Seth D. Beattie

Strategic Initiative Director

Seth Beattie serves as CPAC’s Strategic Initiative Director, where he oversees development and design of Artists in Residence, a two-year pilot exploring artist-based community development within the city of Cleveland. He has previously worked in the development and design of the organization’s From Rust Belt to Artist Belt conference series and Creative Workforce Fellowship program. Mr. Beattie was the recipient of a 2008 – 2009 Robert Bosch Fellowship, an award that allowed him to work in Germany for a year, addressing social inclusion efforts for the European Capital of Culture, providing support research to Hofmann von Sell for a proposed film school in Kampala and analyzing cultural development strategies in deindustrializing cities. Previously, he served as CPAC’s program associate and program manager, a graduate assistant in workforce and global development, a communications associate at a nature center and a parliamentary aide for a member of Canadian Parliament. Beattie received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Public Relations from Franklin College and his Master’s of Public Administration from the Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University.

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