Laura Packer Named Executive Director of Howard Gilman Foundation

 

Laura Packer has been named executive director of the Howard Gilman Foundation, effective July 22.

 

She had been Arts Program Director for the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. Before joining the Dodge staff in 2001, she was the New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s executive director, a position she held for 13 years. 

 

A founding board member of ArtPride, Packer currently serves on the boards of Community Foundation of South Jersey and Grantmakers in the Arts, a national service organization.