Biography
Bill Bulick founded Creative Planning, Inc. in 1998 after nearly 20 years in high level public and private sector cultural leadership roles. From 1989-98 he was Executive Director of the Regional Arts and Culture Council of Portland, Oregon and was formerly founding Program Director of Pioneer Courthouse Square, a nationally recognized urban public plaza and Producing Director of the World Music Festival. Bill is a former member of the Americans for the Arts board, a former member and chair of several National Endowment for the Arts program and policy panels and former President of the U.S. Urban Arts Federation. Bill assists communities and organizations around the country with cultural planning, program design and assessment, organizational development and strategic positioning. His work is strongly values based and with a diversity of organizations spanning the cultural, environmental, social services and community development sectors. Bill is a frequent speaker at conferences on the topics of cultural planning, community/cultural intersections, youth and education programs, regional development, public/private partnerships, advocacy and cultural policy. Bill is pioneering efforts to bridge cultural planning with creative economy strategies highlighted by the work of Richard Florida and has recently worked with a group of cultural leaders as lead author of the Americans for the Arts Monograph, Cultural Strategies for Creative Communities.
