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Summer Speaker
Shayla Hines is an energetic arts management professional with a background in performing arts – including vocal performance, French Horn, and music production. In 2010, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Recording Arts at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and in 2012 received a Master of Arts in Arts Management at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Her experiences in fundraising and development at the Washington National Opera, DC Jazz Festival, and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, led her to a position as Advancement Manager at the American Film Institute (AFI) for the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. Shayla led the implementation of their fundraising and constituency-building efforts for corporate, foundation, and individual giving.
She was civically engaged in her community as an active member of the Advisory Council for the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras at Strathmore and Vice President of the choir at The People's Community Baptist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland from 2013-2015. Shayla is a graduate of the 2015 class of Emerging Leaders in the Leadership Montgomery program, an organization that builds a diverse group of informed community trustees who create collaborations and partnerships to impact community needs. In 2015, Shayla's professional career led her to Chorus America, a national service organization providing professional development for choruses across North America, including Canada. As the Associate Director of Development, Shayla was the principal fundraiser raising nearly $700,000 in corporate, foundation, individual, and government support annually.
After three years of growing Chorus America's operational budget and implementing effective fundraising strategies, Shayla started her career at Arena Stage as the Director of Institutional Relations. Shayla and her direct team raise over $2M in institutional support. Most recently, Shayla has been selected to join the Board of Directors at theatreWashington, where she will support their fundraising efforts and co-lead their Taking Care Fund, which assists area theater professionals in times of unforeseen medical hardship.
Shayla also spends her time singing in the choir and praise team at Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. Her desire to uplift women inspired Shayla to curate an online clothing boutique business called Nine to Five Refined for which she is founder and CEO. Shayla resides in Oxon Hill, Maryland at the National Harbor.
