Danielle Bearden-Mead is a Los Angeles-based Development Director specializing in performing arts advancement with two decades of arts management experience. Prior to joining Los Angeles Ballet, she served as Interim Managing Director & Director of Philanthropy at The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles and a Senior Development Officer at Geffen Playhouse, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, and UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. Exposure to numerous art forms and genres led Danielle to attend the Boston Ballet Summer Intensive Training Program, train at Alonzo King's Lines Ballet, and work on "Two and a Half Men" for four seasons. Danielle has a BA in Theatre Arts from CSULB and is a co-founder of The Garage Theatre.