NANCY YOUNG, Project Development.
Studied film-making at the University of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia in 2006.  Between 1999 and 2006, she was instrumental in the creation and operations of a $1.2 million film and creative arts incubator in Queensland, Australia.  For more than 25 years, Nancy was a consultant in business planning, public policy research, cultural facility, program and funding development for government, foundation and private clients in Australia and the US.  She was a program officer for the Walter & Elise Haas Fund in San Francisco, and development professional for several organizations including: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Marymount College and SF Chamber of Commerce. She has taught Business and Arts Administration at Central Queensland University, Golden Gate University and SF State University, and has been on the board of Northern California Grantmakers and Grantmakers in the Arts.  She received her BA in English from UC Berkeley, Cert. in Public Policy Analysis & Management from JFK School of Government at Harvard and MA in International Development from Columbia University as an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, and MA in Asian Studies/Business from University of Hawaii as an East-West Center Fellow. She is a published writer, artist and 1981 JMHS graduate.