arts management faculty

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.

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).

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. 

A native Washingtonian, Setarra is a graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts and holds a BFA in Dance and MA in Arts Management from George Mason University.

Rick joined Mason in 1991 as Artistic Director of Theater of the First Amendment (TFA) and a member of the theater faculty. The company, which presented its final programs in 2012, was nominated for 38 Helen Hayes Awards, winning 12, and originated numerous works that went on to other regional theaters, television, radio, and publication. Read more...

Eileen Kennedy is the Director of Development for the Hylton Performing Arts Center.

Dr. Karalee Dawn MacKay is the Director of the Arts Management Program. She has her PhD in Theater and Performance from the University of Maryland.

Claire Huschle is the founder and director of Scaffold, LLC, a project support firm for artists and arts organizations.