VenueConnect 2019

Laura Sweet
VP/COO
Des Moines Performing Arts


Prior to joining DMPA, she was VP for the Ordway in Saint Paul, Minn., and was the Associate Executive Director of the University of Nebraska’s Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln, NE. Laura is on the Red Cross board of directors for Iowa, she is also the President of the Nexus Executive Women’s Leadership alliance. She serves as incoming chair of the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) Performing Arts Managers Committee and completed the Senior Executive Symposium last spring. She is on the Association of Performing Arts Professionals Conference Program Committee, has been the co-chair of their new colleague orientation program for the last five years, and has presented sessions on safety/security at APAP at the last three conferences. Laura has a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Kansas, respectively.

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