Chris Dwyer, Executive Director

Chris Dwyer brings to the Community Conservatory his passion for the arts, as well as an entrepreneurial spirit and extensive non-profit business management experience.

As a graphic designer and classically trained painter with a Bachelors degree in Fine Art from Tyler School of Art, Chris most recently served as the executive director of the Whitemarsh Art Center in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania where he made available fine arts education to more than 1800 children and adults each year.

Prior to his Whitemarsh position, Chris headed the development efforts for Child, Home & Community of Doylestown. For nearly a decade, he was instrumental in growing the organization by establishing solid relationships with foundations, businesses and local community partners. While at CHC, Chris also developed and piloted the agency’s first “Fatherhood Program” that provided educational and employment services for teen dads. The program, which continues today, equips young men with the skills and resources necessary to successfully complete their education and effectively parent their children.

Before his tenure with CHC, Chris founded two successful commercial arts ventures including a fine art gallery and studio facility in Jenkintown that he converted from a post-World War II gun manufacturing shop into twenty-seven artist studios and public exhibition space. His second enterprise was a graphic design and creative personnel placement firm headquartered in Blue Bell with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Orlando and Washington that served more than 700 companies.

Chris is a resident of Buckingham and remains actively engaged with organizations throughout the Delaware Valley volunteering his design and management skills to non-profits and parochial schools.

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