Keith McNutt is the Director, Western Region of the Actors Fund, a nationwide organization that provides an array of human services and grants to professionals who work in any discipline of the performing arts or entertainment communities. Keith’s Stanton Fellowship will address the underutilization of the arts in Los Angeles as a key asset and one of the most dynamic and powerful job creating engines in the region. He will explore strategies to bridge the for-profit and nonprofit arts sectors of LA, and to illuminate the arts as a primary source of distinction, international recognition, economic vitality and civic pride.