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Mimi Hess

Mimi Hess was promoted to Director of Development in 2020 after joining ArtStream as a grant writing consultant in 2018. Since becoming Director of Development, the number of grants received per year has increased 42%, the average grant amount has increased by 81%, and the total yearly amount of grant funding has increased 217%. ArtStream is proud to have 85% grant acceptance rate and a score of 98 from the Maryland State Arts Council, higher than any other arts organization in Maryland.

Mimi holds a BA Magna cum Laude from The University of Chicago, and was a Judaic Studies Graduate Fellow at Princeton University. She serves on the board of the national education non-profit Integrated Schools.