Exit interview: Jenny Ryssenbeek, ex-Executive Director, VAPAC

After 15 years as Executive Director of the Victorian Association of Performing Arts Centres, Ryssenbeek has stepped across into a part time role with the organisation.

A combination of personal reasons and the demands of a changing industry environment have led to Jenny Ryssenbeek stepping down as Executive Director of the Victorian Association of Performing Arts Centres (VAPAC) after 15 years in the role.

‘What VAPAC is delivering has been highly valued, over the last two years particularly. And during a review of our strategic plans, and all the other things that we’ve been putting in place to actually look at funding opportunities and where we’re going, it became very apparent that the role needed to be full time,’ Ryssenbeek said.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts