Tiffany Lucas Is Melbourne Theatre Company's New Development Director

Melbourne Theatre Company today announced that Tiffany Lucas takes up the role of Development Director, commencing this week.

A former Senior Associate and Lawyer with Arnold Bloch Leibler for the past five years, Tiffany has also worked as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney and Lawyer in the United States. She originally hails from Kansas City, Missouri and moved to Melbourne nearly six years ago.

Currently Tiffany Lucas holds a number of Board and Executive positions in various organisations including the American Women's Association (President), the Auxiliaries Executive Committee and Clinical Ethics Committee at The Royal Children's Hospital, TomorrowFoundation and Third Dimension's Redstarfish Foundation.

Tiffany will be working very closely with the Executive Director Virginia Lovett and the new Chair Terry Moran AC in formulating a new development and giving strategy for the Melbourne Theatre Company.

'Tiffany Lucas's extensive fundraising experience, coupled with her stakeholder negotiation skills and legal background will be an invaluable asset to Melbourne Theatre Company. Through her Executive role at the American Women's Association, she recently led a number of highly successful fundraising and events campaigns. We're delighted to welcome her to the team,' Executive Director Virginia Lovett said.

'I'm thrilled to be working with Melbourne Theatre Company. Securing fundraising support has long been a passion of mine. Taking up this role in one of Australia's premier arts organisations, I look forward to building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders to support the exciting, creative work of this Company,' Tiffany Lucas said.