Leeann Wallett is Program Officer, AmbitioUS at the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI), a national pooled fund program that invests in alternative economic paradigms of and federated infrastructure by those most dispossessed—primarily African American and Native American communities—who are seeking financial self-determination in order to preserve and support their cultural identity and artistic expressions on their own terms. 

Leeann has more than fifteen years of experience in the nonprofit industry and state government in various positions—from a regional arts organization, the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state arts agency, and two nonprofit museums—focused on grantmaking to organizations and individuals, program and budget management, and community development. In addition, she has worked as a grant writer, organizational strategy consultant, and a grant panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, Nebraska Arts Council, and Creative West (formerly WESTAF).

Leeann holds a M.M. from Southern Methodist University/HEC Montréal in International Arts Management and a B.A. from American University in Foreign Language (Spanish) & Communications Media. In her spare time, she is a board member for Jefferson Street Center, and a fiber and embroidery artist.