{"id":74,"name":"Jeffrey Lependorf","url":"","description":"Jeffrey Lependorf, executive director of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, has over twenty years of experience in development, fundraising, corporate sponsorship and strategic planning. He also serves as a \u201cshared executive director\u201d for Small Press Distribution. His past work experience includes Development Director for the Creative Capital Foundation, Bette Midler\u2019s New York Restoration Project, the Poetry Society of America and In the Life Media.\r\n\r\nMr. Lependorf is also a professional musician, active as a composer, a \u201ccertified master\u201d of the shakuhachi (traditional Japanese bamboo flute) and serves as Director of Music for Omi, a collaborative international music residency program in upstate New York. His \u201cMasterpieces of Western Music\u201d audio course is available through Barnes and Noble\u2019s \u201cPortable Professor\u201d series and through audible.com.\r\n\r\nToward serving not only the community of independent literary publishers, but the entire field of Literature, he founded the Working Group on Assessing Literary Engagement, developing protocols toward collecting longitudinal data on the Literary sector, and also the National Literary Listserv, a national listserv for multiple stakeholders (organizations, literary funders, librarians, etc.) to discuss issues affecting funding for Literature and other national issues facing the field. Mr. Lependorf serves on the board of the Ledig House International Writers Residency Program, is a founding Council Member of the Brooklyn Book Festival, where he also chaired the Marketing and Publicity Committee, and serves on the Advisory Boards of the Cultural Data Project and the American Writers Museum.","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/fieldnotes\/author\/jeffrey-lependorf\/","slug":"jeffrey-lependorf","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd8ef0ab2a8c2eaa8d0a6545c7802213493a45aa44bef571b4e8322513e74631?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd8ef0ab2a8c2eaa8d0a6545c7802213493a45aa44bef571b4e8322513e74631?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd8ef0ab2a8c2eaa8d0a6545c7802213493a45aa44bef571b4e8322513e74631?s=96&d=mm&r=g","128":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd8ef0ab2a8c2eaa8d0a6545c7802213493a45aa44bef571b4e8322513e74631?s=128&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/fieldnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/fieldnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}