Breakthrough Art Organization
Jeffrey Thinnes is an accomplished professional with extensive experience spanning various sectors. As the founder and CEO of JTI, Inc. since May 1999, Jeffrey Thinnes has utilized decades of international expertise in business strategy, law, compliance, public policy, communications, and leadership to provide valuable solutions to clients. In addition, Jeffrey Thinnes established and presides over Breakthrough Art Organization, which supports artists addressing critical human rights issues. As the co-founder and CEO of SummaForte, Jeffrey Thinnes has developed innovative wellness products for athletes. Jeffrey Thinnes has also contributed to academia as an adjunct professor at both Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Georgetown University. Other notable leadership roles include founding the Rotary Club of Great Falls Virginia and serving as Vice President for Manugistics, GmbH, and Mercedes Benz Daimler AG. Educational credentials include degrees from Harvard University, University of Notre Dame, Universität des Saarlandes, and Indiana University Bloomington.
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Breakthrough Art Organization
Our first project is “Breakthrough! – 20 Years After German Unification – Critical Perspectives of Berlin Artists.” We will bring 10 Berlin artists and their art in 2010 to five cities across the US. All ten artists lived behind the Iron Curtain in former East Germany and either were imprisoned, deported, or both for expressing themselves freely as artists. Their stories of risk-taking to exercise their freedom of expression are compelling. In each of the five cities we will have a one-month exhibition, and most importantly, we will set up a series of dialogue with the artists and high schoolers, university students, business, political, and NGO leaders and others from the communities to talk about the underlying values reflected in the lives of these artists and in their art – courage, freedom of expression, optimism, commitment, etc. We hope to inspire many people to view these values as true gifts to be nurtured and not taken for granted.