As co-head of The North Group Inc. which she and Halsey North founded in 1987, Alice North has assisted 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. For their work, she and Halsey received the Chairman's Award from the National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies (now Americans for The Arts) in 1993.

Assisted, among others:
[ bold signifies major, active, and/or ongoing clients ]

• Arkansas:
  Walton Arts Center and Fayetteville Public Library in Fayetteville
  Writers’ Colony in Eureka Springs

• Alabama:
  The Arts Council in Huntsville
  Princess Theatre in Decatur
• California:
  Arts Council of Santa Clara County in San Jose
  Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto
  George Coates Performance Works, San Francisco Chanticleer, and San Francisco Girls Chorus in San Francisco
  Oakland Youth Chorus in Oakland
  UC Davis Presents in Davis
• Colorado:
  Dance Aspen in Aspen
  Lincoln Center in Fort Collins
• Connecticut:
  Garde Arts Center in New London
  Warner Theatre in Torrington
• Delaware:
  Wilmington Music School and Brandywine Baroque in Wilmington
• Florida:
  Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale
  Gusman Center for the Performing Arts in Miami
  Jacksonville Art Museum in Jacksonville
  Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater
  Tampa Theatre in Tampa
• Georgia:
  Southern Arts Federation (now South Arts) and Metro Arts in Atlanta Georgia Assembly of Community Arts Agencies in Rome
• Hawaii:
  Honolulu Theatre For Youth in Honolulu, Oahu
  Hui No 'eau Visual Arts Center in Makawao, Maui
  Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului, Maui
• Idaho:
  Idaho Shakespeare Festival in Boise
  Idaho Falls Arts Council/Willard Arts Center/Colonial Theatre in Idaho Falls
• Indiana:
  Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne
• Kansas:
  Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation in Pittsburg
  The Orpheum Performing Arts Centre in Wichita
• Maine:
  Bay Chamber Concerts in Rockport
  University of Maine/Augusta and The Maine Arts Sponsors Association in Augusta
  Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle
• Maryland:
  Maryland State Arts Council and Baltimore Opera Company in Baltimore
• Massachusetts:
  Arts Extension Service at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
  The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield
  Institute of Contemporary Art and Boston Computer Society in Boston
• Mississippi
  Mississippi Arts Commission
  
• Missouri:
  Joplin Business and Industrial Development Corporation/City of Joplin/Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce/Joplin Arts & Entertainment Center project in Joplin
• Nebraska:
  Opera/Omaha and Nebraska Arts Council in Omaha
• New Hampshire:
  North Country Studio Workshops in Hanover
• New Jersey:
  Arts & Business Partnership of Southern New Jersey in Cape May
  Montclair Art Museum in Montclair
  New Brunswick Cultural Center in New Brunswick
  New Jersey State Council on the Arts Challenge Fund
  Wheaton Village Glass Center in Millville
• New Mexico:
  Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
• New York:
  American Academy in Rome, American Institute of Graphic Arts, American Music Center, Association of Hispanic Arts, Chamber Music America, Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center, Hostos Culture & Arts Program, National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, New York University Department of Art, and North American Performing Arts Managers & Agents in New York City
  The Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy
  Clemens Center in Elmira
  East End Arts Council in Riverhead
  Empire State Craft Alliance in Corning
  Historic Albany Foundation in Albany
  Hudson Opera House in Hudson
  NYS Arts/Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations in Mattituck Orpheus Theatre in Oneonta
  Proctors in Schenectady
  Roberson Center in Binghamton
  Rome Capitol Theatre in Rome
  The Stanley Performing Arts Center in Utica
  The Tarrytown Music Hall in Tarrytown
  Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston
  Westchester Arts Council in White Plains
• North Carolina:
  Alliance for a Regional Concert Hall and Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts in Wilmington
  Asheville Arts Council in Asheville
  Carolina Theatre and Durham Arts Council in Durham
  Charlotte Arts & Science Council and Spirit Square Cultural Center in Charlotte
  North Carolina Arts Council, Raleigh Little Theatre in Raleigh, and United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County in Raleigh
• Ohio:
  E.J. Thomas Hall/University of Akron and Akron Civic Theatre in Akron
  Great Lakes Theater/Hanna Theatre project and Dance Cleveland in Cleveland
  Montgomery County Arts & Cultural District and Dayton Art Institute in Dayton
  Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin
• Pennsylvania:
  Allegheny Highlands Regional Theatre in Ebensburg
  ArtsQuest/SteelStacks Project in Bethlehem
  Cumberland Valley School of Music in Chambersburg
  Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance in Philadelphia
  Pennsylvania Council on the Arts in Harrisburg
  Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Pittsburgh Filmmakers in Pittsburgh
  Reading Symphony in Reading
  Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple and Lackawana Regional Cultural Council in Scranton
  State Theatre Center for the Arts in Easton
  Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center in York
• Puerto Rico:
  Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico in San Juan
• South Carolina:
  Newberry Opera House in Newberry
• Tennessee:
  Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga
  Germantown Performing Arts Centre in Germantown
  Memphis Arts Council
  Metro Nashville Arts Commission
  National Storytelling Association in Jonesborough
  Tennessee Arts Commission
• Texas:
  Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County in Fort Worth
  Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County in Houston
  Irving Arts Center in Irving
  Opera & Performing Arts Society (OPAS) at Texas A&M University in College Station
  Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council in Texarkana
  Zachary Scott Theatre Center and Center for Women+Their Work in Austin
• Utah:
  Utah Arts Council and Western Folklife Center in Salt Lake City
• Vermont:
  Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington
• Virginia:
  American String Teachers Association with National School Orchestra Association in Fairfax
  Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in Vienna
• Washington, DC:
  Americans for the Arts
  Association of Performing Arts Presenters
  National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
  National Endowment for the Arts
  Takoma Theatre Conservancy
• West Virginia:
  Carnegie Hall in Lewisburg
  Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia in Charleston
• Wisconsin:
  Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership/Windhover Center for the Arts/Arts, Education & Entertainment District project in Fond du Lac
  Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton
  Grand Theater/ArtsBlock project in Wausau
  Kohler Arts Center in Kohler
  Overture Center for the Arts in Madison
  Racine Art Museum in Racine

Other work experience:

• Financial Consultant of the National Endowment for the Arts' 1988-89 and 1989-90 Advancement Programs, augmenting $1,100,000 and $1,200,000, respectively, in federal funds with contributions: 1) $575,000 in computer systems, cash, software, installation, service, and support jointly from IBM Corporation (IBM's largest computer gift to the arts) and NYNEX Corporation (NYNEX Business System's first in kind gift), and 2) $26,000 for workshops from Philip Morris, Chevron USA, Citicorp, and AT &T Foundation.
• Designed, organized, implemented, and documented 6 conferences (in Washington, DC, NYC, and San Francisco) for the NEA 1988-89 and 1989-90 Advancement Programs.
• Chief facilitator of the national symposium on ''Arts Education Assessment: Student Performance and Learning Outcomes,'' for the American Council for the Arts (now Americans for the Arts) in 1992.

Prior to 1987:

• In NYC: Vice President, First National Bank of Chicago (now Bank One) 1984-1988 and Vice President, Citibank, N.A. 1982-1984 handling corporate accounts

• In NYC: Assistant Vice President, North Carolina National Bank (now Bank of America) 1977-1982 handling corporate/international accounts
• Administrative Director, Earlham College Japan Study Program 1969-1971

Recent and upcoming workshops:

• Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2012
• League of Historic American Theaters Conference 2001, 2002, 2003, 2-day 2004, 2005, 1-day 2006, 2-day 2007, 2008, 1-½ day 2009, and 1-day in 2011.

Board experience:

• League of Historic American Theatres
• 1991-1996 Board member, co-chair of a successful fundraising event in 1994, and volunteer 2002-2005 for the NYS Arts/Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations

Member:

• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston – Visiting Committee, Department of Art of Asia, Oceania and Africa since 2007
• The Juilliard School Drama Council

Publications with Halsey North:

• With Louise Cort, "A Conversation with Fukami Sueharu" in Fukami: Purity of Form edited by Andreas Marks (University of Washington Press, May 2011), the catalogue for the exhibition on view March 25 to July 30, 2011, at the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture.
• With Joe Earle, CONTEMPORARY CLAY: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century (Japan Society, Inc., 2006), the catalogue for the exhibition on view September 29, 2006, to January 21, 2007, at the Japan Society Gallery, New York, NY
• With Joe Earle, Curator and Chair, Art of Asia, Oceania, & Africa, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (now Vice President of Japan Society and Director of the Japan Society Gallery), CONTEMPORARY CLAY: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century (MFA Publications, 2005), the catalogue for the exhibition on view October 7, 2005, to July 9, 2006, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Chapter on fundraising for Fundamentals of Arts Management and a Fundraising Online Course offered through the Arts Extension Service of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1987 and revised 1994

Other publications:

• ''State Support for Presenters,'' Chapter 1 of Presenting, Touring and the State Arts Agencies, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies 1992
• Serving the Arts in Rural Areas: Successful Programs and Potential New Strategies (edited), National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies 1991
• A Portrait of the Financial Condition of Presenting Organizations in the United States (co-edited), Association of Performing Arts Presenters 1987
• Statistics for Management (edited), Richard I. Levin, Prentice Hall 1978

Japan experience with Halsey North:

• Co-curating Breaking from Tradition: Japanese Ceramics Today at Harvey / Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO, opening August 6, 2009
• Lectures on contemporary Japanese ceramics at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass-Aspen, CO, and Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, in 2009; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009; Japan Society, New York, in 2006, 2007, and 2008; and New York University in 2003
• Created and organized the New York Japan Society/North Group tours to Japan focusing on contemporary Japanese ceramics in 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, and 1999 and North Group tours in 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2009
• Lectures on traveling in Japan at the New York Japan Society in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998.

Education:

• MBA in finance and international business, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 1977
• MA in United States History, University of North Carolina- Greensboro 1973

BA in East Asian History and Japanese Language from Earlham College, Richmond, IN, 1969, with a junior year at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan