Conversations with DC's Leading Women in Music - Session 4: Donna Westmoreland

  • 14 Jul 2020
  • 5:00 PM


WIMspirations | Conversations with DC's Leading Women in Music - Session 4: Donna Westmoreland, Chief Operating Officer, I.M.P. / Merriweather Post Pavilion /The Anthem / 9:30 Club / Lincoln Theater 

Join us for an interactive conversation with some of DC's most inspirational women in music. Led by Melanie Shark, Chair of WIMDC, you will have the opportunity to learn about how these women became the successes they are today, their organizations and roles, and how they support equality in the workplace. The majority of each event will focus on Q&A from the audience.

Donna Westmoreland is the Chief Operating Officer of I.M.P., Inc., the Washington, DC company that operates the renowned 9:30 Club, The Anthem, Merriweather Post Pavilion and the Lincoln Theatre. An avid music fan and born event planner, Donna was drawn to the independent company post-college, quickly taking on production responsibilities and subsequently becoming General Manager. She returned to I.M.P. as VP of Marketing after spearheading the marketing, nonprofit and sponsorship components of Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Fair touring festival. Its groundbreaking, all-woman lineup played over 130 shows in three years at major North American venues including the Rose Bowl, Jones Beach and The Gorge in Washington State. In her roles at both I.M.P. and Lilith Fair, Donna has enjoyed opportunities to work with top performers, Fortune 100 executives and national and regional leaders. Active in civic and philanthropic causes, curating benefit events at I.M.P. venues and elsewhere. Donna served on the Board of Directors of Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, organizing an annual fundraising hike for 10 years. She is the Vice President of Washington, DC’s Southwest BID and served on the Sports & Entertainment subcommittee of Mayor Bowser’s ReOpen DC Committee in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Donna is a third-generation Washingtonian; she spent most of her childhood abroad with her Foreign Service officer father and family, primarily in Southeast Asia. She attended high school in Bethesda before attending the University of Maryland, where she studied Government and Politics.


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