LaTeshia Ellerson, Emilya Cachapero.
NEW YORK CITY: Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the nationwide group for theatre and the writer of American Theatre, at present fleshed out its newly introduced co-leadership construction with the hiring of two out of the three co-leaders. Each are acquainted TCG faces: LaTeshia Ellerson, who has served as interim chief progress officer for the previous seven months, will now function co-executive director: nationwide engagement, and Emilya Cachapero, longtime director of TCG grantmaking and worldwide applications, will function co-executive director: nationwide and world programming. Each leaders had been appointed by TCG’s board, which is now conducting a nationwide search by way of Inventive Evolutions for the third chief, whose title shall be co-executive director: nationwide operations and enterprise improvement.
Karena Fiorenza, who has been serving as interim chief govt officer since December, succeeding the departing Teresa Eyring, performed an integral position in creating the brand new management construction in preparation for her deliberate departure.
“It has been my pleasure to guide and assist TCG by means of my company Ánimo Consulting, throughout this previous yr of transitions,” mentioned Fiorenza in an announcement. “Nothing offers me larger pleasure than realizing LaTeshia and Emilya shall be on the helm of TCG. They’re two of essentially the most sensible, considerate, and strategic people in our ecosystem. I’m extremely honored for the chance to assist architect a brand new management and organizational construction that I imagine shall be transformative for TCG and the folks and business we serve.”
“I’m grateful for the collaborative course of with the board and workers, facilitated by Inventive Evolutions, that has led to this new management construction for TCG,” added Harold Steward, board chair of TCG and govt director of New England Basis of the Arts, in an announcement. “Now’s the time for us to be daring as a theatre ecology, transferring towards programs and constructions that foster abundance for all of us. As we transfer by means of this transitional interval, I thank Karena Fiorenza and LaTeshia Ellerson for his or her sturdy interim management, and I welcome LaTeshia and Emilya into their roles as co-executive administrators.”
As interim chief progress officer over the previous seven months, and as director of institutional philanthropy since 2021, Ellerson has a confirmed monitor file of management throughout the group and fostering engagement and assist for the performing arts nationwide. As director of grantmaking applications, Cachapero has performed an integral position in cultivating and stewarding the skilled progress of numerous artists and theatre directors for many years. Her management at TCG as a programmer has been instrumental to the group’s success.
“I’m honored to step into the position of co-executive director: nationwide engagement throughout this pivotal time of restructuring for TCG,” mentioned Ellerson in an announcement, “and I stay up for working alongside my co-executive administrators to deepen {our relationships} within the discipline and assist stabilize and steer the group towards long-term success.”
Added Cachapero in an announcement, “We’re getting into into a brand new period of TCG’s programming, constructing on the success of our previous and reimagining the probabilities for our discipline’s future. I’m grateful for the chance to guide this course of in my new position as co-executive director: nationwide and world programming.”
The adjustments come as TCG and the nationwide theatre discipline face the necessity for nimble management that may navigate change and encourage a renewed sense of hope for our collective future. At this transformative time within the business, the a number of service areas of TCG exceed the sensible capacities of anybody particular person. These three leaders will convey their distinctive strengths, offering a number of factors of contact and views for all of TCG’s constituents.
Extra data on the open place for co-executive director: nationwide operations and enterprise improvement might be discovered right here.
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