Arts and Cultural Clients
James has recruited CEOs, and C-level executives to performing arts centers, dance and symphony organizations, arts foundations, festivals and theaters throughout the US and abroad.
James has recruited CEOs, and C-level executives to performing arts centers, dance and symphony organizations, arts foundations, festivals and theaters throughout the US and abroad.
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
President and CEO
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Artistic Director
Apollo Theater Foundation
Chief Operating Officer;
VP, Development;
Managing Director, Operations;
Director, Finance
Auditorium Theater (Roosevelt University)
President and CEO
August Wilson African American Cultural Center
Managing Director;
Vice President, Development
ARTS Center Stage
President
Ballet Hispánico
Executive Director
Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company
Executive Director
Bing Concert Hall (Stanford University)
Executive Director
Blumenthal Performing Arts
Chief Development Officer
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Artistic Director
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
President & CEO;
Senior Vice President, Programming and Marketing
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
President and CEO
Chicago Humanities Festival
Artistic Director
City Center of Music & Drama (NY State Theater)
Chief Financial Officer
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (University of Maryland)
Executive Director
The Colonial Theatre
Executive Director
Columbus Performing Arts Center (Georgia State University)
Executive Director
Count Basie Center for the Arts
President and CEO
Dallas Center for the Performing Arts (now AT&T Performing Arts Center)
President and CEO
Chief Operating Officer
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Managing Director
Dance/USA
Executive Director
Dayton Live!
President and CEO
Free Arts NYC
Director of Development
Gaillard Performing Arts Center
President and CEO
CFO
Vice President of Operations
Harlem School of the Arts
Executive Director
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Vice President, Marketing
International Festival of Arts and Ideas
President
Kentucky Center for the Arts
President
Karvis Performing Arts Center
Chief Development Officer
Loew’s King Theater
Executive Director
Louisville Ballet
Executive Director
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
President and CEO
Miami City Ballet
Executive Director;
Chief Community Engagement Officer;
Chief Development Officer;
Chief Marketing Officer;
School Managing Director
Museum of Arts and Sciences
President
Naples Philharmonic
General Manager
National Black Arts Festival
President
National Italian-American Foundation
President
The New 42nd Street
Chief Financial Officer
Newark Symphony Hall
Executive Director;
Strategic Planning
New Jersey Hall of Fame
Executive Director
The New Jersey Historical Society
Executive Director;
Director, Development
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
President and CEO;
Vice President, Development;
Vice President, Education;
Vice President, Finance;
Vice President, Marketing;
Vice President, Operations;
Vice President, Programming;
Manager, Campaign and Major Gifts
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
President and CEO;
Chief Financial Officer;
Vice President, Marketing and External Affairs
Newport Jazz Festival
Managing Director
New World Symphony
President
New York City Ballet
VP, Development
Onassis Foundation USA
Executive Director/Artistic Director
Orpheum Theatre Group
President and CEO
Peace Center
Vice President, Community Engagement;
Vice President, Development;
Vice President, Operations;
Vice President, Programming
Vice President, Marketing
Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe
Vice President
Pilchuck Glass School
Executive Director
Pilobolus
General Manager
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
General Manager
Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center
Executive Director
Saul Steinberg Foundation
CEO
St. Louis Symphony
President
Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Executive Vice President, External Relations
Vice President, General Manager
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Associate VP, Development
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
President and CEO
Terra Foundation for American Art
Chief Financial Officer
VH1 Save The Music Foundation
President
The Wallace Foundation
Four Program Officers, Arts and Education
Watermill Center for the Arts
Executive Director