TOM JACOBSON has 16 years of fundraising and nonprofit management experience. Prior to his current position as Vice President for Development at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, he was the Director of Development at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He is also a playwright with more than 40 productions to his credit, including The Beloved Disciple, Cyberqueer, Tainted Blood, Degenerate Art, and most recently House of the Rising Son at the Vital Theatre in New York. He is the literary manager of Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles and a founding member of Playwrights Ink.