Ed Yim is a performing arts consultant with expertise in fundraising, strategic planning, project management, theater, classical music and public media. He offers arts organizations fractional leadership or project consultancy to support them in their work towards a more sustainable and impactful future. His ongoing relationships and projects include working as a Senior Consultant at TOC Arts Partners (an executive search and strategy for arts organizations) and as Advancement and Partnerships Advisor to the Fisher Arts Center LAB at Bard College.

Most recently the Chief Content Officer and Senior Vice President of WQXR, Ed was responsible for developing and implementing a strategic vision that helped WQXR reach a broader, more inclusive audience, drove digital innovation, bolstered the station’s role in New York City’s arts and culture ecosystem, and increased WQXR’s relevance and service to the city’s communities. Under his leadership, WQXR formulated a new strategic plan that focused on developing younger audiences for classical music, partnering with its community’s arts organizations and building a new portfolio of podcasts. He managed the station’s operating budget and led fundraising across NYPR’s diversified revenue base of members, donors, and sponsors.

Ed also served as President and CEO of American Composers Orchestra (ACO), where he strengthened its mission to commission, perform, promote, and celebrate orchestral music by American composers — with particular focus on female-identifying, transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming artists, Black and Latinx artists, and immigrant artists. He also led a strategic planning process that focused on partnerships, composer recruitment and a more expansive performance venue strategy.

Prior to ACO, Ed held senior positions at the New York Philharmonic, New York City Opera, IMG Artists, and The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. He received his BA in Government from Harvard College and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University with additional training through the National Arts Strategies CEO Program and Harvard Business School’s Strategic Perspectives on Nonprofit Management course. His past and present board service includes young artist focused Concert Artists Guild (where he also led the most recent strategic plan), Vision Into Art, International Contemporary Ensemble, New Music USA and the League of American Orchestras.