Organizations by Design is thrilled to welcome Elizabeth Shaff Sobo (Betsy) to our team!Betsy Sobo is a Fundraising and Vision Planning Professional with more than 30 years of experience working in the not-for-profit sector. She is a passionate believer that the arts are integral to our lives, and can be a transformative force for communities when managed organically as a response to need and opportunity. She considers among her greatest attributes strengthening the craft of relationship building for organizations, internally and externally.
Betsy served as founding Executive of 10 Hairy Legs dance company for the entirety of its 8 year tenure (Highland Park, NJ) bringing it to national and international acclaim; founding Director of Development at Two River Theater Company (Red Bank, NJ); and held management positions in arts education, fundraising and marketing at The State Theatre Regional Arts Center at New Brunswick, American Repertory Ballet, New Jersey Ballet, Kean University, Hartford Ballet and Ballet Hispanico. As a fundraising professional she has earned major grant awards from the region’s leading foundation and government sources, and has solicited multiple significant major gifts.
Betsy served in a leadership capacity on the boards of Dance New Jersey, Nimbus Dance Works (2011 – 2014, President 2012-2014) and Randy James Dance Works 2005-2007.
Betsy’s professional dance career included Pennsylvania Ballet, Les Compagnons de la Danse (Montreal) and New Jersey Ballet. She earned a Certificate in Arts Administration from New York University. Prior to her career in Arts Administration she was spent 10 years in Senior Management in the Retail industry.
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