This week we welcome Heather Dunn, senior vice president and chief financial officer of West Bend Mutual Insurance Company. She’s wrapping up her tenure as one of the three co-chairs of the United Performing Arts Fund 2021 Community Campaign, and brings her lifelong passion for the arts – fueled by experiences like working as a Dickens caroler at the American Club in high school and singing throughout college – to volunteer leadership in the Milwaukee arts community.

In the intro, the crew talks about their own recent artistic pursuits – taking auditions, acting in commercials, and more. If there’s anything Lindsay can audition for on our next recurring bit, send the information our way.

Heather joins the pod at 14:10. Growing up surrounded by arts and books (15:40), forks in the road between the arts and other interests (19:50), West Bend Insurance’s band (24:50), Heather’s nonprofit service (28:45), reacting to the pandemic and the arts as a way to heal (32:15), the importance of funding the arts (39:00), turn as Czar of Arts and Culture (44:15).

Follow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-dunn-6443365/ (Heather Dunn;) https://www.thesilverlining.com/ (West Bend Insurance) on https://www.facebook.com/wbsilverlining/ (Facebook;) and https://upaf.org/ (UPAF) on https://www.facebook.com/upaf1 (Facebook,) https://www.instagram.com/upaf/ (Insta), and https://twitter.com/upaf (Twitter)

Music Transitions: “Milwaukee Strong,” by Shonn Hinton, featuring the Milwaukee All Stars

E305 Ephemera:

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2021/07/14/traffic-calming-murals-among-many-art-projects-coming-metcalfe-park/7841401002/ (Metcalfe Park Painted)

https://www.facebook.com/imaginemke/photos/pcb.2065616623595697/2065598200264206 (Jewish Community Food Pantry Mural Celebration)

https://kmsymphony.org/ (Kettle Moraine Symphony)

https://www.belcanto.org/ (Bel Canto Chorus)

https://festivalcitysymphony.org/ (Festival City Symphony)

http://www.sunstonestudiosmke.com/toilandtrouble (Sunstone Studios)