Leigh Hayden

Possessing more than 25 years in agency and client-side experience, Leigh started during the Center’s 2006–2007 season where she and a team of three are now responsible for Presenting Series and Browning Cinema marketing. Leigh is also involved in arts engagement initiatives, identifying ways to unite and promote the arts at Notre Dame on campus and in the community. She served on the boards of the Indiana Housing Finance Authority, the Conservatory of Dance, and the Montessori Academy at Edison Lakes. Before joining the staff, Leigh led marketing, alumni annual giving and, finally, operations at the National GEM Consortium where she also set the organization’s positioning, brand foundation, directed logo development, and named GRAD Lab, the organization’s signature undergraduate program.