MEET OUR DIRECTOR
Meet the Director of the Arts Management Program, Dr. Karalee Dawn MacKay! She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses, advises students, and is the Academic Director of the AMGT study abroad program.
Faculty and Staff
Eric Oberstein is a 2x GRAMMY and 2x Latin GRAMMY-winning producer, curator, artist manager, arts administrator, and educator. A respected and trusted arts leader, he is founder of Eric Oberstein Productions, an NYC-based artist management and producing company, serving as a collaborator and guide to adventurous, culture-changing artists, as well as an arts management consultancy, curating transformative programming and advising cultural organizations on strategy. With a long track record of working with prominent artists and arts organizations, Oberstein has developed a career building environments that help artists and organizations achieve their goals.
Director of Dance Programming, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Jane Raleigh is the Director of Dance Programming at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and adjunct professor in the Arts Management Program.
Former Director and Professor, Arts Management, CVPA (retired)
William Reeder's accomplishments include being the former dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts; vice president and general manager of the Washington Performing Arts Society; establishing the Sallie Mae Trust for Education at 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; and the Newark Community School of the Arts.
Graduate Internship Coordinator & Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management, CVPA
Jennifer Rosenfeld joined the Arts Management program for the Spring 2014 semester in addition to her duties as Associate Director of Educational Programs for the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason.
Full Professor, Arts Management Program, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Carole Rosenstein is Full Professor of Arts Management and affiliated Professor of Folklore at George Mason University in Virginia, USA. She studies cultural policy and the social life of the arts and culture with a focus on cultural democracy and cultural equity. Her most recent book is Understanding Cultural Policy (2e 2024).
Associate Dean, Emerita, Graduate Studies, CVPA
Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management, CVPA
Chair of the Arts at Mason Board (AAMB)Victoria Salmon is an adjunct faculty member for the Arts Management program. She is the Associate Dean, Emerita, Graduate Studies and the Chair of the Arts at Mason Board
Assistant Director, Film and Video Studies, CVPA
Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management, CVPA
Samantha Sinagra is Assistant Director of Film and Video Studies
Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management, CVPA
Debra Smyers has over 30 years of experience within the arts and social services sectors. Currently, Ms. Smyers serves as the executive director of Fauquier Community Theatre; enriching, entertaining, and educating audiences through a variety of live theatre productions and special programs that enhance the cultural life of the community for all ages.
Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management, CVPA
Executive Director of Center for the Arts, CVPAJulie Thompson, Executive Director of the Center for the Arts at George Mason University, joined the university more than fifteen years ago after a career as a professional stage manager in regional theater and opera, including long-term residencies at Minnesota Opera, Washington Opera at the Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap Opera, and Center Stage in Baltimore.
Marketing and Recruitment Manager, Arts Management, CVPA
Eric Thornton is a Midwest transplant to the D.C. metro area. Trained as an artist and potter, he has participated in several international artist-in-residence programs at the International Ceramic Center in Kecskemet, Hungary as well as the Zentrum fur Keramik Berlin, Germany.