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 and a Fundraising Online Course in cooperation with the Arts Extension Service Learning Network at the University of Massachusetts.

Clients include: Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului, Hawaii; Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton and the Grand Theater/ArtsBlock project in Wausau, Wisconsin; Walton Arts Center and Fayetteville Public Library in Fayetteville, Arkansas; Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater and Tampa Theatre in Tampa, Florida; Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington, Vermont; Proctor's Theatre in Schenectady, The Stanley Performing Arts Center in Utica, Clemens Center in Elmira, and Bardavon Opera House in Poughkeepsie, New York; The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Massachusetts; State Theatre Center for the Arts in Easton and Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center in York, Pennsylvania; 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, Ohio; Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in Vienna and The Paramount Theater in Charlottesville, Virginia; Warner Theatre in Torrington and Garde Arts Center in New London, Connecticut; Idaho Shakespeare Festival in Boise, Idaho; 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, Texas; Wilmington Music School in Wilmington, Delaware; Princess Theatre in Decatur, Alabama; Carnegie Hall in Lewisburg, West Virginia; Americans for the Arts and Association of Performing Arts Presenters in Washington, DC; American String Teachers Association with National School Orchestra Association in Fairfax, Virginia; Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations in Mattituck, New York; and Chamber Music America, Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center, and Network of Cultural Centers of Color in New York City.

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 Corporate Contributions Manager of Philip Morris Companies. Alice is a former investment banker.

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.