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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCESOUTSTANDING ADDITIONS TO BOARD LEADERSHIP
New Board members include global business leaders, philanthropists, andTony, Emmy, and Grammy Award winner Billy Porter
(BOSTON) – Huntington Theatre Company announces the election of 4 new board members, and the promotion of two Huntington Advisors to Trustee level. The election took place during the Huntington’s year-end meeting of the Board of Trustees and Advisors on June 8, 2020.
Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award winner and a director of Huntington productions Billy Porter is a newly elected Trustee, along with D. Randolph (Randy) Peeler, business leader and senior advisor at Berkshire Partners, and executive and life coach, and media consultant Kate Taylor who have previously served as Huntington Advisors and have now been promoted to become Trustees. The newly elected Advisors are philanthropist and activist Evelyn Peterman, education expert Jacqueline Smethurst, and global business leader George Yip.
“We are thrilled to welcome each of these new board members to the Huntington family,” says Sharon Malt, President of the Huntington’s Board of Trustees. “We are incredibly grateful that they will lend their support, their enthusiasm, and their expertise to the Huntington at this time of incredible and crucial change for the company.”
The Huntington Theatre Company Board of Trustees and Advisors is made up of 40 Trustees who serve 3-year terms and have fiduciary and governance responsibilities for the company, as well as 43 Advisors who serve 3-year terms and assist in guiding the leadership of the company and serve as advocates and ambassadors. The Huntington’s Board of Trustees and Advisors plays an active role in the strategic leadership of the company, providing both financial support and expertise in a variety of areas.
ABOUT THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS:
ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY
The Huntington Theatre Company is Boston’s leading professional theatre and one of the region’s premier cultural assets since its founding in 1982. Recipient of the 2013 Regional Theatre Tony Award, the Huntington brings together superb local and national talent and produces a mix of groundbreaking new works and classics made current to create award-winning productions. The Huntington runs nationally renowned programs in education and new play development and serves the local theatre community through its operation of the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. The Huntington has long been an anchor cultural institution of Huntington Avenue, the Avenue of the Arts, and will remain so on a permanent basis with plans to convert the Huntington Avenue Theatre into a first-rate, modern venue with expanded services to audiences, artists, and the community. Under the direction of Artistic Director Peter DuBois and Managing Director Michael Maso, the Huntington cultivates, celebrates, and champions theatre as an art form. For more information, visit huntingtontheatre.org .
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