Julie Richard has been the Executive Director of Sedona Arts Center since January 2021. Richard earned her Master of Arts degree in Arts Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and music and a Leadership in the 21st Century certificate from Harvard University. She spent time running the Syracuse opera in Upstate New York and eight years heading the Maine Arts Commission, where she was awarded Governor’s Manager of the Year at the Maine Arts Commission.