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<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial><STRONG>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<BR>June 13,
2011</STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG><FONT size=5>Great Lakes Theater Festival<BR>Names
New Development Director</FONT></STRONG><BR><BR><FONT size=3><STRONG><EM>Holly
Tomasch joins the Festival’s six-member management
team.</EM></STRONG></FONT><BR><BR>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.<BR></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial><BR>“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 <EM>Macbeth</EM> 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.”<BR><BR>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 <EM>William G. Mather</EM> 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 <EM>Next Generation</EM> 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.<BR><BR>“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.” </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial># # #<BR><BR><STRONG>For More
Information</STRONG><BR></FONT></FONT><SPAN
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