NEWS BRIEF: Atlanta Ballet brings in new executive director

Tom West Atlanta Ballet
Photo credit: Courtesy Atlanta Ballet
Tom West, Executive Director of the Atlanta Ballet
The Atlanta Ballet has named Tom West as its new executive director. West, 54, was head of advancement at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles and began his career in arts management at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. The AJC reports West “has a proven track record of increasing minority participation.” ajc.com