Creative Identity

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CEO/Executive Director

George J. Gilliam

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George J. Gilliam is the founder and executive director of Creative Identity and serves as the musical director of Creative Identity. Mr. Gilliam received his bachelor's degree from Xavier University in New Orleans and, in 1992, earned a bachelor's in music therapy from California State University, Long Beach. He is an accomplished jazz guitar recording artist and has served adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Southern California since 1992. Mr. Gilliam is also a music therapist and was the program director of Hope University, the first creative-arts therapy facility in Orange County for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. He founded Creative Identity in 1996 with the vision of assisting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to achieve a higher degree of independence, increase their integration and inclusion in the broader community, improve their quality of life, and reach their creative potentials as productive and contributing members of society. Recently, Mr. Gilliam was recognized by the City of Laguna Beach and The World Kindness USA, who presented him with the “2024 Courage to Be Kind Award.”

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