Laurel Gilmer Jeopardy Profile: Age, Job, Family, Stats

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Laurel Gilmer is an experienced arts administrator and event management professional based in Ithaca, New York. She currently serves as the Director of Events for the Department of Music at Cornell University, a role she assumed in July 2024 after previously serving as the department’s Events Manager from 2017 to 2024. Her work at Cornell involves coordinating music department events, artistic programming, and operational logistics within the university’s renowned music department located in Lincoln Hall. Cornell’s official department directory lists her office in Room 101 of Lincoln Hall and includes her responsibilities within departmental event operations and administration.

Gilmer has built a long career in arts administration, orchestral operations, and concert production. Before joining Cornell University, she spent nearly nine years with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in various progressively senior artistic operations positions. Her titles there included Artistic Operations Coordinator, Artistic Operations Manager, Assistant Director of Artistic Operations, and eventually Director of Artistic Operations. These roles involved managing artistic programming, orchestral logistics, concert production, and operational coordination in a major professional orchestra environment across the New York metropolitan area.

Her professional background also includes internships and educational positions in the arts sector. She worked as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Tennessee and completed internships with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Imaginosity: The Dublin Children’s Museum. In addition to her professional work, she has remained active in arts-related volunteer and organizational activities. She has volunteered with the Montclair Film Festival in theater operations and box office support since 2012 and maintains memberships in organizations including the League of American Orchestras, Americans for the Arts, and the Ridgewood Concert Band.

Academically, Laurel Gilmer attended the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) with studies in Marketing, International Business, and Music between 2004 and 2008. During her time there, she participated extensively in extracurricular and honors activities, including the Chancellor’s Honors Program, the Cultural Attractions Committee, the UT Band Program, the American Marketing Association, Phi Kappa Phi, and Golden Key. She was recognized as the Top Graduate in the College of Business and also won a prize in the UT School of Music Student Research Contest.

Professionally, Gilmer describes herself as an experienced program manager with expertise in artistic programming and technical implementation, emphasizing organization, collaboration, and operational precision. Her listed skills include arts administration, performing arts, artistic programming, concert production, operations management, orchestral music, music production, and music industry leadership.

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