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Zoom June 18, 2020 5pm -7:30pm Debby Buchholz La Jolla Playhouse Managing Director

Ms. Buchholz joined the Playhouse in 2002, serving ﬁrst as General Manager before becoming Managing Director. She is a Vice President of the League of Resident Theaters (LORT) and a member of its Executive Committee. She is a recipient of a San Diego Women Who Mean Business Award from The San Diego Business Journal. Prior to joining La Jolla Playhouse, she served as Counsel to The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. She was a faculty member of the Smithsonian Institution’s program on Legal Problems of Museum Administration. Prior to The Kennedy Center, she served as a corporate attorney in New York City and Washington, D.C. She is a graduate of UC San Diego and Harvard Law School. Ms. Buchholz and her husband, noted author and White House economic policy advisor Todd Buchholz, live in Solana Beach and are the proud parents of Victoria, Katherine and Alexia. Carrie Bilek Richmond Ballet Marketing and Communications Director

After 14 years in healthcare marketing, Carrie joined Richmond Ballet in May of 2017. She is a graduate of the University of Richmond where she studied Business Administration (Finance) and French. Carrie was a member of UR’s University Dancers, serving as co-captain her senior year. Having always had a goal to work in arts administration, Carrie completed internships with the French Film Festival in Richmond, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and Shakespeare’s Globe in London. Carrie is thrilled to be able to combine her love for dance with her business experience as a member of the Ballet’s marketing team. Anna Birtles Jacksonville Symphony Director of Marketing and Communications Brett Bonda Richmond Ballet Managing Director

Brett Bonda is now in his 34th season with Richmond Ballet, having served the organization as a dancer, administrator, educator, and director. A dancer with the professional company from 1985-1995, Mr. Bonda performed much of the company’s repertory, dancing lead roles in ballets such as Rodeo and Coppélia, and appearing in the premiere of Stoner Winslett’s original work, Ancient Airs and Dances. After learning of the outreach work done through Lori Klinger and the National Institute of Dance, Mr. Bonda elected to retire from the stage to become the Education and Minds In Motion Director for Richmond Ballet. Mr. Bonda served as the program’s artistic and administrative coordinator for 16 years. Additionally, Mr. Bonda has served as the Ballet’s Company Manager, Tour Manager, and video producer, before stepping into his current role as Managing Director where he has worked closely with members of the Ballet’s Board to oversee the organization’s strategic planning and governance, and to initiate the ‘Road to China’ project in 2014. Mr. Bonda’s work with Richmond Ballet has been recognized both statewide and nationally: he has served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and as a juror for the Coming Up Taller Awards, and he is a board member for Virginians for the Arts. In 2001, Mr. Bonda received Richmond Magazine’s Theresa Pollak Award for Excellence in the Arts and in the summer of 2014, he represented the United States at the U.S.-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange in Beijing alongside U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Richmond Ballet Artistic Director Stoner Winslett. Mr. Bonda is an alumnus of Virginia Intermont College, and lives in Mechanicsville with his wife, Annette, and their two sons, Aaron and Ethan. Greg Cameron Joffrey Ballet Executive Director

Inspired by his lifelong love for the arts, for his hometown, and for connecting with people from every background, Greg Cameron leads the Joffrey Ballet as President and CEO, responsible for organization-wide administration and strategy. Under Greg’s partnership with The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director Ashley Wheater, the Joffrey has set new records at the box ofﬁce and built the strongest ﬁnancial foundation in its history.

Before joining the Joffrey, Greg spent three decades supporting art and artists and creating meaningful experiences for others at the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and WTTW/WFMT. In addition to leading the Joffrey, Greg throws himself into his community, volunteering for a wide range of nonproﬁt organizations and civic committees, including the Facing History and Ourselves Chicago Advisory Board, Enrich Chicago, and the UIC Chancellor’s Leadership Board. Greg also serves as a State Street Commissioner. Matt Carwardine-Palmer Welsh National Opera Director of Marketing & Sales

Matt Carwardine-Palmer is a highly experienced arts marketer based in south Wales.

Matt gained senior management experience as Head of Marketing / Marketing Director at HST Theatres (Wycombe Swan & Wyvern Theatre), and as Head of Marketing at Bristol Old Vic before becoming self-employed in late 2006.

Matt has worked with a wide range of clients including Orchestras Live, Shakespeare’s Globe, Wales Millennium Centre, Royal & Derngate, National Theatre of Scotland and Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy. He was also Course Director for the TMA’s ‘Druidstone’ Essentials of Marketing in 2010 and 2011.

Matt holds a First Class BA (Hons) in Arts Management and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, holding Chartered Marketer status. He was a Trustee of Audiences South West from 2006-2009, a National Advisor to the Arts Council of Wales from 2012-15 and a Trustee of Sinfonia Cymru from 2014-19.

In December 2016, Matt joined Welsh National Opera full-time in the newly created role of Director of Marketing & Sales. In 2018 he also joined the Opera Europa Marketing & Communications steering group. Mary Cook La Jolla Playhouse Director of Communications Tanya Derksen Philadelphia Orchestra Vice President of Artistic Production

Tanya Derksen is the Vice President of Artistic Production for The Philadelphia Orchestra. She joined the team last fall after moving from Canada where she has almost twenty years of experience in the music industry as a performer, teacher, board member, and arts administration leader.

Previous to this role, she was Executive Director of the Regina Symphony Orchestra (RSO) and led the organization to increased growth in subscription revenue and sponsorships, transformed the customer service and marketing approach, established new educational programs, and developed a visionary 5-year strategic plan for the organization.

Tanya has a strong education and community outreach background from her work as Director of Education and Outreach with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. In 2011, she initiated an innovative program called Sistema Winnipeg – an intensive, 5-day a week, after-school youth orchestra program based on the El Sistema model in Venezuela – for students living in neighborhoods with the lowest socio-economic status in Winnipeg.

Tanya is a passionate and active arts leader with experience on various boards in the arts and business community. Currently, she is the chair of board of directors for Orchestras Canada. She has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Manitoba and a Bachelor of Music (piano) from Brandon University. Rachel Fine The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Executive Director and CEO

Rachel Fine was named Executive Director/CEO of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (The Wallis) in June 2018. Prior to assuming her position as Managing Director of The Wallis in November 2015, she was Senior Consultant at the DeVos Institute of Arts Management. Drawing upon an 18-year career in the arts as a versatile administrator, educator, and fundraiser, as well as a professional classical musician, Fine served as Executive Director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), establishing LACO as orchestra-in-residence for the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA in an ongoing and mutually beneficial collaboration; successfully shepherding LACO through the challenges of the Great Recession; and expanding the reach of the Orchestra with prestigious debuts beyond Los Angeles. In addition, she spearheaded high-profile community events as “Play Me, I’m Yours,” an ambitious three-week project that placed 30 pianos in 30 locations across Los Angeles, and Strad Fest LA, a four-day citywide festival featuring eight Stradivarius violins. Strad Fest LA earned press coverage in The Wall Street Journal and on “60 Minutes,” and also resulted in a record-breaking fundraiser for LACO. In addition, she served in leadership positions at such institutions as the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, where she helped found the Young Men’s Ensemble, a rare choral group for young men with changing voices, for The Juilliard School, Santa Fe Opera, and the Aspen Music Festival, as well as the renowned San Francisco-based period ensemble Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. Fine completed a one-year comprehensive Management Fellowship in 2001-02 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts under the guidance of then-President Michael M. Kaiser. Fine was also selected to participate in the 2012 Leadership L.A. program, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission’s 2008-09 Arts Leadership Initiative, and the 2007-08 Wells Fargo New Executive Directors Institute of Southern California’s Executive Service Corps. She is a founding mentor of the Los Angeles Emerging Arts Leaders’ mentorship program. An accomplished pianist, Fine studied at the Eastman School of Music and the University of California, Irvine, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in music. She also attended graduate school in musicology at Yale University. She served on the Board of Directors of the Association of California Symphony Orchestras (ACSO) for six years and recently joined the Board of Councilors for the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where she also teaches a graduate course in executive arts leadership. Fine has been enlisted as moderator and panelist by ACSO, League of American Orchestras, USC Thornton School of Music and Chorus America, and has served as advisor since 2009 to the DeVos Institute of Arts Management with clients that include the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. She and her husband, Christopher Hawthorne, the Chief Design Officer for the City of Los Angeles, have two children who love the arts. Alan Fletcher Aspen Music Festival and School President and CEO

Alan Fletcher, one of this country's most accomplished music administrators and respected composers, was born in 1956 in Riverside, New Jersey, and earned his baccalaureate at Princeton University (1978) and his master's degree (1979) and doctorate (1983) at Juilliard. He studied composition with Roger Sessions, Milton Babbitt, Edward T. Cone, and Paul Lansky and piano with Jacob Lateiner and Robert Helps. In 1985, Fletcher was appointed to the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music, teaching composition and theory and serving successively during his 16-year tenure at the school as Dean, Provost, and Senior Vice President. From 2001 to 2006, he was Professor of Music and Head of the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, after which he assumed his current position as president and CEO of the Aspen Music Festival and School.

Fletcher has lectured nationally and internationally on music and music administration and served on many boards, panels, juries, seminars and committees, including the board of the Aspen Institute and the Pittsburgh Opera. He has also contributed articles and op-ed pieces to the Huffington Post, BBC Magazine, The Guardian, Symphony magazine, Gramophone magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Sonus: Journal of Global Music, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Baltimore Sun, the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, Chronicle of Higher Education, and many others. Fletcher has won numerous composing awards and received commissions from the National Dance Institute, the Pittsburgh Symphony (2008, 2011, and 2015), Los Angeles Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Nashua Symphony, National Gallery of Art, Boston Celebrity Series, Duquesne University, New York Camerata, and other noted ensembles, organizations, and soloists. Mr. Fletcher’s Piano Concerto, written for pianist Inon Barnatan, premiered in the summer of 2017 at the Aspen Music Festival and School and Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Hollywood Bowl. He chaired the 1997 Salzburg Seminar Music for a New Millenium: The Classical Genre in Contemporary Society. Ryan Fleur Philadelphia Orchestra Executive Director

Ryan Fleur is currently executive director of The Philadelphia Orchestra, responsible for the day-to-day management and business-model development of one of the world’s leading orchestras. The Orchestra produces over 160 full orchestral performances each year in Philadelphia, the U.S., and around the world. Fleur has oversight for all production, marketing, human resources, information technology, digital media, government and global relations, and institutional planning initiatives. He provides confidential counsel to the president/CEO and works in close partnership with the chief of staff, chief financial officer, vice president of artistic planning, and vice president of development. He negotiates all union and business contracts that deploy the services of the Orchestra and has responsibility for a contributed revenue portfolio from government, corporate, individual, and foundation sources. Fleur has created a sustainable revenue stream for the Orchestra tied to cultural-exchange relationships with the People’s Republic of China and has re-established weekly local radio broadcasts through WRTI-FM and inaugurated national weekly, exclusive broadcasts through SiriusXM Satellite Radio after a 25-year absence. He has taken a leading role in the Orchestra’s future as it approaches its 125th anniversary in 2025. Prior to moving to Philadelphia, Fleur was president and CEO of the Memphis Symphony, an organization offering more than 250 performances and events annually. The Symphony is viewed by the community as a key artistic and civic asset. With his leadership, the Memphis Symphony saw significant increases in the donor base, contributed income, earned revenue, and overall fiscal stability. He directed the design of a new organizational approach, in which musician-led initiatives guided ground-breaking partnership work with local corporations, non-profits, and centers for learning. This work was recognized and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Fleur has a BA from Boston University, where he studied economics, business, and finance. He was trained as a pianist, and served as program director and pianist for the Boston Ballet before being selected to participate in the Orchestra Management Fellowship Program of the League of American Orchestras. As a fellow for the 1996-97 season, he worked with the San Francisco Symphony, the New Jersey Symphony, and the Indianapolis Symphony. The following year, he served as executive assistant to the managing director of the New York Philharmonic. In 1998 Fleur was appointed executive director of the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, one of four professional cooperative orchestras in the United States. He led that ensemble through an international search for a conductor, an extensive planning process, and a revitalization of the governing board, while establishing strong programs in education and community engagement. Fleur left Boston in 2003 to become chief executive of the Memphis Symphony. Fleur and his wife, Laura Banchero, a professional ballet instructor and former dancer, have two children, Robert and Anna. David Fisk Richmond Symphony Executive Director

David Fisk joined the Richmond Symphony as its executive director in June 2002. Born in Great Britain and now a US citizen, David previously served as chief executive of the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast, the national symphony of Northern Ireland. Prior to that, he was general manager of the Orchestra of St. John’s, Smith Square in London; development director for the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the UK’s leading open-air art gallery; and was creator and executive director of the award- winning Manchester International Festival of Expressionism 1992. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2001.

David began his musical life at age eight as a boy chorister for five years at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, where he also studied piano, cello and organ. He continued those studies through high school, before pursuing a bachelor’s degree in music from Manchester University. He holds a postgraduate diploma in piano accompaniment from the Royal Northern College of Music, where he also studied harpsichord, composition and conducting. David worked for a number of years as a professional musician before moving into arts management. Although his day job now prevents him from playing the piano as much as he would like, David continues to give public concerts frequently as an instrumental and vocal accompanist.

David Fisk is married to the Irish soprano Anne O’Byrne. They live just south of the James River in the Woodland Heights neighborhood of Richmond with their daughter Fionnuala and son Oliver. Cynthia Fuhrman Portland Center Stage Managing Director

As Managing Director, Cynthia leads the teams responsible for the theater’s operations, finance, human resources, patron services and marketing efforts, and works closely with the artistic director and the board of trustees on the overall strategic direction for the company. After earning her M.A. in English, Cynthia started her theater career at Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 1982, working in PR, marketing and education. When OSF agreed to open a branch theater in Portland in 1988, Cynthia was among the OSF staff members who relocated to help open the new company, OSF Portland, which became Portland Center Stage when it spun off to an independent organization in 1994. Cynthia remained with the company until 1998, leaving to become COO at the Portland/San Francisco-based digital marketing company, eyescream interactive. In 2003, she moved to Seattle to become the Director of Marketing and Communications at Seattle Repertory Theatre. She returned to Portland in 2007 as Director of Communications at the City of Portland’s Office of Sustainable Development, but by the summer of 2008 had returned to Portland Center Stage as Director of Marketing and Communications. She became Chief Operating Officer in 2014 and Managing Director in 2017. Peter Gladstone Jacksonville Symphony VP and Chief Marketing Officer Dean Gladden Alley Theatre Managing Director

Dean R. Gladden is in his 14th season with the Alley Theatre where he is responsible for the administrative, ﬁnancial, marketing, facilities and development aspects of the Theatre. His career in the performing arts spans over 40 years. Prior to joining the Alley, he was Managing Director at the Cleveland Play House for 19 years and was the Director of Arts Management Graduate Program at the University of Akron. He has also lectured at Case Western Reserve University, University of Houston and Bowling Green State University. During his career, he has overseen the production of over 300 plays, including more than 80 world and American premieres and produced internationally with theatres from Russia, Mexico, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. Mr. Gladden holds a BA in Music from Miami University and a MA in Urban Arts Administration from Drexel University. He also graduated from the Harvard Business School Executive Education Program in Strategic Perspectives in Nonproﬁt Management. He is currently a board member and immediate past Chairman of the Board for the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau, Treasurer of the Board of the Theater District Houston, serves on the Houston First Operations Committee, and an American Leadership Forum Fellow. He was past president of The Rotary Club of Cleveland. He has served on the Executive Committee of the League of Resident Theatres and Greater Houston Partnership, and was Vice President of the National Corporate Theatre Fund. Gladden has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, Ohio Arts Council, Wisconsin Arts Council, Kentucky Arts Council, Texas Commission on the Arts and the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage. He has lectured nationally for Theatre Communications Group, American Council for the Arts, Association of Performing Arts Professionals, National Association of State Legislators and American Dance Festival. He has presented at the Santiago a Mil Festival in Chile, and also conducted Arts Management workshops in Budapest, Hungary, under the sponsorship of the United States Information Agency. Sophie Galaise Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Managing Director

Sophie Galaise joined the MSO as Managing Director in April 2016. Sophie sits on the board of Symphony Services International and is a member of the Advisory Council of the Harvard Business Review, the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and The CEO Institute in Australia. She is also a member of the International Advisory Committee of the only Master in International Arts Management, a program offered by Southern Methodist University (Dallas), SDA Bocconi (Milan) and HEC (Montreal). This unique program trains the next generation of managers and prepares them to work abroad or with foreign organizations. A Winner in the Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards in 2015, she is renowned for her extensive experience working with orchestras, not only at the executive level, but also as a professional musician and musicologist. Prior to her appointment to the MSO, Sophie was Chief Executive Officer of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Previous roles include Executive Director of the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, Executive and Artistic Director of the Oxford Arts Centre and Music Coordinator for the Quebec Arts Council. Starting her career as a flautist in Germany, she also worked in Switzerland and France with Pierre Boulez. Native from Quebec, Canada, Sophie has a PhD in Musicology from the University of Montreal and an Executive MBA from McGill University/HEC Montreal. Joel Hile The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Director of Marketing and Communications Dave Henson The Old Globe Director of Marketing

Dave Henson has been the Director of Marketing and Communications at The Old Globe for 17 years. He was with La Jolla Playhouse the previous 12 years (Marketing Director from 1998-2003). Ryan Impagliazzo Arena Stage Membership Manager

Ryan Impagliazzo joined Arena Stage in Washington, DC as its Membership Manager in 2019. He previously worked for ArtsBoston, Greater Boston’s leading arts service organization, as Senior Management of Audience Development, where he spearheaded initiatives that increased engagement between arts organizations, arts audiences, and civic partners. Prior to then, he held roles with two other Boston theatre companies, the Huntington Theatre and Chamber Theatre Productions. Bryan Jao Midland Center for the Arts Vice President of Programming and Chief Program Officer

Bryan Jao is Vice President of Programming and Chief Program Officer at the Midland Center for the Arts where he oversees all programmatic decisions for the performing arts. Committed to connecting the community and audiences to the performing arts and artists, Bryan and his team manage a wide variety of performing arts presentations, produced and educational work throughout the span of the Center’s offerings.

Bryan’s passion for the performing arts has been a lifelong endeavor, having been involved in music and dance at the age of five. Through studying music performance and economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for his Bachelor’s degree and subsequently the pursuit of a Master’s degree in saxophone performance, he discovered a growing need to connect people to the arts. What drives him is the transformative impact the arts has in peoples’ lives in addition to promoting the exhilaration that live performance provides the communities in which he serves.

Previous to his arrival, Bryan was Director of Programming at the Wharton Center at Michigan State University. During his time in East Lansing, he had the pleasure of working with incredible talent and personalities including Taylor Swift, Wynton Marsalis, Jerry Seinfeld, Alton Brown, Yo-Yo Ma, among many others. He served as President of the Michigan Non-Profit Presenters Network from 2011-2013 and is an active participant in regional and national associations.

Locally, he serves on the Midland Community Foundation’s Cultural Awareness Coalition and the City of Midland’s Downtown Development Authority. Bryan is proud to be a part of the Class of 2019, Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance’s Institute for Leaders. He is an avid road cyclist and always looks forward to Michigan Summers. Bryan currently lives with his furry, feline family members, Chloe and Zooey. Khady Kamara Arena Stage Managing Director

Khady Kamara joined Arena Stage in 2001 and has been an integral member of the communications team, eventually being promoted to Chief Marketing Officer before taking over as Associate Executive Director and ultimately Managing Director. Under her leadership, Arena’s sales team repeatedly broke box office records for a number of shows. She successfully administered the upgrade and transition of Arena’s ticketing software to meet the ever-changing needs of its growing patron base. Her work was integral in the success of Arena’s temporary residency in Crystal City and the opening of the Mead Center for American Theater. During Kamara’s tenure, she pioneered unprecedented efforts to maximize donations with ticket purchases, and group sales revenue has more than doubled in scope and range of audiences reached. Part of her focus has been on strengthening community relations, managing strategic planning efforts with the board of directors and helping grow the donor base. Kamara serves as Adjunct Faculty for the Arts Management Program at George Mason University and is on the Theater Washington Board of Directors. Daniel Kellogg Young Concert Artists President

Daniel Kellogg steps into the leadership role of Young Concert Artists with the unique perspective of an alumnus of Young Concert Artists, one of the extraordinary musicians whose careers were discovered and launched to prominence by this innovative non- proﬁt organization. He is excited to help sustain the legacy of Young Concert Artists and to forge new paths to nurture the next generation of concert soloists and artistic leaders. Chosen as YCA Composer-in-Residence in 2002, Daniel Kellogg was a member of the Young Concert Artists roster for ten years. His compositions have been premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, at the Aspen Music Festival, and by the Takacs Quartet and eighth blackbird. He has also served as Composer-in-Residence for the South Dakota Symphony, Green Bay Symphony, and Lexington Philharmonic. Dr. Kellogg’s honors include a Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, six ASCAP Young Composer Awards, the BMI William Schuman Prize, and the ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Award. His works have been broadcast on NPR’s “Performance Today,” “St. Paul Sundays,” and BBC’s “Live from Wigmore Hall” among others. He has completed artist residencies at the MacDowell Colony, the UCross Foundation, the Copland House, and Rocky Mountain National Park. Born in Wilton, Connecticut, Daniel Kellogg is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Yale School of Music. He was on faculty at the University of Colorado College of Music for fourteen years, where he served as Professor of Composition, head of the composition program, and was the Christoffersen Composition Fellow. He helped forge a new partnership between the University and the Sibelius Academy, increase the endowment for the composition program, and create innovative scholarship and fellowship opportunities for its students. As a recent New Yorker, Daniel Kellogg is particularly excited to be running the 2019 New York City Marathon this November. He will be cheered on by his wife, pianist Hsing-ay Hsu, and his daughter Kaela. Brandan Khan Alley Theatre General Manager

Brandon Kahn joined Alley Theatre in 2018 as General Manager. Brandon came to the role from Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts, where he served over six seasons as Resident Production Stage Manager, Associate Line Producer and most recently Producing Manager. During his time at Williamstown, three productions have moved to major New York City not-for-profits, including Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Cost of Living, and two productions moved to Broadway. Prior to Williamstown, he worked as a freelance stage manager for 10 years in New York and San Diego. He’s worked on five Broadway shows, six Off-Broadway shows and many regional productions at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, Huntington Theatre Company in Boston and Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, New York, in addition to Williamstown. Brandon received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and his Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Management and Producing from Columbia University. His wife Jennifer is Founder of SCENERY BAGS and they have two boys, Hudson and Judah. Jean-Philippe Malaty Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Executive Director

Jean-Philippe Malaty was born in the Basque region of France. After receiving his baccalaureate in dance, he accepted scholarships to study at Mudra, Maurice Béjart’s school in Brussels and at John Cranko’s ballet academy in Stuttgart. Invited by acclaimed instructor David Howard to study in New York, Jean-Philippe traveled to America under Howard’s tutelage. Jean-Philippe’s performance career began with Joffrey II. He also danced as a guest artist with Los Angeles Classical Ballet, Ballet Hispanico, and Lyric Opera of Chicago. Jean-Philippe segued from the stage to an administrator role while still in his twenties. A key member of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s start-up team, Jean-Philippe has been central to developing the company’s unique dual-city business model. He directs operations in two locations, overseeing a $4.2 million budget that he allocates to the company, two schools, an esteemed presenting series, and an award-winning folkloric outreach program. In a daring managerial move, in 2014, Jean-Philippe added Juan Siddi Flamenco Santa Fe as a second performance company under the ASFB umbrella. Over the last decade, Jean-Philippe has received multiple accolades from the field. He has served as panelist for both the Colorado Council for the Arts and National Endowment for Arts. The Denver Bonfils- Stanton Foundation granted him their Livingston Fellowship in recognition of his significant leadership role in Colorado’s non-profit sector. Jean-Philippe and Tom were also co-honored with the Joyce Theater Foundation Award in recognition of ASFB’s contribution to dance. He shared an honor with Artistic Director Tom Mossbrucker when the Santa Fe Community Foundation bestowed its Piñon Award on the company. Jean-Philippe’s first love is teaching, and when his schedule permits, he teaches company class and is a guest instructor at schools and universities. A naturalized U.S. citizen, Jean-Philippe is proud to have forged a dance company infused with American energy, invention, and eclecticism. Arvind Manocha Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts President and CEO

Driven by a lifelong passion for music in all its varied forms, Arvind is President and CEO of Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, a position he has held since January 2013. An expert in both artistic programming and operations management, Arvind continues to define and expand the Foundation’s vision of what it means to be Wolf Trap. Upon joining the Foundation, Arvind pledged to honor Wolf Trap’s history as a beloved urban oasis for arts and culture, while introducing fresh artists and updated programming relevant to a diversity of arts lovers. Committed to innovation in all aspects of the Foundation’s work, he is spearheading digital streaming of Wolf Trap Opera productions and the national expansion of Wolf Trap’s acclaimed early childhood arts education model. Arvind’s goals of strengthening Wolf Trap are borne out in increased philanthropic support and exceptional audience turnout across all its venues – the Filene Center, The Barns at Wolf Trap, and Children’s Theatre-in-the-Woods. Since the start of Arvind’s tenure, Wolf Trap has expanded its community of supporters with record- breaking increases in new membership as well as record-breaking sales and paid capacities for performance seasons across all venues. Prior to joining Wolf Trap, Arvind worked at the legendary Hollywood Bowl, which under his leadership was named “Best Major Outdoor Venue in America” by Pollstar magazine eight years in a row. As Chief Operating Officer of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, he oversaw a wide range of artistic and operational functions at both the historic Hollywood amphitheater and the Association’s primary home, the landmark Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Arvind’s tenure at the Hollywood Bowl was marked by record-high attendance, increased diversity in concert offerings, and his management of a multi-year capital improvement plan, which included both the rehabilitation of historic structures and the construction of new buildings. Arvind grew up in Ohio, where he listened to everything from Indian ragas to Beethoven to Queen. He graduated with honors from Cornell University and earned his master’s degree as a Marshall Scholar from the University of Cambridge. Upon graduation, he joined McKinsey and Co. as a strategy consultant, serving clients in Los Angeles and London. A 2016 recipient of the Washington Business Journal’s Minority Business Leader Award, Arvind has served on several nonprofit boards, and currently serves on the boards of Levine Music and Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Arvind and his husband, Gideon Malone, make their home in Great Falls, Virginia. Ethan McSweeny American Shakespeare Center Artistic Director

Ethan was named Artistic Director in June 2018 and made his Blackfriars directing debut with Julius Caesar followed by the world premiere of Julianne Wick Davis’ musical The Willard Suitcases. His internationally acclaimed work over the past two decades has been distinguished by both its remarkable diversity and breadth of achievement. In New York, his direction includes the Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards) and the premiere of John Grisham’s A Time to Kill; the off-Broadway premieres of John Logan’s Never the Sinner(Outer Critics and Drama Desk awards) and Ellen McLaughlin’s adaptation of Aeschylus’ The Persians, as well as world premieres by Kate Fodor, Jason Grote, and Thomas Bradshaw, among others. Nationally, his work on new plays, musicals, and revivals has been seen at most of the major institutional theatres in the country including the Guthrie, the Goodman, the Old Globe, the Denver Center, the Alley, Dallas Theater Center, South Coast Rep, Center Stage, the Wilma, the Pittsburgh Public, Westport Playhouse, the Arena Stage, and the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington, DC, where his string of acclaimed classics includes: The Tempest, Much Ado about Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, Ion, and Major Barbara. Internationally, he has spent two seasons at the celebrated Stratford Festival in Canada, staged multiple productions for The Gate in Dublin, and recently toured his production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the Macao Arts Festival in China. His productions have been nominated for more than 75 awards and claimed 30 wins, including four for Best Director: Twelfth Night (Helen Hayes Award, 2017), A Streetcar Named Desire (Irish Times Award, 2013), A Body of Water (San Diego Critics Circle, 2006) and Six Degrees of Separation (Star-Tribune Award, 2003). Ethan served as the Artistic Director of the Chautauqua Theatre Company from 2004- 2011; as a Trustee of SDC, the national labor union representing directors and choreographers, from 2005-2017; and as Treasurer on the inaugural board of the SDC Foundation since 2018. He received the ﬁrst-ever undergraduate degree in Theatre and Dramatic Arts from Columbia University. Kim Noltemy Dallas Symphony Orchestra President and CEO

Noltemy has been the Chief Operating and Communications Officer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops and Tanglewood since 2015 where she manages a 65-person team. She started her tenure at the BSO in 1996 as the Director of Sales and Marketing and was promoted to Chief Marketing Officer in 2007. Noltemy also serves as the President of Boston 4 Celebrations (B4), a separate not- for-profit organization that produces the July 4th festivities in Boston, which are attended by 500,000 people and are broadcast globally on Bloomberg's multi- channel network (TV, radio and Internet). She oversees more than $46 million in ticket sales and other earned revenue plus a corporate sponsorship program of $6 million annually. She also successfully raised funds for numerous projects including the July 4 Celebration, Orchestra in Residence Community Programs, free community concerts, television shows, online initiatives and a new video production studio at Symphony Hall. Noltemy was the strategist behind the BSO’s new media efforts including the orchestra’s digital download service, Internet TV, podcasts and the BSO’s website, which is the most visited website of any orchestra in the U.S. She has executive produced numerous television shows including two seasons of New Tanglewood Tales, distributed by American Public Media, and three Boston Pops television programs, two of which received New England Emmy Awards. Kim comes to the Dallas Symphony with decades of experience at one of the world’s top orchestras. She combines a profound knowledge of orchestra management with a stellar reputation for growing an orchestra’s brand in and beyond its hometown. Kim has continued the DSO’s commitment to artistic excellence, while reimagining what an orchestra can be. Shelly Power Pennsylvania Ballet Executive Director

Ms. Power brings to Pennsylvania Ballet her experiences in various artistic and executive leadership roles at Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland and Houston Ballet Academy. She has had great success in expanding the reach of the organizations she has worked for by increasing revenue and developing new audiences through collaborations, partnerships, and branding. In addition, she has experience in development, the implementation of strategic plans, and the planning and construction of a new dance building.

During her nearly two-year tenure as CEO and Artistic Director at Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland, Ms. Power implemented strategic planning, designed innovative programing that targeted a diverse community, and developed programs to enhance the art of dance. She is also credited with developing strategic partnerships and relations for the organization. Before Prix de Lausanne, Ms. Power served for 12 years as the Administrative and Artistic Director of Houston Ballet Academy where she was a vital part of the planning and building of a new facility that helped the organization expand programming and community partnerships.

Ms. Power received a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies, with a focus on business, psychology, and fine arts from University of Houston. She furthered her education at Rice University’s Leadership Institute for Non-Profit Executives and Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management’s Advanced Certification in Non Profit Management. She has also held board positions at Sandra Organ Dance Company, Dominic Walsh Dance Theatre, Houston Dance Coalition, and American Festival for the Arts. Meghan Pressman Center Theatre Group Managing Director/CEO

Meghan Pressman is the Managing Director/CEO of Center Theatre Group. As Managing Director/CEO, Pressman oversees all of Center Theatre Group’s management, finances, communications, marketing, institutional advancement, technology and human resources.

Before joining Center Theatre Group, Pressman was the Managing Director of Washington, DC’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. At Woolly Mammoth, Pressman oversaw the operations of a $5 million nonprofit organization with a national reputation as a center for theatrical research and development. Her role included the supervision of all financial, operations, development and marketing departments and shared supervision with the Artistic Director of the production and community engagement departments. During her tenure, Woolly Mammoth raised over $5 million in new special project and multi-year grants and was one of only seven national theatres awarded a four-year $1.2 million Wallace Foundation “Building Audiences for Sustainability” grant.

Prior to joining Woolly, Pressman served as Director of Development at Signature Theatre in New York City, where she worked with the senior leadership and the Board of Trustees on long-range strategic planning; organized the advancement of the Signature Ticket Initiative, a groundbreaking program that makes all tickets available for $25 for the initial run of every production; and oversaw the solicitation, cultivation and expansion of the company’s diverse roster of capital and annual donors.

Pressman previously served as Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Associate Managing Director as well as the Managing Director for The Ground Floor: Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Center for the Creation and Development of New Work. Pressman has also served various other theatre and arts organizations including Yale Repertory Theatre as Associate Managing Director, Chicago Theatre for Young Audiences as Co- Founding Managing Director and at the Chicago Improv Festival as an Associate Producer.

Pressman holds an MFA in theatre management from Yale School of Drama, an MBA from Yale School of Management, an MA from Northwestern University and a BA from Boston College. At Yale, she was the recipient of the Morris J. Kaplan Award and the Benjamin Mordecai Scholarship, both for recognition in theatre management. She is the Vice-Chair of the National Board for the Theatre Communications Group (TCG). Paige Price Philadelphia Theatre Company Producing Artistic Director

Paige begins her third season at Philadelphia Theatre Company. After years spent as a Broadway performer, she began producing events, television shows and theatre in the U.S. and abroad. From 2007-2017, she was the Executive Artistic Director at Theatre Aspen in Colorado, where she created a new work festival as well as a professional apprentice program for aspiring students in the field.. Price was the 1st Vice President of Actors’ Equity Association, the national union for actors and stage managers, from 2006-2017 and was first elected to its board in 2000. She is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Theatre Subdistrict Council, a member of The League of Professional Theatre Women and Vice-President of NAMT, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, as well as a former Tony Award Nominator and Voter. As a performer, she starred in the original cast of Broadway’s Saturday Night Fever, as well as the original cast of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Smokey Joe’s Café. Her professional career encompasses film (All The Right Moves, The News Kids); television, radio, web, Off Broadway, regional theatre, and national and international tours. In 2017, she stepped back onto the boards to star in Denver’s Curious Theatre production of Sex With Strangers. Her directing credits include several musical productions, concerts, a live television broadcast starring Kelli O’Hara and Matthew Morrison for the WOWOW network in Tokyo, Japan, a reading of The Deplorables at Primary Stages and, most recently, directing Next to Normal at Fulton Theatre in Lancaster, PA. Representing Philadelphia Theatre Company, she was a producer for The Adam Mickiewicz Institute commission of the musical Blacksmith at Public Arts Theater in New York City. Pronouns: she/her/hers. Proud Member AEA, SDC. Leah Rosenthal La Jolla Music Society Artistic Director

Leah Rosenthal currently serves as the Director of Programming for La Jolla Music Society. Ms. Rosenthal is responsible for the curation and long-range planning of LJMS’ dynamic, multi-disciplinary presenting season as well as the planning and execution of SummerFest, LJMS’ three-week annual chamber music festival in collaboration with SummerFest Music Director, Inon Barnatan. In addition, Ms. Rosenthal oversees LJMS’ Education Program, where she has reimagined and instituted key educational initiatives and developed strategic partnerships with educational leaders in the community. Ms. Rosenthal is the Vice President of California Presenters, a statewide coalition of organizations committed to advancing professional touring and presenting of the performing arts and is a current Host Committee member for the 2020 Western Arts Alliance (WAA) Conference in Tijuana/San Diego. Before moving to California, Ms. Rosenthal was active in the Chicago arts scene, holding coveted positions with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, PBS (WTTW), Ravinia Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, and NARAS (GRAMMYs). Leah earned her Master’s degree in Performing Arts Management at Columbia College of Chicago after her undergraduate studies in Vocal Performance at Boston University and NEIU. Dylan Stewart Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications

Dylan Stewart is the Director of Marketing & Sales with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, where he has been since 2017.

For 15 years Dylan has worked in marketing roles across the arts, manufacturing, tourism and hospitality industries in France, Canada and Australia. He has a passion for travel and works to create memorable customer experiences both directly and through a professional network of his peers. He completed the Melbourne Tourism Industry Leadership Program in 2016.

At the MSO, Dylan works on promoting more than 160 concerts a year across Melbourne, Victoria, and through the Orchestra’s international touring schedule. Dylan lives in Melbourne’s north with his wife and two young children. He loves playing music, great food and cheering for the North Melbourne Kangaroos. James Sims Center Theatre Group Director of Communications

James Sims is the Director of Communications at Center Theatre Group (Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum and Kirk Douglas Theatre) in Los Angeles, leading a department that oversees press/public relations, social media and digital communications, content development, web oversight, and board/staff communications. Originally from L.A., he spent five years working in NYC, where he relocated to attend Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. In NYC, he worked for the Nederlander Organization, the American Museum of Natural History, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, managing social media and digital content. James is also a proud U.S. Air Force veteran. Timothy J. Shields Old Globe Theatre Managing Director

Timothy J. Shields joined the Old Globe Theatre as Managing Director in October 2017. In his time in San Diego, he’s enjoying becoming involved in the community. He currently serves as a board member of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce’s LEAD program; a member of the Board of Governors at the University Club; and as an Advisory Board member of the San Diego Downtown Partnership. He brings to San Diego many decades of theatrical experience. He was Managing Director of Princeton, NJ’s McCarter Theatre Center (2009-17); Managing Director of Milwaukee Repertory Theater (1998 – 2009); and Managing Director of Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY (1992-98). He also had held administrative positions at The Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis; the Denver Center Theatre Company; and at McCarter Theatre in an earlier period of his career. He served as President of the League of Resident Theatres and as a board member of Theatre Communications Group. He’s been the Chair of the ArtPride NJ board; a member of Milwaukee’s Latino Arts Board; and a board member of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee. He was the founding President of Theatre Wisconsin, a statewide association of nonprofit professional theatres. He’s been a panelist, panel chair, and an on-site reporter for the National Endowment for the Arts theatre program. He holds a BFA in Drama Production from Carnegie-Mellon University in his hometown of Pittsburgh, PA. Matías Tarnopolsky Philadelphia Orchestra President and Chief Executive Ofﬁcer

Matiaś Tarnopolsky was appointed president and chief executive officer of The Philadelphia Orchestra Association in April 2018, assuming the role in August. Tarnopolsky came to Philadelphia from Cal Performances, at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was executive and artistic director since 2009. Cal Performances presents the world’s leading orchestras, ensembles, and musicians in multi-faceted residencies. He previously served as vice president of artistic planning for the New York Philharmonic, senior director of artistic planning for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and producer for the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers. At the start of his tenure at Cal Performances, Tarnopolsky articulated the three major artistic values around which Cal Performances is organized—artistic excellence, advocacy, and accessibility—which inform all aspects of the organization’s internationally-recognized performing arts and educational programs. He oversaw the programming of approximately 125 performances each year to audiences numbering around 120,000, in addition to a broad range of inventive educational and community programs. In 2015, Cal Performances launched Berkeley RADICAL (Research and Development Initiative in Creativity, Arts, and Learning), a major initiative in support of public artistic literacy, programming of contemporary relevance, and the sharing of programs through digital documentation and dissemination. A classically trained musician, Tarnopolsky received degrees in music and musicology from the University of London’s King’s College. In 2013, he was named one of Musical America’s international “Movers & Shakers: 30 Key Influencers in the Performing Arts” and was selected as Classical Music “MVP” by the San Francisco Chronicle. In 2015, he was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. He previously served on the Overseers of the Curtis Institute of Music, and he currently serves on the boards of New Music USA, the Barenboim-Said Foundation USA, and the Executive Committee of the Avery Fisher Artist Program. Tarnopolsky is married to Birgit Hottenrott. They have two children, Sofiá and Tomás. Adam Thurman La Jolla Music Society Director of Marketing Terri Trotter Midland Center for the Arts President and CEO

Terri Trotter is a seasoned executive with 20+ years of experience in the arts and entertainment field. Before beginning at Midland Center for the Arts in January 2016, Terri was the CEO & Executive Director of Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Sun Valley, ID for two years. Prior to that she served at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, AR for over sixteen years. Her roles included Chief Operating Officer, Vice President of External Affairs, and Vice President of Communications. Terri is a result-oriented leader with a proven track record in management, program development, fundraising and marketing. Terri holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Northwestern University and a Master of Science in Telecommunications Degree from Indiana University. She and her husband Doug have three children – Allison (19); Evan (17) and Will (13) and they reside in Midland, Michigan. Terri serves on the Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance Board, the regional convening organization, and chairs the Quality of Life Subcommittee Diane Willcox Midland Center for the Arts VP of Marketing and Communications Simon Woods Grand Teton Music Festival Interim Executive Director

Born in London, England, Simon Woods earned a degree in music from Cambridge University and a diploma in conducting from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. From the late 1980s to the late 1990s, he worked as a record producer at EMI Classics in London, where he initiated and produced recordings at Abbey Road Studios and on location with many of the world’s foremost classical artists and ensembles. From 1997 to 2004, he was Artistic Administrator and later Vice President of Artistic Planning & Operations at The Philadelphia Orchestra. From 2004 to 2005, he was President & CEO of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, before moving back to the UK in 2005 to become Chief Executive of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, one of the United Kingdom’s leading symphony orchestras. Returning to the US in 2011, he became President & CEO of the Seattle Symphony, a post he held for seven years. In November 2017, Woods was appointed CEO of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a post he held for until September 2019. In February 2020 Simon Woods joined the Grand Teton Music Festival, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, as Interim Executive Director through August 2020. He will take over as President and CEO of the League of American Orchestras on September 1, 2020. Committed to nurturing the next generation of arts leaders, Woods has for two decades contributed to the League of American Orchestras’ professional development programs, including acting as Director of the League’s signature immersive training program, Essentials of Orchestra Management. He is known throughout the sector as a highly trusted mentor to orchestra management professionals, emerging leaders, and conductors. In March 2020 he joined the Board of Directors of National Arts Strategies. Simon Woods is married to Karin Brookes, Executive Director of Early Music America. They reside in Pasadena, California, and were honored to become American citizens in 2018. Midge Woolsey Young Concert Artists Development Consultant Advisory Board for the Arts Member Meeting

Team Biographies Pilar Cardenas Advisory Board for the Arts Senior Director, Europe

Pilar is the ABA Senior Director of Europe. She was most recently a member of the Presidential Office of the Albeniz Foundation – Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid (Spain), one of the leading music schools in Europe. Prior to that she was in charge of the Summer Music Festival of the school, managing the production of 60 concerts over 30 days. She joins the convening in Aspen as part of a special summer project supporting the start-up of the Advisory Board for the Arts.

Her roots in the arts world started to grow as a consequence of her experiences with university education with young students. She held the position of Assistant Director and, subsequently, of Executive Director of the Goimendi University Hall, within the Universidad de Navarra, devoted to both accommodate and mentor students in order for them to develop a strong extracurricular education (specially in art and culture) during their time at University.

After ten years in this role she decided to gain a deep training in the arts field as she realized that educating people in art and culture was one of the best ways to improve their lives. Therefore, in 2016 she attended SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milano (Italy) to obtain a Master’s in Arts Management and Administration. Later on, due to her strong interest in understanding how cultural and artistic entities were managed at the United States, she did an internship at Postclassical Ensemble, an orchestra in Washington DC which poses contemporary music in a very forward- looking approach.

Pilar is a graduate in law from the University of Navarre in Spain. She is very keen on literature and gardening. Chris Denby Advisory Board for the Arts Founder and Chief Executive Officer As Chief Executive Officer of Advisory Board for the Arts (ABA), Chris draws upon 30 years of experience in the business world together with 15 years of involvement with a variety of organizations in the arts and broader, non-profit world. In founding ABA, Chris set out to synthesize these parallel tracks in service to arts organizations worldwide by adapting a unique advisory model rooted in shared learning and long-term performance improvements.

Prior to ABA, Chris was Executive Vice President at Advisory Board, a global technology, best practice research, and consulting company for healthcare (now a division of United Healthcare) and higher education (now a division of Gartner) based in Washington, DC. Over the course of his 19 years at Advisory Board, Chris led its research division, created its leadership development business, and oversaw best practice research on issues ranging from healthcare strategy and nursing to philanthropy and high-performance leadership.

Before that, Chris was a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Co. based out of Washington, DC, and Milan, Italy. During his initial eight years at McKinsey, Chris led projects for a broad spectrum of Fortune 500 companies in industries as diverse as consumer goods, energy, and banking. After leaving Advisory Board, Chris re-joined McKinsey in 2018 to lead a portfolio of internal start-up companies focused on data and analytics solutions designed to deepen the impact of McKinsey’s work with clients. The portfolio of 14 companies Chris oversaw were located all around the world and ranged in scope from the retail sector to the agriculture industry.

During his business career, Chris has been heavily involved in support of arts and nonproﬁt organizations. He is Chairman of the Board of The Washington Chorus and Chairman of Postclassical Ensemble. He also served on the board of St. Albans School and the Halcyon Foundation and worked in support of the arts programs of numerous other organizations, including Washington National Cathedral and Aspen Music Festival and School.

Chris received his undergraduate degree in art history from George Washington University before completing an M.A. at Johns Hopkins SAIS and an MBA at INSEAD. He has been a resident of Washington, DC, since 1993, where he lives with his wife and youngest of three sons. Prior to his life in U.S., Chris was born in Brussels and grew up in Paris and Rome, where he mostly attended French schools and became trilingual in English, French, and Italian. He is an avid skier, traveler, and food enthusiast. Karen Freeman Advisory Board for the Arts Executive Director, Research

Karen is the Executive Director for Research at Advisory Board for the Arts. Most recently, she was global head of digital & analytics learning for generalist consultants at McKinsey & Company. In that role, she led a team upskilling roughly 17,000 consultants globally in topics including advanced analytics modeling, leading digital transformations, agile methodology and design thinking.

Prior to McKinsey, Karen spent 13 years at the Corporate Executive Board (CEB) in research and learning & development roles. There, she led three best practice membership organizations, developing insights, advice and benchmarks for Global 1000 functional heads in marketing, sales and customer service. The teams she led created some of the company's highest-impact research, published in Harvard Business Review and the subject of two best-selling business books (The Challenger Sale; The Effortless Experience).

Later, as Head of CEB University, she oversaw development and delivery of over 1,000 training sessions for more than 10,000 participants worldwide in sales, insight & advisory and corporate roles.

Karen has an A.B from Harvard and an MBA from MIT, plays cello and piano, and currently lives in Arlington, VA with her husband and two children. Stephen W. Kett Advisory Board for the Arts Chief New Project Development Officer

Steve is the President and CEO of Stephen Kett & Associates LLC, a consulting and leadership development firm based in Great Falls, VA. He works with a wide variety of clients, across many industry sectors, in both the for-profit and not-for-profit spaces, and around the world. In this work, Steve uses his teaching, facilitation, and coaching skills to assist clients with a range of business issues, including strategy, new product design and development, and leadership development.

Steve has also been a facilitator in the Gartner's Leadership Academies, where he has taught high-potential finance, information technology, and human resources leaders, with special emphasis upon participants' communication, presentation, and analytic skills. Participants in Steve's sessions have come from a wide variety of industries including healthcare, banking, pharmaceuticals, finance, utilities, and manufacturing.

Steve launched his own firm in 2009. Previously, he was Executive Director at The Advisory Board Company, a healthcare best practices research firm based in Washington, D.C. There for almost eighteen years, Steve most recently had responsibility within that organization's leadership development business--specifically a team of 20+ facilitators, delivering nearly 2,000 on-site workshops around the world each year. In addition to his leadership responsibilities, Steve has personally taught over 2,500 high-potential leaders in a wide variety of health systems across the U.S. as well as the medical device and pharmaceutical industries, with a particular expertise in case-based discussion leadership.

Prior to his work with The Advisory Board Company, Steve was a Senior Consultant with Bain & Company, in its Boston office for six years. There, in addition to his client responsibilities, Steve oversaw Bain's worldwide Associate Consultant Training (ACT) Program; an intensive, two-week immersion course in strategy, financial modeling and analytics, and teamwork.

Steve holds a BA from The University of Vermont, and his MA from Harvard University. He was awarded the Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize as a Teaching Fellow-- the first Teaching Fellow ever to receive the award in the history of Harvard University. Steve lives in Great Falls, VA with his wife Amy, twin sons, Andrew and John, and dogs Hunter and Maggie. He is an avid fly fisherman, with a particular passion for steelhead fishing in northern British Columbia. Michael Mael Advisory Board for the Arts Founding Partner

Michael L. Mael brings more than thirty-five years of executive leadership experience to his work on behalf of performing arts organizations. Most recently, he was Executive Director of the Washington Ballet on an interim basis, helping that organization regain financial stability. In that role, he aggressively managed cash flow, rebuilt the financial system, negotiated with vendors and creditors, helped bring about changes in board governance, established a new community engagement program and returned to a balanced budget after four years of losses. For nearly ten years he was with Washington National Opera. He served as Executive Director for six years, as part of the senior management team at the Kennedy Center. Highlights of his tenure included: production of WNO’s first Ring Cycle, six consecutive years of meeting or exceeding financial targets, development of innovative marketing and community engagement programs including Opera in the Outfield, creation of a new commissioning program, and development of a new strategic plan. He joined the WNO in 2008 as Chief Financial and Operating Officer with responsibility for all financial and day to day operations of the company. Under his leadership, the organization returned to financial stability with four consecutive balanced budgets following more than a decade of losses. He also led the effort to affiliate with the Kennedy Center, ensuring the long-term stability of the Opera. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Mael worked for nearly five years for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) as Vice President of the BSO at Strathmore where he was responsible for launching and managing all activities related to the BSO’s second home at the new Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, MD. Mr. Mael worked for several technology companies where he launched and managed a series of new businesses. For Focal Communications, a nationwide telecommunications carrier, he led the company’s data communications subsidiary and later became Senior Vice President, responsible for all product, channel and field marketing activities. Mr. Mael served as Vice President of Applications and Web Services for PSINet, a leading global Internet Service Provider, and managed the company’s global web hosting business, turning it into an industry-leading service. Mr. Mael came to PSINet, having worked 5 ½ years at MCI Communications as one of the team leaders that created and launched MCI’s commercial Internet products. He also held positions in MCI’s finance, and marketing organizations. Besides his extensive experience in the technology industry, Mr. Mael has also consulted for symphony orchestras and was involved in assessment and planning projects for the Minnesota Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Buffalo Philharmonic. Mr. Mael is a 2005 graduate of Leadership Montgomery, and served as President of the Board of Directors. He currently serves as Treasurer and a member of the Executive Committee of the Jewish Social Services Agency. Mr. Mael received his AB from Brown University and his MBA from Stanford University. Zac Stillerman Advisory Board for the Arts Executive Advisor

Zac Stillerman is an advisor to The Advisory Board for the Arts (ABA) who is focused on new business and product development priorities for the ﬁrm.

Prior to his time with ABA, Zac spent 20+ years at the Washington, DC, based Advisory Board Company, a research and consulting company that helps hospitals and health systems around the globe improve their operating performance. More recently, Zac has served as the President of Precision Xtract, an analytics and services ﬁrm focused on the pharmaceutical industry.

Aside from his business activities, Zac has also been a member of the Board of Directors of The Washington Chorus.

Zac has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Middlebury College and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. Pope Ward Advisory Board for the Arts Chief Research Ofﬁcer

Pope Ward is Chief Research Officer, responsible for delivering research and other services that best serve Member needs. Prior to joining Advisory Board for the Arts, Pope served in a variety of research and product roles at organizations whose purpose was to learn from the collective intelligence of groups to advance the objectives of member organizations. Most recently, he co-founded and led research at Allium Health, which uses machine learning to help care providers identify non- medical factors that impact individual patient health. Before that, he was Senior Vice President of Product at CorpU, a digital learning company that designs distance- learning experiences worthy of senior executive audiences. In the past, Pope served as a Senior Adviser to the Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget, where he led performance and efficiency efforts spanning multiple federal agencies. For twenty years, Pope held a variety of research and line roles at The Advisory Board Company and Corporate Executive Board (CEB). Pope was Executive Director and Chief Research Officer of one of CEB’s four divisions and chaired the firm’s Chief Research Officer Council. Patrick Wood ABA Advisor

Patrick Wood Uribe is a former concert violinist and academic. During his musical career, Patrick performed across the US and Europe, as a member of the English Mozart Players, the New York Chamber Soloists, and New York Philomusica, at venues including Carnegie Hall among many others. He also released two commercial recordings, one of which premiered the unaccompanied violin music of 17th-century virtuoso Thomas Baltzar to enthusiastic reviews from The Strad, Strings, and Gramophone magazines. Patrick also received a PhD in Musicology from Princeton and was a tenure-track professor at Boston University. As an academic his wide-ranging research encompassed both music theory and musicology, with published articles in journals including The Journal of Music Theory, The Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music, The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, The Journal of Film Music, and the Lexikon Schriften über Musik. In 2013, Patrick joined the Advisory Board Company, where he worked closely with executives at hospitals and health care systems, providing strategic guidance on change management and leadership capacity. Since 2015 he has been at Kensho, an artificial intelligence and machine learning startup that was acquired in 2018 by S&P Global in the largest AI acquisition to date. Having served as Head of Academic Research at Kensho he is now Head of Business Development working primarily in intelligence and national security.