Maria draws on her passion for building compassionate and engaged communities through the
arts in her leadership role as president & CEO of the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in
downtown Appleton. Programming of this facility includes a Broadway series, a performing arts
series, a speaker series, and a daytime education series, making the Center a multicultural
gathering place for the community.
Through Maria’s more than 30 years of experience in arts management she brings a variety of
groups together in the Fox Valley region, the State of Wisconsin and throughout the country to
build programs based in live performing arts to explore the intersections of art and education,
civic engagement, and community building.
Maria is a Tony voting member of The Broadway League where she is a member of their Board
of Governors, The National Highschool Musical Theater Advisory Board, Government Relations
Committee and serves as the co-chair for the Belonging on Broadway Committee. Locally, Maria
proudly serves on several local boards and committees including the Fox Cities Convention and
Visitors Bureau Board of Directors and Executive Committee and Reach Counseling.