Omari Rush engages the arts as a passion and profession, and in each mode, he enjoys discovery and deepening impacts. As executive director of CultureSource in Detroit, he advances efforts to have creative expression thrive in communities. His complementary civic service ranges from recently completing an appointment to the State of Michigan Arts and Culture Council (serving three governors, two as their council chair) and a term as chair of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, to currently working as a board member of the Lewis Prize for Music and SeaChange Capital Partners.Omari earned degrees in music from the University of Michigan and Florida State University and has extended his love for learning by now teaching at the University of Michigan, by completing fellowships with the Salzburg Global Forum and Association of Performing Arts Professionals, and by serving on research advisory committees for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Indiana University O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs.In 2022 the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan awarded to Omari its prestigious Mariam C. Noland Award for Nonprofit Leadership, and in 2018 he was named one of Crain's Detroit Business's "40 Under Forty."A lapsed clarinetist, Omari now primarily plays on a Rivendell Clem-L bicycle, which he rides daily on streets and trails.