Staff

Joseph Berardelli

Chief Financial Officer

Joe Berardelli joined the Arena staff in May 2001 and is responsible for overseeing and managing all fiscal and fiduciary responsibilities of Arena Stage including financial planning, administration and budgeting.  In this capacity, he supervises the Business Office, reports to the Executive Director and serves on the Finance, Investment and Audit Committees. Joe holds an MBA from the State University of New York and has been an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Arts Management program at George Mason University since 2008. Prior to joining Arena’s staff, he was the Controller at the nation’s oldest community music school, Third Street Music School Settlement, on the Lower East Side of New York City. At Third Street, Joe was responsible for all accounting, budget and human resources functions. He has also served as the Business Manager for the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Theatre Operations Manager at Symphony Space also in New York City.

joeb@arenastage.org

Khady Kamara

Managing Director

Khady Kamara joined Arena Stage in 2001 and has been an integral member of the communications team, eventually being promoted to Chief Marketing Officer before taking over as Associate Executive Director and ultimately Managing Director. Under her leadership, Arena’s sales team repeatedly broke box office records for a number of shows. She successfully administered the upgrade and transition of Arena’s ticketing software to meet the ever-changing needs of its growing patron base. Her work was integral in the success of Arena’s temporary residency in Crystal City and the opening of the Mead Center for American Theater. During Kamara’s tenure, she pioneered unprecedented efforts to maximize donations with ticket purchases, and group sales revenue has more than doubled in scope and range of audiences reached. Part of her focus has been on strengthening community relations, managing strategic planning efforts with the board of directors and helping grow the donor base. Kamara serves as Adjunct Faculty for the Arts Management Program at George Mason University and is on the Board of Governors for the Helen Hayes Awards.

kkamara@arenastage.org

Joel Krause

Director of Production

Growing up in rural Minnesota, Joel Krause was fascinated with two things: taking apart anything he could get his hands on to figure out how it worked and live theater. In college, he discovered that those two interests had a perfect marriage in technical theater and started his career as a Technical Supervisor, Stage Manager and Production Manager. Before coming to Arena Stage in 2014, Joel held positions as Production Manager at Tisch School of the Arts in New York and Williamstown Theater Festival in western Massachusetts. He also worked as a freelance Production Manager and Technical Supervisor for Roundabout Theater Company, Atlantic Theater Company and commercial productions Off Broadway. Joel holds an M.F.A. in Production Technology and Management from Carnegie Mellon University.

jkrause@arenastage.org

Jackie Rucker Bohi

Director of Human Resources

Jackie Rucker Bohi joined Arena Stage in November of 2017 following human resources positions with Wallis Annenberg PetSpace (Los Angeles CA), Shedd Aquarium (Chicago, IL), Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts and Washington National Opera. Jackie has focused on delivering human resources leadership to non-profit organizations in the performing arts and animal welfare spaces, specializing in recruiting, staffing, benefits administration, policy development and compensation analysis. Jackie takes a collaborate approach to the human resources function, assisted by a deep reservoir of corney jokes, Broadway musical references, Sharpie markers and pet anecedotes. Jackie earned her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.

jruckerbohi@arenastage.org

Anita Maynard-Losh

Director of Community Engagement / Senior Artistic Advisor

Anita Maynard-Losh has more than 30 years of experience in arts education and leads the theater’s education and outreach programs. Now in her 14^th season at Arena Stage, Anita directed the 2014/15 season world premiere of Our War as part of the National Civil War Project, and has been an associate director on several productions at Arena Stage. Anita trained and taught at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, was on the faculty at Webster University in St. Louis, headed the theater department at the University of Alaska Southeast, and was the associate artistic director of Perseverance Theater in Juneau, Alaska where she directed 18 mainstage productions. Anita traveled extensively with the artist-in-schools program in Alaska, working primarily with indigenous populations within the context of traditional villages. The Alaska Native-inspired production of Macbeth that Anita conceived and directed was performed in English and Tlingit at the National Museum of the American Indian as part of the Shakespeare in Washington Festival. Her essay about the project was published in Weyward Macbeth: Intersections of Race and Performance, Palgrave MacMillan. She has been dialect coach for numerous productions at Arena Stage, including Camp David, and has coached dialects for the Kennedy Center, the Washington National Opera and the Broadway revival of Ragtime. Anita was part of the teams that took the Voices of Now program to India in October 2012 and again in January 2014, collaborating on devising original plays in Kolkata, New Delhi, Patna, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad. In September of 2015, Anita went to Zagreb to devise a piece on acceptance and reconciliation with young people from Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania.

amaynardlosh@arenastage.org

Holly K. Oliver

Director of Annual Fund

Holly K. Oliver (Director of Annual Fund) joined the Arena team in 2013 and is charged with overseeing all fundraising efforts for the organization, as well as serving as staff liaison to the Board’s Development Committee. Before taking this position, Ms. Oliver worked in the Development office of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, managing the organization’s Major Gifts, Board of Trustees, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet and Circles (mid-level individual) fundraising Campaigns. She worked extensively with members of the Kennedy Center’s Board as well as other volunteer Boards and Committees within the organization. In addition, she led fundraising discussions and consultations with national and international arts organizations looking to develop and refine fundraising programs. Ms. Oliver has worked with the Development office of Round House Theatre, as well as in a production capacity for The Shakespeare Theatre, Folger Shakespeare Library and Studio Theatre, among others.

holiver@arenastage.org

Seema Sueko

Deputy Artistic Director

Seema Sueko previously served as Associate Artistic Director at Pasadena Playhouse and Executive Artistic Director of Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company in San Diego. Seema pioneered the Consensus Organizing for Theater methodology, created the Green Theater Choices Toolkit, which has been used by theaters and universities on five continents, and is currently engaged in research on the neuroscience of theater. Her directing and acting credits include Arena Stage, Pasadena Playhouse, People’s Light, The Old Globe, San Diego Rep, Yale Rep, 5<sup>th</sup> Avenue Theatre, Native Voices and Mo`olelo among others. As a playwright, she received commissions from Mixed Blood Theatre Company and Center Stage. Seema serves on the Diversity Committee of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

ssueko@arenastage.org