EJ Encalarde

Festival Productions, Inc, President and Chief Operating Officer

As President and Chief Operating Officer of Festival Productions, Inc. of New Orleans, Eugenié “EJ” Encalarde has extensive experience as the Coordinating Producer of The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the world’s foremost, one-of-a-kind, large-scale music event. She works with multi-generational teams across all organizational levels. Encalarde is also a certified strengths coach, teaming facilitator, and university B-School lecturer with over 30 years of project management experience.