[NEohioPAL] GroundWorks DanceTheater Hires First GM

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GroundWorks DanceTheater  Hires General Manager 


  



Beth Rutkowski to assume responsibilities July 5, 2011;  formerly Managing 
Director of the Tri-C Jazz Fest and Beck Center Director  of Education 

GroundWorks DanceTheater General Manager Beth  Rutkowski 
GroundWorks  DanceTheater is very pleased to announce that Beth Rutkowski 
has accepted its offer  to become the company’s first General Manager.   She 
will officially assume  administrative responsibilities on July 5th, 2011, 
working closely  with Executive Artistic Director David Shimotakahara.   
Ms. Rutkowski brings to GroundWorks extensive  experience in arts 
administration as the Managing Director of the Tri-C JazzFest  Cleveland from 2005 to 
2011, as well as valuable experience as Director of  Education at The Beck 
Center for the Arts from 2001 to 2005.  Her undergraduate education is in 
music  and she holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University 
of  Louisville.  Also for three years  Ms. Rutkowski served as president of 
the Cleveland Arts Education Consortium’s  Executive Committee, an arts 
education service and networking organization for  over 50 arts and cultural 
organizations in Cleveland.   
GroundWorks Board President Jack Katzenmeyer is  delighted. “I believe Beth 
is the right person for the position. Her arts  management experience and 
her knowledge of and positive relationships with the  arts and culture sector 
are just what we were hoping to  find.” 
GroundWorks has received assistance from the George  Gund Foundation and 
the Cleveland Foundation to help build its administrative  capacity. One of 
the primary goals of this initiative was the establishment of a  General 
Manager position.   
Shimotakahara writes, “I would like to express my deep  appreciation to our 
Board for their guidance in arriving at this point of our  development.  I 
am so grateful to  the Gund and Cleveland Foundations for their responsive 
support of our  growth.  This is an important and  happy juncture for 
GroundWorks and a hugely positive investment in our  future.”
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