Dr Heather Ikemire, PhD - Executive Director, Lifetime Arts - Creative Aging For Health & Well-Being

Dr. Heather Ikemire, Ph.D. is Executive Director of Lifetime Arts ( https://lifetimearts.org/ ), a national service organization focused on accelerating the impact of creative aging nationwide and leading this national, multi-sector movement to establish creative aging as an essential driver of older adult health and well-being.

The vision of Lifetime Arts is to imagine a world without ageism and social isolation, where creative aging is embraced as a fundamental human right.

Dr. Ikemire joined the Lifetime Arts team as Deputy Director in July 2022 and has been involved in leading Lifetime Arts’ work to organize initiatives like the annual International Creative Summit in partnership with colleagues from the U.K. and Finland, bringing together more than 440 arts and aging leaders from 24+ countries.

Dr. Ikemire came to Lifetime Arts with twenty years of experience in arts education and nonprofit management, including fifteen years with the National Guild for Community Arts Education, also a national service organization. While working there, she was focused on directing the Guild’s large-scale, multi-year investment in Catalyzing Creative Aging as well as Creative Youth Development National Partnership.

Dr. Ikemire has a Ph.D. in Theater for Youth from Arizona State University and a B.A. in English Literature from Vassar College.

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