Erin Clark Fenton has more than nine years professional experience in Chicago nonprofits including PAWS Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Goodman Theatre. From 2014 to 2019, she was Project Manager for the Communications, Design and Digital Marketing departments at the Art Institute. While working at the museum, Erin earned the Graphic Design certificate from the School of the Art Institute's Continuing Studies program. She is currently enrolled in the Editing certificate program at the University of Chicago's Graham School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
Before joining the Art Institute of Chicago, Erin worked for the Goodman Theatre’s Marketing Department from 2011 to 2014, first as Marketing Associate and then as
Marketing Coordinator.
While studying Communication and Theatre at Loyola University Chicago, Erin interned in the newsroom at WHIO-TV (the CBS affiliate near her hometown of Centerville, Ohio), Goodman Theatre and McPhilimy Associates. After graduating, Erin interned at O’Malley Hansen Communications, where she assisted her mentors on accounts like Gilda’s Club Chicago. Following her OHC internship, Erin accepted the position of Digital Media Assistant Account Executive at Zeno Group, an Edelman company. She worked for Zeno’s social media team on accounts including but not limited to Seattle's Best Coffee and Sears.
Erin and her husband Rob currently live in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. Erin enjoys running and walking along the lake with their two dogs, Barkley and Goose. Erin has run two half marathons: The Disneyland Star Wars Half Marathon as well as the Chicago Spring Half Marathon with the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Team Momentum.
