About: Carol A. Bogash
I was born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in Hurlock, a small rural town in the middle of chicken and corn country. I graduated from Cambridge High School, which provided its academic class an extraordinary education. I began piano lessons when I was 3, and at age 8, I started studying at Peabody Preparatory in Baltimore, MD. I began my first business at age 12, opening a piano studio that was the first on the Eastern Shore to welcome all students, including African Americans.
I have managed small and large staffs, ranging from 2 to well over 200 people. I have been responsible for annual budgets small and large, ranging from $250,000 to $34 million. I have worked with and served on boards of directors, worked with union workers and negotiated union contracts. I have extensive experience partnering with cities and countries, creating individualized programs, and negotiating multi-million dollar agreements.
Photo: Carol A. Bogash receiving the Palmes Académiques from Ambassador Vimont at the Embassy of France, Washington, DC, 2009.
6 Key Principles for Success
Throughout my entire career, I have achieved success by adhering to these 6 principles:
- Constantly monitor a business environment for challenges, assess the root cause, and ask “How Might We…?” to create a solution.
- Recognize that partners are the key to success and growth.
- Never forget that businesses of all kinds- for-profit and non-profit- are human-centered enterprises. Always seek to understand what customers, clients, and the community need.
- Empower employees to learn, to create new ideas, to contribute to the mission and vision of the organization- they are the drivers of success not only for themselves but for the enterprise.
- Creativity and resourcefulness are the underlying elements of true success.
- Supporting underserved populations strengthens the community and your business.
In this video, Carol Bogash joins other participants in a panel discussion, "Designing Progress through the Arts," organized by the Aspen Institute to explore how Baltimore can evolve into a socially cohesive, economically vibrant, and culturally rich and innovative city.
Partial Client List
Consulting Provided To:
Boeing
Lockheed Martin
Kraft Corporation
City of Long Beach, California
Arizona Tourist Commission
City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
City of Providence, Rhode Island
City of Arlington, Texas
European Union
Embassy of France
Countries of Italy, France, Norway, Austria, England, Wales, Japan, Russia
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission
McLean Project for the Arts
Baltimore Symphony Musicians
Dance Chamber Project
Heifetz Institute
Brevard Music Festival
Curtis Bay/Brooklyn Community Service Initiative
United Way of Central Maryland
Children’s Chorus of Maryland
Maryland Opera
Casa de Maryland
Dorchester Center for the Arts
CAAPA
Baltimore City Public Schools
Baltimore Arts Education Initiative
Washington Conservatory of Music
Americans for the Arts National Arts Education Council
Fundraising Successes Include:
History Channel
Discovery Channel
Pfizer Corporation
Ford Foundation
British Council
Whiting Turner Construction
Mash Corporation
Mellon Foundation
Joseph Foundation
Macy Foundation
National Science Foundation
Tourist Councils
Individual Philanthropists
Yale Gordon Foundation
