Lou Anne Crumpler, Executive Director
Lou Anne Crumpler has a background in business development, communications, marketing and organizational management. Along with Terrence Mann, she founded the Carolina Arts Festival in 2001, after a year of developing the concept of creating a nonprofit organization to present and produce new performing arts pieces. A graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, she worked in the marketing and communications industry in Dallas and Washington D.C. for several years before coming to Raleigh in 1985. She has created a number of successful for profit and nonprofit corporations, including a public relations practice that specializes in projects for clients in the arts, health and education arenas. Lou Anne, her husband and two daughters live in Raleigh.