Erika Beatty is known for strategic integration of new ideas and technology, creating collaborative partnerships and teams that excel, and developing organizations with good governance, sound strategy and sustainable finances. Following a 20 year career as chief executive of Canadian symphony orchestras (including Symphony Nova Scotia) she shifted to supporting content creation and the creative industries including Anhinga Films (“GreenRights in the Maritimes“), Handful of Films and Screen Nova Scotia.
Most recent clients include Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, Screen Composers Guild of Canada, Mulgrave Road Theatre, Esprit Orchestra, Orchestras Canada, and Choral Canada. Erika is a member of a member of Arts Consultants Canada, has national non-profit board experience, has served on provincial and federal funding panels, has represented clients at international markets and events and served on the board of the Greater Halifax Partnership from 2012 – 2018. In 2012, she was awarded the Canada Council for the Arts John Hobday Award for excellence in artistic administration.
Originally from Ontario Erika has worked and volunteered across the country, settling in Nova Scotia in 2008. In 2018 she founded The Arts Firm to meet the need of the Canadian arts sector to have access to deeply experienced cultural experts working in virtual teams, as needed and where needed.