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Dan J. Martin (ex officio)
associate professor in the School of Drama, Carnegie Mellon University
director of the Institute for the Management of Creative Enterprises (IMCE)
Dan J. Martin , Associate Professor in the School of Drama at Carnegie Mellon University, is Director of the Institute for the Management of Creative Enterprises (IMCE), a collaborative division within the university that provides professional graduate-level management training for the culture and entertainment industries through its Master of Arts Management and Master of Entertainment Industry Management programs, along with applied research and support services through its Center for Arts Management and Technology (devoted to the implementation of computer and information technology in the arts management process) and the Arts and Culture Observatory (researching and documenting the creative sector in Southwestern Pennsylvania). IMCE is a joint program of Carnegie Mellon’s College of Fine Arts and the Heinz School.
Dan consults with arts and cultural organizations in strategic planning, information technology, and finance management. Dan has held workshops and master classes in arts management, organizational structure, information technology, board development and other topics at universities and for arts service organizations in the United States, Canada, Germany, Spain, Austria, Greece and Italy.
Dan is on the faculty of the Management and Development of Cultural and Artistic Organizations Program at the University of Bologna (Italy). He serves on the advisory board of the Fitzcarraldo Foundation, an arts management training and consulting center in Turin, Italy.
Dan also served on the faculty of the European Summer Academy for Cultural Management in Salzburg (Austria) presented by International Center for Cultural Management, and on the advisory or steering committees of several professional or research institutions, including the Research Task Force for the Center for Arts and Culture and the research committee for Americans for the Arts.
Dan has authored several magazine and journal articles on arts management and related issues, and is currently co-authoring a book on marketing planning with Francois Colbert at HEC/Montreal.
Prior to joining the academic community in 1989 as Director of the Arts Management Program at The University of Akron (Ohio), Dan spent fourteen years in not-for-profit professional and educational theatre administration: Managing Director of CSC Repertory (New York City), Managing Director of Virginia Stage Company (Norfolk), Marketing Director of the Walnut Street Theatre Company (Philadelphia), and General Manager of the University Theatre, Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo). Dan also has spent several years with summer-theatre operations in Michigan, New Hampshire and Minnesota. While in New York City, Dan worked in the Theatre Program Office of FEDAPT (Foundation for the Extension and Development of the American Professional Theatre) and with the Richard Morse Mime Theatre. During the summers of 1994 and 1995, Dan served as Associate Producer of Carnegie Mellon Drama's Showcase of New Plays.