Randy Engstrom
Founding Director of Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
Randy Engstrom, Deputy Director
As the Deputy Director, Randy is focused on strengthening DNDA's capacity to deliver results. With a communicative and collaborative style, Randy serves as the chief of staff and is working to redevelop key internal systems - human resources, administration, communication, and planning.
Randy joined our staff as the Founding Director of DNDA's Youngstown Cultural Arts Center in 2005, and recently served as the Interim Director of the King County Food and Fitness Initiative.
Randy spent 3 years as the Founding CEO of Static Factory Media, an artist development organization that owned and operated a record label, bar/performance venue, graphic design house, recording studio, and web development business. Before Static Factory Randy was the Program Coordinator of the Fremont Unconventional Center, a non profit event space dedicated to helping other charitable organizations with their fundraising efforts through event facilitation and support. He is also a founding member of Stronghold Arts Collective, an artist live work project comprised of 4 neighboring houses collectively owned by 8 resident artists.
Randy is the Vice Chair of the Seattle Arts Commission, and Chair the Facilities and Economic Development Committee. He is also a board member of the Washington Bus, an organization that seeks to engage young people in the civic arena and develop future leaders. In 2009, Randy was honored with the Americans for the Arts Presents Emerging Leader Award, and recognized by the Seattle Weekly as Seattle's Best Anti-Isolationist and by the Puget Sound Business Journal as one of the 40 under 40 to watch.
