Michael J. Bobbitt
Executive Director at Mass Cultural Council ✦ Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts (Dean College) ✦ Keynote and TedX Speaker ✦ DEI Consultant ✦ Dad✦ Playwright ✦ MBA (Global Leaders Institute)
- Role
- Executive Director at Mass Cultural Council
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael J. Bobbitt
President & CEO, OPERA America | Cultural Business Leader | Creative Strategist |…
Experience
Executive Director
Feb 2021 — Present · MA, US
The highest-ranking government official in arts and culture for the State of Massachusetts. Oversee the vision, strategic goals, programming, operations, and advocacy for the cultural sector of Massachusetts- Restructured the Agency to focus on advancement of the creative and cultural sector ofMassachusetts with the rest of the state via policy work, relationship building, education,and integrating the sector into all parts of the State, ensuring its value as an economic, practical, and aesthetic essential health and human service.
Education
University of Massachusetts Amherst
BA Interdisciplinary Studies , Art & Social Change
Harvard Business School Executive Education
Certificate, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
2014 — 2014
Woolf
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Arts
Boston University
Professional Fundraising Certificate Program, Fundraising
Cornell University
Certificate, Diversity and Inclusion
2020 — 2020
Harvard Kennedy School
Certificate, State and Local Government
Susquehanna University
BA, Music Education
1990 — 1991
LEADBoston
Certificate of Completion, DEI and Leadership
The Global Leaders Institute
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Arts, Arts Innovation
National Arts Strategies
Certificate - Chief Executive Program, Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
2013 — 2013
Skills
- Theatre
- Musical Theatre
- Performing Arts
- Acting
- Arts Administration
- Stage
- Fundraising
- Plays
- Drama
- Shakespeare
- Public Speaking
- Singing
- Improvisation
- Playwriting
- Editing
- Choreography
- Event Planning
- Entertainment
- Theatrical Production
- Directing
- Dance
- Stage Management
- Stage Combat
- Music
- Dialects
- Voice Over
- Classical
- Festivals
- Teaching
- Physical Theatre
- Casting
- Comedy
- Film
- Nonprofits
- Broadway
- Dramaturgy
- Vocal
- Voice Acting
- Stage Direction
- Teaching Acting
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