Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Names New Development Director

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's Board of Directors, Steven Maler, Founding Artistic Director and Abigail Rollins, General Manager have announced that Joanna Rothman will be CSC's new Director of Development as it enters its 21st Season. The Director of Development is a member of the senior leadership team and is directly responsible for planning, leading and growing the organization's fundraising efforts, including support from individuals, businesses, foundations and government agencies.

"We are thrilled to welcome Joanna to the CSC team," says Maler. "The breadth of her experience and her passion for theater makes her an outstanding choice to lead the fundraising efforts of CSC as we enter our third decade - a period of expansion and opportunity for CSC."

Joanna Rothman, who lives in Watertown, MA., has worked in nonprofit organizations for seventeen years, including at The Phillips Collection and The New England Aquarium. In 2007, she began her career in fundraising at WGBH, and subsequently, has served as a director of development for the past five years. Most recently, for nearly three years, Joanna was the director of development at Gateways: Access to Jewish Education in Newton, MA.

Joanna received her BA from Brandeis University and MA from The George Washington University. She also has two professional certifications in fine & decorative arts from Christie's Education London and from the Institute from Nonprofit Management and Leadership at Boston University's School of Management.

She is also an active volunteer in the Boston community, currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Fuller Craft Museum, the program committee for Women in Development, and as an Art Ambassador for the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy. Previously she served on the Board of Directors for the Boston Jewish Film Festival as the chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee and as a member of the New Center for Arts & Culture Young Adult Board. When she is not working or volunteering, Joanna enjoys seeing the latest plays and musicals, reading nonfiction, and traveling anywhere and often!

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