Company Ownership
Rick Lester - Chief Executive OfficerRick Lester built TRG on a 30-year career in entertainment marketing. Since founding the firm in 1995 as Lester & Associates, Rick and his partners have built TRG into America’s largest consulting company dedicated to arts and culture. [ More | rlester at trgarts dot com ] |
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Jill Robinson - PresidentA co-owner of TRG, Jill leads day-to-day operations and charts the firms’s future service to arts and cultural organizations and to the industry. Under Jill’s leadership, TRG has expanded its scope of service to all arts genres throughout the United States and into Canada. She also developed and now leads TRG’s counsel on integrated patron loyalty programs, bringing together colleague departments across organization silos to build stronger, longer paid patronage. [ More | jrobinson at trgarts dot com ] |
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Will Lester - Vice PresidentOver the last 10 years, Will Lester has been the architect of TRG’s database technology, community database services, and patron behavior research. His work has enabled the compilation of audience purchase and donation statistics on more than 20 million U.S. arts consumers from more than 500 arts and cultural organizations, representing every major market in the nation and growing rapidly to include most medium-tier markets. [ More | wlester at trgarts dot com ] |
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Team Members
To email a member of the TRG team, please follow this standard addressing protocol: "firstinitiallastname@trgarts.com" (all lower case, no spaces).
| Nick Agner | Database Developer |
| Jen Allender | Analyst |
| Donna Anderson | Director of Business Operations |
| Tony Babo | Senior Software Developer |
| Heather Biehl | Associate Consultant |
| Derek Duncan | Associate Consultant |
| Aaron Ewton | Analyst |
| Anita Hansen | Senior Consultant |
| Katie Harman | Regional Coordinator |
| Misty Hill | Senior Production Analyst |
| Lindsay Homer | Managing Senior Consultant |
| Raychel Kolen | Consultant |
| Rick Lester | Chief Executive Officer |
| Will Lester | Vice President |
| Katie Maltais | Manager of Accounts and Services |
| Keri Mesropov | VP of Client Services |
| Bonnie Meisezahl | Analyst |
| Linda Missling | Sales Support Administrator |
| Erin Morris | Regional Coordinator |
| Beth Nily | Chief Financial Officer |
| Amelia Northrup | Strategic Communications Specialist |
| Raegan Rainwater | Associate Consultant |
| Jill Robinson | President |
| Todd Scarce | Senior Consultant |
| Adam Scurto | Regional Coordinator |
| Joanne Steller | VP of Strategic Communications |
| Samantha Tanton | Human Resources Manager |
| Cathy Tirpak | Senior Analytics Consultant |
| Melissa Wiggins | Product Services Manager |
| Laura Willumsen | Managing Senior Consultant |
| Jim Zlogar | Manager of Training and Special Projects |
