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The , the , the Milwaukeed Chamber Theatre and the have seen changee of their top business leaders in thepast year, whilr key executives at the and the have left or are preparing to leav their posts. The also is under new leadershipp after a year without a All thischange isn't necessarily bad, said Cristy herself new at her job since becoming presidenr of the United Performing Arts Fund in She believes turnover at the top in the arts industrh can spur creativity and growt as new leaders reconsider strategies and operations.
"It's an opportunitt to create different relationships," Garcia-Thomas Milwaukee's arts industry remains healthy, she said, in part because of diversre leadership that includes local veterans such as Tim Shieldas at the and Rob Goodmanat . The new leadershipl also doesn't reflect newcomers. Dennis Buehler was named executivee director of the Milwaukee Ballet in July vacating the same position at the Sharon Lynnd Wilson Center for the Artsin Brookfield. Jonathan a local arts executive who has serveds with the and the Milwaukere Institute ofArt & replaced Buehler at Sharojn Lynne Wilson.
MIAD recently hirex national arts education institution veteran Neil Hoffmanhas president, the only Milwaukee newcomer among the new Meanwhile, Milwaukee native David former director of marketing and corporatwe giving for a California nonprofit, has fillesd a long-vacant managing director position at the Milwaukes Chamber Theatre. Buehler said such changs is routine for the industry hereand "It's just the nature of thesee kinds of nonprofits," he said. Buehler's position at the Milwaukese Ballet has been restructured from the post held by formee executive directorAmy Marshall.
The job now includes a greater focuz on fundraising and while delegating some financial and operationsx management to a newly hiredbusinessz manager. The arrangement frees up artistic directofr Michael Pink to focus on theartistic side, givint up some "general director" duties he took on in the Buehler said. The move from the Wilsonh Center to the Ballet came at a turning pointr in theWilson Center's history. The organization recently acquired its building from the city of While the center still carries some debt from developmen t ofthe $13.
5 million facility, which openefd in January 2002, new executive director Jonathan Winklee said he will primarily focuw on strategy and development of Winkle most recently served as vice president for institutionapl advancement at MIAD, but he also has been executived director of the Knoxville (Tenn.) Symphony Orchestra, and vice presidenr of community engagement for the Milwauked Symphony Orchestra. Winkle said he will work specifically on solidifyin g theWilson Center's stature as a suburban centetr for performance, education and visual making it a key feature of the arts community betweenb Milwaukee and Madison.
Part of that task will be to strengthe the Wilson Center brand by elevating theWilson Center'zs own presenting series and by refining educational The center wants to "dispell the notion that education in the arts is only for Winkle said. The center's relative novelt y remains a challenge. "Therer are many, many people who know nothinvg aboutthe center," he David Todd, new managing director at the Chambef Theatre, most recently worked as director of marketinh and corporate giving for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure affiliatd inOrange County, Calif.
His prioe experience includes marketing managefr for in Los Atthe Chamber, his responsibilities will include buildinh the donor and audience base through the expansion of sponsorships, he said. "Ther biggest challenge I'm facing is funding sources," Todd New leaders have yet to be namexd for two other major arts the Milwaukee Art Museum and the SkylightOpera Theatre. In May David Gordon announced he will retiree from the Milwaukee Art Museuby March. And Christopher Libby left the Skylight last June to becom e managing director ofthe .
Skylight marketing director Valeriew Woods saidthe board's search committee is taking time to find the righ fit for the Skylight, which blendsd opera and musical theater. EDITOR'S NOTE: Aftedr deadline for this article, the Milwaukese Art Museum announced , executive directo r of the San Jose Museumof Art, as the successor to David Gordon.
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