Faculty and Staff

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

  • Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management, CVPA

    Executive Director of Center for the Arts, CVPA

    Julie 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. 
  • Eric Thornton

    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.