Emilya Cachapero (she/her/siya) is the Co-Executive Director for National and Global Programming for Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and has been active in the global arts community for more than 40 years. Formerly, as TCG’s Director of Grantmaking Programs, she guided TCG’s grant programs, professional development programs, international programs and selected special projects. That work is represented by 1200+ grants to theatre organizations and individuals, and the development of 22 impactful national re-grant programs.

For 11 years, she has been a member of the Executive Board and Council of International Theatre Institute (ITI) Worldwide and was a US National Commissioner to UNESCO from 2002 to 2008. Ms. Cachapero has facilitated workshops and trainings for groups that include the Norwegian Consulate, Grantmakers in the Arts, Chorus America, the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, the Weissberg Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the Pew Charitable Trusts. She was instrumental in creating the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and was its founding producer for the first two years of the program.

Ms. Cachapero is a published poet who received her Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing from San Francisco State University and an honorary M.F.A. from the American Conservatory Theater. She is an alumna of the James P. Shannon Leadership Institute and artEquity National Facilitator Training.