[NEohioPAL] Great Lakes Theater Festival Names New Development Director

[Todd Krispinsky]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 13, 2011

Great Lakes Theater Festival
Names New Development Director

Holly Tomasch joins the Festival's six-member management team.

CLEVELAND, OH - Great Lakes Theater Festival (GLTF), Cleveland's
professional classic theater, announced the appointment of Holly Tomasch
as the company's new development director today. As the head of GLTF's
development department, Tomasch will oversee all individual, corporate
and foundation fundraising efforts for the organization. Approximately
$2M of the Festival's $3.6M annual operating budget is generated from
contributed income sources each season.

"I am so pleased to join the Festival on the eve of its 50th anniversary
year," said Tomasch about her recent appointment. "I have many years of
fond memories of the Festival beginning with Macbeth when I was a school
child.  It is great to be able to work 'behind the curtain' to help
ensure that this wonderful organization continues to enthrall and
educate audiences for generations to come."

Tomasch is a long-time Greater Cleveland resident and has spent more
than twenty-five years working in the nonprofit sector. She has been
heavily involved in cultural arts and higher education organizations,
where she has held several senior management positions. From 1995 -
2007, Tomasch served as the Executive Director of the Harbor Heritage
Society, which owned and operated the Steamship William G. Mather Museum
until 2006, when the Museum merged with the Great Lakes Science Center.
Since 2007, she has consulted for a number of regional organizations in
the areas of fundraising, board development and volunteer management,
and worked at The Lakeland Foundation of Lakeland Community College
developing its Next Generation scholarship campaign. Tomasch has degrees
in biochemistry from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and nonprofit
organizational management from Case Western Reserve University's
Weatherhead School.  Holly and her husband Bruce live in Rocky River,
Ohio.

"We're absolutely thrilled to welcome Holly to our team," said Bob
Taylor, GLTF's executive director. "I am confident that she will
contribute to the overall growth of our theater company in significant
ways immediately and in the long term." 

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For More Information
Todd Krispinsky
Marketing and Public Relations Director
Great Lakes Theater Festival
1501 Euclid Avenue, Suite 300
Cleveland, Ohio  44115
(216) 241-5490 x317 / (216) 241-6315 Fax
www.greatlakestheater.org <http://www.greatlakestheater.org/> 

 
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