private sector council

Will Weiss
PS Council Member
Executive Director
Arts & Business Council of New York
One East 53rd Street
New York, New York 10022
T 212.279.5910
E-mail: wmweiss@artsandbusiness-ny.org
Website: www.artsandbusiness-ny.org

Will Maitland Weiss

Will comes to the Arts & Business Council, NY, from The Center for Creative Resources, a nonprofit that provides management, marketing, and development services for arts organizations; and he continues to serve on the board of this start-up firm. He served for five years as vice president of development and communications for New York City Center—producer of the award-winning Encores! series of American musicals and performance home to Alvin Ailey, American Ballet Theatre, Paul Taylor, Manhattan Theatre Club, and others. Prior to that, he spent 10 years in fundraising at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts with the New York City Opera, and five years as marketing director, then development director, and then managing director of the Off-Broadway CSC Repertory. After receiving his M.F.A. in stage direction from Brandeis University, Will spent several years as stage manager, then production manager, then managing director of a LORT theater and multiarts presenting facility in New England. He also served as vice president of development and communications for a NYC-based healthcare organization, where his responsibilities included management of a successful capital campaign. He has lectured on arts administration at Brown University, New York University, and Williams College. Will presented at National Arts Marketing Conferences in both 2003 (NYC) and 2004 (Chicago), and is proud to have successfully nominated an Encore Award-winning former colleague and to have mentored past Arts & Business Council summer arts management interns.