As Vice President for LA Opera Connects for more than two decades, Stacy Brightman is responsible for the oversight and production of community, engagement and learning programs that serve 140,000 students and family members annually. She is involved in the company’s public scholarship initiatives, community partnerships, the innovative Community Circle program and LA Opera’s annual Community Opera at the Cathedral. She frequently serves as a grants and conference panelist and, in 2018, Stacy was selected to serve as one of Opera America's first three female mentors for the inauguration of its Women’s Opera Network mentoring program. Most recently, she has taken a post as executive director for The Ebell of Los Angeles, an arts and education philanthropy founded by women in 1894, for women.