Halsey M. North and Alice H. North
The North Group Inc.

Halsey and Alice North jointly head The North Group Inc. which, since 1987, has been assisting nonprofit theaters, performing arts centers, arts councils, and arts service organizations across the country with fundraising feasibility studies, capital and endowment campaigns, annual operating campaigns, solicitor training, strategic planning, board development and retreats, cultural planning, organizational assessments, business plans, and workshops on fundraising, board development, and planning. They wrote the chapter on fundraising for Fundamentals of Arts Management in cooperation with the Arts Extension Service, University of Massachusetts. Both are members of the Juilliard School Drama Council and the Board of Directors of the League of Historic American Theatres.

Clients include – Florida: Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale, Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Tampa Theatre in Tampa, and Gusman Center for the Performing Arts in Miami; Vermont: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington; Pennsylvania: ArtsQuest/SteelStacks Project in Bethlehem and Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center in York; Ohio: Great Lakes Theater/Hanna Theatre project in Cleveland, E.J. Thomas Hall/University of Akron and Akron Civic Theatre in Akron, Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, and Montgomery County Arts & Cultural District in Dayton; Tennessee: Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga; Wisconsin: Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton, Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, and the Grand Theater/ArtsBlock project in Wausau; New York: Proctors in Schenectady, Hudson Opera House in Hudson, The Tarrytown Music Hall in Tarrytown, Clemens Center in Elmira, The Stanley Performing Arts Center in Utica, Bardavon 1869 Opera House in Poughkeepsie, and American Academy in Rome, Chamber Music America, and Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center in NYC; Idaho: Idaho Shakespeare Festival in Boise; Hawaii: Maui Arts & Cultural Center and Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center in Maui; Arkansas: Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville; Massachusetts: The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield; Virginia: Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in Vienna and The Paramount Theater in Charlottesville; Connecticut: Warner Theatre in Torrington and Garde Arts Center in New London; Texas: City of Irving in Irving, Zachary Scott Theatre Center in Austin, and Opera & Performing Arts Society (OPAS) at Texas A&M University in College Station; Delaware: Wilmington Music School in Wilmington; Alabama: Princess Theatre in Decatur; Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts, Americans for the Arts, and Association of Performing Arts Presenters.

Halsey is the former Executive Director of the North Carolina Arts Council, the Charlotte Arts & Science Council, and New York City's Cultural Council Foundation. He has also been Vice President of C.W. Shaver & Company and Director of Corporate Contributions of Philip Morris (now Altria Group). Alice is a former Vice President handling corporate accounts for First National Bank of Chicago (now Bank One), Citibank, N.A., and North Carolina National Bank (now Bank of America).

Halsey and Alice are both MBAs and, between them, have received the Distinguished Service Award from the North Carolina Association of Arts Councils, the Chairman's Award from the National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies (now Americans for the Arts), and the Fan Taylor Award from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters for outstanding service, creative thinking, leadership, and significant impact on the profession of presenting the performing arts. Halsey is an Overseer and member of the Collections Committee, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Both Halsey and Alice are members of the MFA Boston’s Visiting Committee, Department of Art of Asia, Oceania and Africa.