad public support, strong and business partnerships. In 1966, David Rockefeller THE BCA 10 JUDGES leadership, and increased resources for the arts and arts education. spoke to a gathering of business leaders calling for them to We thank all of tonight’s honorees and our Business Christen Boone In 2008, Americans for the Arts merged with the Business Committee President and CEO, Fund for the Arts collectively raise their voices as advocates and supporters Committee for the Arts for their leadership on key initiatives for the Arts to continue to advance David Rockefeller’s belief that of the arts. Since then, we have carried on this mission including messaging, advocacy and strategic alliances Charity Boutte the arts are essential to free enterprise and human achievement, through our Business Committee for the Arts work. within the private-sector community. As well as dedication Head of Multicultural Marketing and to encourage businesses to form alliances with the arts as an expression of their broader Strategy, Aetna in advancing the arts in America by encouraging, inspiring responsibility to their communities. In partnership with The Conference Board, our 2018 Business and stimulating businesses to support the arts in the Jandel T. Allen-Davis, MD Contributions to the Arts survey shows that businesses workplace, in education, and in the community. CEO and President, Americans for the Arts places an emphasis on building strong partnerships between the continue to partner with the arts to improve the quality of life Craig Rehabilitation Hospital arts and business sectors to advance arts organizations, businesses and the community. Jennifer H. Goulet Through programs like the pARTnership Movement, the BCA 10, The David Rockefeller President and CEO, Lecture on Arts & Business, the Business Contributions to the Arts Survey, professional Creative Many Michigan development for local arts organizations and resources to advance employee engagement through the arts, Americans for the Arts provides the leadership, tool-kits and research Peter Shaindlin COO, Halekulani Corporation needed to promote this mission. Working with private sector partners like the Business Committee for the Arts, The Conference Board and CECP, Americans for the Arts works to EDGAR L. SMITH, JR. ROBERT L. LYNCH ensure that the message of how the arts transform communities reaches key decision makers. Chairman and CEO, World Pac Paper, LLC President and CEO Chairman, Business Committee for the Arts Americans for the Arts The private sector network of Business Committees for the Arts, Arts & Business Councils, United Arts Funds, and other local arts agencies advances this work on the local level. Nominated by Fund for the Arts Churchill Downs Louisville, KY “Louisville has long been aligned with horse racing, hospitality, bourbon and fine cuisine, all of which are celebrated at our flagship event, the Kentucky Derby. Our city’s vibrant arts community should be an attraction that makes Louisville a destination. By turning Churchill Downs Racetrack into a stage and a canvas upon which our local artists can perform, we provide a transformative experience to horse racing fans and extend the magic of the Kentucky Derby beyond the first Saturday in May.” —BILL CARSTANJEN, CEO, CHURCHILL DOWNS, INCORPORATED hurchill Downs Incorporated is a multi U.S.-state company each year. On the flip side, through supporting various arts best known for the Churchill Downs Racetrack, the home organizations, Churchill Downs can offer free and discounted arts of the Kentucky Derby. For decades, Churchill Downs has been events tickets to their staff. known in Louisville for its generosity to the community, which includesC their steadfast support for the arts. The company prioritizes Churchill Downs corporate headquarters features a gallery which supporting arts because of their belief that immersion in the arts and showcases locally-produced art on a rotating, quarterly schedule. opportunities for art education is a primary way to achieve prosperity Employees are given the opportunity to purchase the art at a in both their city and state. discounted rate to encourage support of local artists, as well as engage employees in art appreciation. The company also encourages Through a collaboration with Fund for the Arts and Jennifer Lawrence employees to serve on the boards of local arts organizations. Arts Fund, Churchill Downs transformed the Opening Night event, Senior leaders currently sit on the Speed Museum Board of Governors which kicks off Derby week, into a celebration of Greater Louisville’s and the Board of Kentucky Shakespeare. In addition to promoting arts community. By highlighting the artists of the Greater Louisville corporate support