Terry Morello Named Chief Advancement Officer of The Public Theater

The Public Theater announced today that Terry Morello has been named the new Chief Advancement Officer. Morello, who will start at The Public on January 19, has more than 25 years of experience working with leading non-profits in the arts and culture industry, and most recently served as the Senior Vice President of External Affairs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for the past eight years.

"I am thrilled to have Terry join our team at The Public during this exciting time where we are celebrating Oskar Eustis' 10th anniversary and the extraordinary success of Fun Home and Hamilton," said Executive Director Patrick Willingham. "As we prepare for the next decade and beyond, I am confident that Terry's incredible leadership that she demonstrated so skillfully at LACMA will be a huge asset to The Public as we continue to grow and expand our programming, facilities, audiences and global presence."

"It will be a real honor to serve Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham -the people who brought Hamilton and Fun Home to life, and in doing so have captured everyone's attention," said Terry Morello. "Their commitment to access for the widest audience and to nurturing artists is unparalleled. The Board, and the incredibly talented staff and artists they support, continue founder Joe Papp's impressive legacy of free Shakespeare in the Park while developing new, provocative theater. From Joe's Pub to Under the Radar, from Public Works to the Mobile Shakespeare Unit, from Public Forum to the Emerging Writer Group, there are so many important voices in their venues, on their stages, and in their audiences. I couldn't be more thrilled to be part of The Public Theater's future."

For the past eight years, TERRY MORELLO served as Senior Vice President of External Affairs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), overseeing all fundraising, communications and earned revenue programs at the largest encyclopedic art museum in the Western United States. During this time period, attendance doubled and the museum completed its Transformation Campaign, raising $340 million for capital improvements, including two new buildings by Renzo Piano and monumental sculpture commissions by Chris Burden, Michael Heizer and others. Reporting to CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director Michael Govan, she worked closely with the Board of Trustees on strategic planning, governance and fundraising. Prior to her appointment to LACMA in 2007, Morello enjoyed a nine-year career with UCLA Arts, starting as Director Ann Philbin's first appointment at the UCLA Hammer Museum, leading the re-branding of that Museum, and being promoted to oversee all External Affairs for the School of Arts and Architecture, which included the degree-granting departments of Architecture and Urban Design; Art; Design and Media Arts; Ethnomusicology; Music; and World Arts and Cultures as well as the professional performing arts program, UCLA Live, the Fowler and Hammer Museums. In the course of her career, Morello has developed Board and Governance structures for organizations as diverse as Exit Art and Anthology Film Archives in New York and the Santa Monica Museum of Art in LA. She previously served on the Board of the 18th Street Arts Complex, an international artist residency program in Santa Monica, and the Cultural Tourism Advisory Committee of the LA Convention and Visitors Bureau. Before her career in non-profit arts management, Morello worked as a photographic printer for artist Andy Warhol from 1982-1987.

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