Nagham Wehbe

Strategist, researcher, and award-winning storyteller, Nagham Wehbe, joined ACG in 2021, enriching the team with her multifaceted professional, academic, and cultural background. She heads the strategic planning and research practices and plays a pivotal role in enhancing all ACG’s practice areas. With expertise in stakeholder engagement, organizational assessments, market research, benchmarking, and data analysis, Nagham excels at transforming complex information into clear, actionable strategies that enable clients to make impactful decisions.

A specialist in strategic arts and cultural planning, Nagham has collaborated with a distinguished roster of clients, including the City of Portsmouth, City of Scottsdale, The Drama League of New York, The Naples Players, SFJazz, and Joe Goode Performance Group, among others. Her expertise includes organizational development, change management, planning frameworks and processes, and community development.

Before her tenure at ACG, Nagham honed her research skills with renowned companies such as CBS, and 20th Century Studios. Artistically, Nagham grew up immersed in the theater world. Her lifelong connection to the arts is further enriched by her active participation in international film and cultural festivals, deepening her global perspective on arts and culture.

Nagham holds a bachelor's degree in Radio, Television, and Film from California State University, Fullerton, and a master’s degree in communication management from the University of Southern California. Recently, she earned her MBA with a focus on Arts Innovation from The Global Leaders Institute, a one-of-a-kind program co-curated by top universities, including Harvard, Georgetown, Stanford, and Duke. Nagham is also a certified coach, workshop facilitator, and intercultural development inventory administrator. Her dedication to fostering positive, sustainable change in the arts and culture sector drives her leadership and commitment.