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Jessica Smyser

Vice-President · Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center

Vice-President at Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

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Ambiguous identity This name matches 2 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
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Roles reported
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Others who share this name
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Who this is

Profile

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Reported as Vice-President of Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, based in Cambridge, MA.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Jessica Smyser is the Executive Director of Brookline Interactive Group (BIG), a community media arts center. She is passionate about providing arts and culture organizations and educational institutions with strategic coherence, financial sustainability, and operational efficacy.

Prior to BIG, she served as Executive Director at Cambridge Community Television (CCTV), where she focused on establishing the center as an inclusive, modern, and anti-racist organization. Her work emphasizes inspiring action among employees and community partners to support access and civic engagement.

Compiled from public web sources (3 cited), grounded to the filed record.

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Career & tenure

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Tenure here
2025
Earlier career
  • Executive Director, Cambridge Community Television (CCTV) (January 2021 - ~2024/2025)
  • Adjunct Professor, Leadership and Non-profit Management, Van Loan School of Professional Studies at Endicott College (~2017 - 2021)
  • Director of Relationships and Reciprocity, Academy for the Love of Learning in Santa Fe (prior to CCTV)
  • Marketing Director, Rounder Records
  • General Manager, Q Division Records
Education
  • Claremont Lincoln University · Master's degree in Organizational Development and Ethical Leadership
  • Smith College · Bachelor's degree in American Studies

Affiliations

Organizations

Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center Vice-President · $615K revenue · Cambridge, MAOPERATION OF A MULTICULTURAL VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTERFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Jessica Smyser

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Jessica Smyser 1 organization · Cambridge, MACambridge Public Access Corporation INC
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Jessica Smyser 1 organization · Brookline, MABrookline Cable Community Trust INC

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Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

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Former Executive Director · FY2020
$98K
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Artistic Director · FY2024
$54K
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Managing Director · FY2024
$41K
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President · FY2024
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Treasurer · FY2024
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Secretary/Clerk · FY2024
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Director · FY2024
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Director · FY2024
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Former Secretary/Clerk · FY2022
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Former Director · FY2022
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Former Vice President · FY2021
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Former Director · FY2021

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