Balboa Park Online Collaborative
Tom Owen currently serves as a Strategic Planning & Creative Development Specialist at Balboa Park Online Collaborative, a position held since June 2025. Prior to this, Tom was the VP, Senior Planner and Designer at PGAV Destinations from October 1997 to May 2025, where Tom co-led the museum and culture practice, contributing to planning and design for various cultural institutions. Tom holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Arts from Webster University, earned between 1978 and 1981.
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Balboa Park Online Collaborative
Balboa Park Online Collaborative’s mission is to: - Facilitate and execute a fundamental change in the way museums, cultural arts and science institutions in Balboa Park approach the use of online technology by making online technology an integral part of the way the institutions fulfill their missions, interact with patrons, and collaborate; - To improve their technology capabilities while reducing costs by bringing organizations with similar needs together on mutually beneficial projects; and - To allow smaller institutions the benefit of having technology systems of the same quality as larger organizations, who in turn benefit from streamlined expenditures. BPOC's 20 member institutions include: Balboa Park Conservancy, Balboa Park Cultural Partnership, Japanese Friendship Garden Society of San Diego, Mingei International Museum, Museum of Photographic Arts, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego Air & Space Museum, San Diego Automotive Museum, San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum, San Diego Historical Society, San Diego Junior Theatre, The San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego Youth Symphony, Spanish Village Art Center, The Old Globe, Timken Museum of Art, WorldBeat Center, and the Zoological Society of San Diego.