Alison Moore
Alison came to Canada from Colorado bringing a reputation built from a creative and productive career where she accrued valuable skills and experience in arts administration, museum management and fundraising. Highlights in her career are: Founding Executive Director of both the National Museum of Dance in Saratoga Springs, NY and Collage Children’s Museum in Boulder, CO; Executive Director of the Boulder County Arts Council; Peer Advisor, Peer Assistance Network, Colorado Council for the Arts; among others. She has also served on numerous boards of directors and advisory committees.
In 2007 she was appointed Development Manager of Ballet Kelowna, and subsequently promoted to Executive Director, a position she held until 2012. After serving two years as Managing Director of The Rucker Archive, Meaghan Williams and she started Oomph! Consulting. Since that time Alison has worked with City of Kelowna, Ballet Kelowna, Okanagan Summer Festival Society, Arts Council of the Central Okanagan, Peachland Residents Association, Rotary Centre for the Arts and other clients in the Okanagan Valley.
Alison is skilled in cultivating unity in decision making through respect for others’ values and beliefs, which results in discovering common ground and shared vision. She brings a sense of humour and lightness to her work so that clients can enjoy the process of making profound and lasting contributions to their organization or group.
Alison is also a certified Life-Cycle Wedding Celebrant and End of Life Doula assisting clients to navigate life’s most important rites of passage. She facilitates weekly Mindfulness Awareness meditations and monthly Okanagan Valley Death Café Conversations. In her spare time, Alison nurtures the orchards on Ravens View Farm providing naturally tree-ripened stone fruit to master chefs in the Okanagan Valley, Peachland Farmers Market patrons and local food banks. She is the organizer of the neighbourhood FireSmart program.
The extra energy and insight to get you where you want to go!
The first thing Alison brings to the table is drive, determination, energy and enthusiasm. What makes her unique … is her command of networks that serve as valuable resources in the path toward achieving organization goals. She has the great ability to think broadly about the individuals and organizations that are sources of support and has the capacity to solicit their engagement in the enterprise by selling a compelling vision. Finally, she is a very good systems thinker . . . someone who can make sense and find direction amidst a jumble of confusion.