Speaking at The Power of Local Advocacy & Civic Relationships

Jonathon Glus is the City of San Diego’s executive director for arts and culture, where he leads the city’s investment in the arts, culture and creative industries, internally across department sectors and externally, working with partners in philanthropy, tourism, community activation and binational and international cultural initiatives.

Glus has two decades of experience in the public sector in senior cultural leadership roles, in Houston, TX, Los Angeles/Pasadena, CA, Chicago/Evanston, IL, and Sacramento, CA. His arts career began with the International Sculpture Center, in Washington, DC, where he wrote for SCULPTURE magazine and traveled exhibitions internationally.

He studied liberal arts at Earlham College and urban economics and public policy at Indiana University, where received his BA. He pursued masters work in art and architectural history at University of Illinois, and later received a certificate British urban policy at University of Kent, in Canterbury, England.