Hi all, As per earlier chat in the Teams meeting today - please see below information on VAPAC's new ED. I imagine many if not all of you know Linda from her work as a producer and advocate for the sector - she was at APAM and APAX this year, so quite likely you've also physically crossed paths. Please note this is still embargoed news, but we have some limited reach to share this news now - hold close until you see official comms. Many thanks Katherine Katherine Connor | Executive Director | PAC Australia | +61 (0) 419 428 412 | paca.org.au<http://www.paca.org.au/> From: Jade Smith <jade@vapac.org.au> Sent: Wednesday, 21 October 2026 12:42 PM To: Lynda de Koning <lynda@paca.org.au>; Katherine Connor <katherine@paca.org.au> Cc: PAC Australia Admin <admin@paca.org.au>; Linda Catalano VAPAC <director@vapac.org.au> Subject: PAPA & Arts Market Managers Meetings - Inviting VAPAC's New Executive Director You don't often get email from jade@vapac.org.au. Learn why this is important<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> Hi Lynda and Katherine, I'm emailing to e-introduce you to VAPAC's incoming Executive Director, Linda Catalano. You may well have crossed paths in the past, as Linda joins us from many years of touring and attending arts markets! Linda can be contacted about VAPAC matters at director@vapac.org.au<mailto:director@vapac.org.au> (CC'd here!) Would you please be able to add Linda to all PAPA comms and meetings? We are yet to formally work through this handover, but Linda will now be VAPAC's PAPA representative. Would you please also be able to add Linda to the calendar invite for the upcoming Arts Market Managers meetings once the time for those is set? We will remain dual contacts for AMM stuff, and will both aim to attend our next meeting on Tuesday 27th October. Linda's appointment hasn't yet been announced publicly, so please don't spread this beyond PAPA and the Arts Market Managers group at this stage! All the best, [Image removed by sender. vapac.org.au]<http://vapac.org.au/> [Image removed by sender. showcasevictoria.com.au]<http://showcasevictoria.com.au/> Jade Smith (she/her) Program Producer Ph. 0423 847 638 My work days are Mon - Wed & Fri vapac.org.au<http://vapac.org.au/> [cid:ii_19e80b6e1ba01]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/victorian-association-of-performing-arts-ce...> [cid:ii_19e80b6e1bb02] <https://vimeo.com/user116093516> [cid:ii_19e80b6e1bc03] <https://vapac.org.au/e-news/> VAPAC acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands where we live and work and upon which our member venues are situated throughout Victoria and beyond. We pay our respects to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present.