Richard Kamenitzer 
Director, Master of Arts in Arts Management Program
Executive Director, International Center for Educational, Cultural and Arts Management
Associate Professor of Arts Management
Education: B.S. in Accounting, M.B.A. in Quantitative Analysis, Seton Hall; J.D., La Salle University; Post-Graduate work, New York University-Higher Education Administration
Experience: 40 years experience in non-profit management and accounting; initiated and heads a consulting firm, Succession (www.successionusa.com), specializing in non-profit management and accounting; taught at two community colleges, Farleigh Dickinson and Penn State Universities; served as CFO and president for two not-for-profit educational institutions in New Jersey and New York, and served as CEO of an arts organization. Currently, Mr. Kamenitzer is serving as Chairman of the Board of the Paul Public Charter School in Washington, DC; on the boards of the Fairfax County Arts Council and Friends of Film at George Mason University; is a panelist for the Association of Arts Administration Educators and for the Montgomery County Arts & Humanities Council.
Teaching: Budgeting/Finance for Arts Organizations I and II, Consulting in the Arts
Meg Brindle
Associate Professor of Arts Management
Education: M.A., M.P.M., Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
Experience: Eighteen years of higher education experience teaching including M.B.A., PhD, and Executive Education and Undergraduate Organizational and Strategic Management courses at The Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University. In addition, she has designed comparative Policy courses at The John Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon, and in the M.B.A. school at Duquesne University.
At George Mason, since 2000, Dr. Brindle led the project team that designed the curriculum for the Master of Arts in Arts Management program and launched the program successfully in 2004. She has also designed curriculum at Mason in organizational ethics and bioethics as well as summer programs abroad. Dr. Brindle has taught in the Master of Public Administration program in Organizational Management and Organizational Ethics. Dr. Brindle obtained tenure at George Mason University via the teaching and pedagogical excellence track and has worked with Public Administration, Government fellows, Military, Nursing, Nonprofit and for-profit management students alike in both creating and teaching over 90 management courses.
Dr. Brindle has published dozens of articles in Management and Policy Journals, and co-authored several books, including most recently, Facing Up to Management Faddism, and Managing Power through Lateral Networks. An additional book that is scheduled to be released in 2007, New Directions in Arts Management: Lessons from the Field, will showcase the excellence of the adjunct faculty and practitioners of the Master of Arts in Arts Management program.
Teaching: Seminar in Arts Management
Rick Davis
Artistic Director/Associate Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Education: B.A. summa cum laude, Lawrence University; M.F.A., D.F.A., Yale School of Drama. He was honored with George Mason University's Teaching Excellence Award in 1997 and the Faculty Member of the Year Award in 2006 by the Alumni Association of George Mason University.
Experience: Directing credits in professional theater include: Baltimore's Center Stage; the Kennedy Center's Youth and Family Programs Division; Players Theatre Columbus; SummerArts in Flagstaff, Arizona; Delaware Theatre Company; and the American Ibsen Theater in Pittsburgh, PA - which he helped found in 1983. Regional opera credits include: productions for Capital City Opera at the Kennedy Center; Opera Idaho; The IN Series in Washington, D.C.; and Lake George Opera in upstate New York.
For the past several years Dr. Davis has also served as stage director for the George Mason University Opera Program. He is the co-author of two books, Ibsen: Four Major Plays (translations with Brian Johnston, produced in major regional theaters and universities) and Writing about Theatre (with Christopher Thaiss); and has written extensively for American Theatre and other publications.
Teaching: Arts in Society
Brian H. Marcus
Associate Dean of Development, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Associate Professor of Arts Management
Education: B.A., Brandeis University; M.A.T., Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Experience: Twenty years fundraising experience as Chief Development Officer and Capital Campaign Director at the Boston Children's Museum, The Shakespeare Theatre (Washington, D.C.), Levine School of Music (Washington, D.C.) and the National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (Washington, D.C.).
Higher education experience includes two years as Assistant Dean of Students at Northeastern University (Boston, MA), and four years as Director of Alumni Relations and nine years as Associate Dean of Student Life at Brandeis University (Waltham, MA). In addition, he has served on several arts and human service boards in both Boston and the Washington, D.C. area.
Mr. Marcus is in his fourth year as Associate Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts and Dean of Students at George Mason University.
Teaching: Fundraising/Development in the Arts
Scott M. Martin
Assistant Dean, Research, Technology, and Institutional Development, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Associate Professor of Arts Management, Arts and Visual Technology
Education: B.M., M.M., Peabody Conservatory of Music at Johns Hopkins University;
D.M.A., University of Maryland
Experience: Previous Chair of the Department of Art and Visual Technology in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (1998-2005); Division Director of Art Studio and Visual Information Technology; Director/Founder of George Mason's Internet Multimedia Center; Coordinator and Assistant Professor of music composition and music media technology, Alabama State University. Dr. Martin has founded and managed multiple for-profit and not-for-profit businesses in the past 15 years including: a real-estate investment trust; retail service businesses; CyberOptics Inc. - a production company for film and video; Advenix Communication Inc. - an internet-based marketing and sales firm; MediaShock Group Inc. - a technology consultancy; Digital Arts Institutes - a technical training facility; and Crestridge Import Company - an African Coffee import company.
In 2003, Dr. Martin was on the November ballot for the School Board in the Springfield Magisterial District in Fairfax County, Virginia. Several of his campaign platform issues, including improving teacher Intellectual Property ownership were later implemented in the county. Dr. Martin remains active at the local and state level and has served as a political appointee on the Fairfax County 2004 Bond Referendum Committee and currently serves on the Chesapeake Bay Exception Review Committee (ERC). He is also a board member of the Occoquan Watershed Coalition, The Lorton Arts Foundation, and the Pakistan American University Group.
Teaching: Entrepreneurship in the Arts I and II
William F. Reeder
Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Professor of Arts Management
Education: B.A. and Master of Music, Washington University; Certificate in Fundraising Management
Experience: Vice President and General Manager of the Washington Performing Arts Society; established the Sallie Mae Trust for Education at the Sallie Mae; Executive Director of the Levine School of Music in Washington D.C.; President of the Saint Louis Conservatory of Music; Executive Director of Opera Music Theatre International; Newark Community School of the Arts. In addition, Dean Reeder has been on the faculty and administration of Indiana University, Bloomington, and Illinois State University. For eight years, Mr. Reeder was a leading operatic tenor engaged by the Zurich, Switzerland Opera Company. As a professional singer, he performed more than 40 leading tenor roles in 15 major opera houses throughout Europe.
Teaching: Board of Directors
Adjunct Faculty
Beth Bienvenu
Dr. Bienvenu is currently a Policy Advisor for the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy. She received her doctorate in Organizational Leadership from The University of Oklahoma, in which she focused her dissertation research on the master's degree training in arts administration. She received M.A.'s from Indiana University in arts administration and sociology, and a B.A. from Alma College in music and sociology.
Dr. Bienvenu brings a combination of academic and practical arts administration experience to the Arts Management faculty. Her arts management experience includes performing arts management and marketing and she served as the Assistant Director for the Bloomington Early Music Festival. She plans to incorporate her research and practical experience in arts management with her experience in policy and outreach in the federal government to teach the theory and practice behind arts policy.
Teaching: Arts Policy
Beth Hauptle
Ms. Hauptle has been in the arts management field for 22 years. She has served as an arts marketing and fundraising consultant since launching her company, Arts Marketing Strategies, Inc., in 2001. She currently works with the Atlas Performing Arts Center, the International Opera Alliance, the Mount Vernon Community Children's Theatre, Imagination Stage and MusicLink Foundation. Other clients have included Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and The Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC), where she served as Director of Public Relations and Marketing from 1989 to 2000. In her subsequent role as consultant to STC, she produced two films and developed the theatre's national board. A graduate of the Arts Management program at American University, Ms. Hauptle's expertise is in relationship marketing and fundraising.
Teaching: Fundraising/Development in the Arts II
Michael E. Hill
Mr. Hill is the Senior Director for External Relations and Development at the Washington National Cathedral.
Previously, he was the Director of The Next Stage Campaign for Arena Stage, in Washington, DC where he managed development and marketing efforts for a $118 million expansion of the historic theater. He holds a B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication from St. Bonaventure University and an M.A. in Arts Administration from Saint Mary's University. Professor Hill's prior experience includes: Executive Director, The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure University; Public Relations Director, The Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts; Guest Critic and Assistant Editor, The Chautauqua Institution; Copy Editor, The Richmond Times-Dispatch; and, Staff Correspondent, Courier-Observer. He is also actively involved as a singer and volunteer on board committees for the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C.
Teaching: Public Relations/Marketing Strategies for Arts Organizations, Executive Management of Arts Communications
Claire Huschle
Claire Huschle became Executive Director of the Arlington Arts Center (ACC) in August 2005, after serving as the Program Director. Prior to joining the AAC, Ms. Huschle was the Director of Target Gallery, the national exhibition space in the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA. There, she worked with established artists, art critics, and curators from throughout the United States to coordinate juried exhibitions in all media. Simultaneously, she worked as the Community Liaison for the 30 year-old center, coordinating a national conference on starting community art centers in 2004, developing cross-disciplinary programs with arts groups and liaising with arts advocacy organizations. In the late 90s, Ms. Huschle served as managing curator of Duncan & Miller Gallery in Washington, D.C., a contemporary art space featuring the work of emerging artists.
In addition to her work in arts administration, Ms. Huschle has curated and juried numerous exhibitions throughout the Washington, D.C. area. Ms. Huschle is a frequent speaker in gallery settings about contemporary art and often appears on panels for professional development at various universities. She served on a Virginia Commission for the Arts Grants Review Panel in 2006 and was invited to return in 2007. She has also reviewed grant proposals for the Arts Council of Fairfax County and the Alexandria Public Art Committee/Alexandria Commission for the Arts. She is an active member of ArtTable, a professional organization for female executives in the visual arts.
Ms. Huschle received her Masters degree in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin and her undergraduate degree in Art History from the University of Michigan.
Teaching: Directions in Gallery Management
Patrick Madden
Patrick Madden is currently the Executive Director of Sister Cities International, a global citizen diplomacy network that creates and strengthens partnerships between the U.S. and communities abroad through cultural and educational exchange. Previously, he served in senior level posts overseeing external affairs activities for the Association of Performing Arts Presenters and Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery. In those roles he managed the fundraising, membership, special events, marketing, government affairs, communications, and publishing departments. For the past six years he has taught a quarterly fundraising seminar to Washington area corporate executives seeking nonprofit board positions. His career also includes positions at the Washington Chamber Symphony, Aspen Music Festival, Kennedy Center, and a trustee position at The Sinfonia Foundation.
Education: Bachelor of Music History and Master of Arts in Business, Communications and Music from Ohio University.
Teaching: Fundraising/Development in Arts
Stephen Richard
Mr. Richard is Executive Director of Arena Stage, and represents Arena to the external regional community as well as to national organizations such as the NEA. Prior to joining Arena Stage, Mr. Richard managed The Pittsburgh Ballet Theater and the Los Angeles Theater Center. His teaching credits include: Carnegie Mellon University; UCLA; and Goucher College. Additionally, Mr. Richard consults regularly for non-profit organizations such as The Howard Heinz Endowments, American Symphony Orchestra League and The National Kidney Foundation.
Teaching: Current Issues in Arts Management
Carole Rosenstein
Dr. Carole Rosenstein is Rockefeller Humanities Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and a research associate in the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute. Her work focuses on cultural policy, cultural democracy, and public culture. She has contributed to numerous Urban Institute research monographs on the arts and culture and, most recently, authored the policy briefs Diversity and Participation in the Arts and How Cultural Heritage Organizations Serve Communities. Her work has been published in Ethnologies, Semiotica and The Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society.
Dr. Rosenstein holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Brandeis University.
Teaching: MAM 603 Arts in Society
Alec Simpson
For the last year, Alec Simpson has focused on creating mixed media artworks while providing consulting work in arts management. He served for several years as the Executive Director of the Dance Institute of Washington – an organization dedicated to helping DC area youth become successful citizens through the beauty and discipline of dance. There he played a pivotal role in the organization’s capital campaign and construction from the ground up of a state of the art dance facility in the heart of bustling Columbia Heights. Prior to joining the Dance Institute, Mr. Simpson served as Deputy Director of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the city’s official government arts agency -- an organization from which he retired after 20 years of service. He has also served as a consultant to the National Endowment for the Arts and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, as well as a panelist for a number of state arts agencies.
Mr. Simpson completed a Bachelor of Music degree in music education and classical flute performance and a Master of Fine Arts degree in comparative arts from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He completed a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of the District of Columbia.
Teaching: MAM 710 Arts Policy
Debra Smyers
Professor Smyers has over 20 years of philanthropic experience within the arts and social services sectors. She founded a not-for-profit in 1990 that continues to help prevent hunger and poverty in Northern Florida. In the arts, she has been a working actor in theater, film and commercials and has been a director of plays and musicals. Her special area of interest is to raise money for social service organizations through arts events. In addition, she is an arts education advocate.
Ms. Smyers has served as an Arts Consultant in the D.C. Metropolitan area, working with arts organizations in grant writing, strategic planning, organizational assessments, board retreats, and fundraising. She continues to work with social services organizations in fundraising and job recruitment.
Having graduated in the very first graduating class of the Master of Arts Management Program, Ms. Smyers is looking forward to challenging new students in the classroom and matching professional goals of interns in placing them in arts organizations. Ms. Smyers is supportive and appreciative of the arts at Mason, and is a member of the Friends for the Center of the Arts and serves on the CVPA Alumni Board.
Education: B.A., University of Maryland; M.A., George Mason University
Teaching: CVPA 305 Seminar in Arts Management and MAM 740/790 Internal and External Internship |
