LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS NAMES BRET SILVER CHIEF STRATEGY AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS OFFICER
Fundraiser and Arts Executive Returns to Lincoln Center in Newly Created Role
NEW YORK, NY —Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts announced today that Bret Silver has been named Chief Strategy and External Relations Officer, a new position, reporting to Lincoln Center President Debora L. Spar. In this role, he will oversee a wide swath of Lincoln Center initiatives, including the capital campaign for the redevelopment of David Geffen Hall. Silver comes to Lincoln Center from Barnard College, where he currently serves as Vice President for Development. Prior to his time at Barnard, he was Chief Development Officer and then Chief External Relations Officer at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
“I’m delighted Bret will join our incredible team at Lincoln Center,” said Spar. “I worked closely with Bret for a half-dozen years and was deeply impressed by his devotion to the arts and higher education. His experience will be a great asset to Lincoln Center as we focus on key initiatives, including expanding and diversifying our audiences and reimagining David Geffen Hall.”
Silver said, “It is an honor to work with Debora Spar once again, and to have this opportunity at such an exciting time. I’m thrilled to have a role planning Lincoln Center’s next chapter, including the important David Geffen Hall project.”
Before his work at Barnard and Jazz at Lincoln Center, Silver held senior positions at Carnegie Hall and the Whitney Museum of American Art. At Barnard, he was responsible for raising over $300 million for Barnard’s capital campaign, the largest in the college’s history.
In addition to his fundraising role, Silver will oversee other external relations, including digital branding, marketing, communications, government relations, and international outreach.
Silver will begin his new role in September.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) serves three primary roles: presenter of artistic programming, national leader in arts and education and community engagement, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. A presenter of more than 3,000 free and ticketed events, performances, tours, and educational activities annually, LCPA offers 16 series, festivals, and programs, including American Songbook, Avery Fisher Career Grants and Artist program, David Rubenstein Atrium programming, Great Performers, The Performing Arts Hall of Fame at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center at the Movies, Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Awards, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Lincoln Center Vera List Art Project, Midsummer Night Swing, Mostly Mozart Festival, White Light Festival, the Emmy Award-winning Live From Lincoln Center, which airs nationally on PBS, and Lincoln Center Education, which is celebrating 41 years enriching the lives of students, educators, and lifelong learners. As manager of the Lincoln Center campus, LCPA provides support and services for the Lincoln Center complex and the 11 resident organizations: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Juilliard School, Lincoln Center Theater, The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, School of American Ballet, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Lincoln Center has become a leading force in using new media and technology to reach and inspire a wider and global audience. Reaching audiences where they are—physically and digitally—has become a cornerstone of making the performing arts more accessible to New Yorkers and beyond. The reimagination of David Geffen Hall will play an important part in these efforts.
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