Lane Czaplinski is the Artistic Director of On The Boards - one of the leading centers for contemporary performance in the Western United States. Prior to moving to Seattle in 2002, Czaplinski worked as the Program Manager at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. In January 2010, Czaplinski helped launch On The Boards TV, an online, pay-per-view platform for contemporary performance videos. He has worked with many organizations as a panelist/advisor including the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, National Endowment for the Arts, National Dance Project, Japan Foundation, National Performance Network, Creative Capital, Herb Alpert Foundation, Australia Council for the Arts, Pew Charitable Trusts, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, USArtists, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, American College Dance Festival and the Bessie Committee.