The Music Institute of Chicago, which aims to lead people to a lifelong engagement with music, announces Shalisa Kline Ugaz as its next President and CEO.

Ugaz, who lives in Highland Park, Illinois, will be responsible for strengthening the Music Institute’s financial foundation, increasing its endowment, expanding its footprint across the Chicago metropolitan region, raising its profile among Chicago’s business and civic institutions, and extending and innovating its community engagements, all while maintaining the current high quality of its extensive and varied music instruction. Members of the Music Institute Board of Trustees engaged a national search firm to identify a visionary leader aligned with the Music Institute’s mission.

Read more in the full announcement at the Music Institute of Chicago website here.