ENCATC Agenda 2022: a wealth of learning offers and opportunities to get involved

Milena Deleva holds master's degrees in Cultural Studies from Sofia University and in Arts Administration from Baruch College. She serves as the Executive Director of the Association of Arts Administration Education in the US. Before this, she acted as the Managing Director of the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation for Creative Writing for nearly 15 years, overseeing the foundation's initiatives in both Bulgaria and the United States. Under her leadership, EKF’s work has garnered coverage by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Publishing Perspectives, Poets & Writers, Oberlin's College Blog Reading in Translation, and the organization was shortlisted for the Literary Translation Initiative Award of the London Book Fair's International Excellence Awards 2021.

In her current role, Milena spearheaded year-round programs for the Association of Arts Administration Education, such as the first year-round Mentorship Program, Professional Development and Research Series, and the Arts Administration Fellowships, and increased the organization's budget tenfold.

She routinely participates in review panels at the Department of Cultural Affairs in New York, among other arts councils. Milena co-authored Cultural Policy, Politics and Change (ed. Boekmanstichting, Amsterdam, 2005) and wrote  Technological Park Culture (ed. Ecumest, Bucharest, 2005). She contributed to the anthology "Stories from the 90s" (ICU, 2023).