LaTeshia Ellerson and Karena Fiorenza.
NEW YORK CITY: Theatre Communications Group (TCG), which publishes American Theatre, has introduced that Karena Fiorenza and LaTeshia Ellerson have been appointed as interim government leaders as of Jan. 1, 2024. Fiorenza will act as interim chief government officer and Ellerson as interim chief development officer. Present government chief and CEO Teresa Eyring will start a five-month sabbatical on Jan. 1 previous to her departure.
“After 17 years of main TCG, Teresa has greater than earned a sabbatical, and the board is in settlement with Teresa that it’s time to prioritize it,” stated Harold Steward, TCG’s lately named board chair, stated in a press release. “For the reason that COVID-19 pandemic struck, that sabbatical has been repeatedly postponed to make sure TCG was positioned to reply to the disaster. As a board, it’s essential for us to honor that dedication and mannequin care and relaxation for the employees.
“We’re so lucky to have leaders like LaTeshia and Karena entering into this interim construction,” Steward continued. “Their skilled experience, smart people-management expertise, emotional intelligence, and love for our TCG group are simply what we want for this second of serious transition.”
Ellerson and Fiorenza, each of whom participated in TCG’s SPARK Management Program, will maintain their interim government management roles by means of Aug. 31, 2024, at which level a successor for Eyring will likely be named. Eyring will likely be celebrated on the 2024 TCG Gala on March 11, 2024, in addition to the TCG Nationwide Convention in Chicago, along with her contract time period ending in June 2024. As interim government leaders, Fiorenza and Ellerson will share management of organizational technique and work tradition, whereas individually offering oversight of various TCG departments.
As chief development officer, Ellerson can even oversee institutional and particular person giving, advertising, membership, and advocacy. Ellerson beforehand served as TCG’s director of institutional philanthropy and is the previous director of improvement at True Colours Theatre Firm. A former actor, Ellerson is a member of the board of the Suzi Bass Awards and participates in dance ministry at her church in Atlanta. She holds a BFA from the Theatre Faculty at DePaul College and an M.S. in city coverage research and nonprofit management from Georgia State College.
“I’m excited in regards to the alternative to be a part of the group making certain a profitable government management transition,” Ellerson stated in a press release. “On this new function, I sit up for rising TCG’s sources and capability to meet their mission, and to fulfill the numerous challenges and alternatives going through our theatre ecology.”
As chief government officer, Fiorenza will oversee programming, analysis, communications, publishing, and administration, and operations. Fiorenza beforehand joined TCG in July 2023 as interim chief working officer. She is the founder and CEO of Ánimo Consulting and beforehand served because the interim CEO at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and at Hubbard Road Dance Chicago. Fiorenza additionally beforehand served as the overall supervisor at Steppenwolf Theatre Firm and UNIVERSES Theater Firm and because the affiliate managing director at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and at Yale Repertory Theatre. She was additionally beforehand the chief director of the dance firm Robert Moses’ Kin. Fiorenza holds two bachelor’s levels from the College of California, Berkeley and an MFA in theatre administration from Yale College. In 2021, Fiorenza was a Civic Management Academy fellow on the Harris Faculty of Public Coverage on the College of Chicago.
“Over the previous few months that I’ve been working in an interim capability with TCG, I’ve been so impressed by the thoughtfulness, ardour, and joyful rigor of the employees and board members,” Fiorenza stated in a press release. “I’m thrilled to proceed working with the employees, board, and my shut pal LaTeshia to steer TCG by means of this essential second of transition. Over the subsequent eight months, we’ll be operationalizing strategic initiatives, strengthening office tradition, and leveling up enterprise practices to make sure we’re able to welcome the subsequent era of TCG’s management.”
TCG has retained a group from Inventive Evolutions to handle the transition course of for brand new management over the approaching 12 months. After session with TCG employees and board, Inventive Evolutions has up to date the timeline of the chief search, with the intent for the exterior course of to launch on the finish of March 2024.
Based in 1961, TCG leads for a simply and thriving theatre ecology and represents greater than 700 member theatres and affiliate organizations. By its packages and providers, TCG reaches over a million college students, viewers members, and theatre professionals every year.
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