Elliott Hearte is a passionate Arts Consultant and Administrator with a background in equity in the arts and cultural management. Prior to returning to BC, she worked across Canada in leadership roles in the creative industry, primarily in media and digital arts. Elliott has had the privilege to work with artist run centres, festivals, distributors, equity seeking groups, and arts service organizations, across disciplines in urban and rural communities. A graduate of the Vancouver Institute of Media Arts, her work in film, video and new media has shown extensively in festivals and galleries across Canada, USA, and Europe. Elliott serves as President of the Media Arts Alliance of the Pacific and is grateful to have the opportunity to lead the important work undertaken by Arts BC. Elliott primarily works from the stolen land of of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.