Brown Arts

Eric is an experienced arts, culture, and media strategist and teacher with extensive experience working closely with senior executives, boards of trustees, and multi-disciplinary teams. His consulting work has been seen throughout the cultural sector including conducting strategic plans for The Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Preservation Society of Newport County, and ProPublica, leading feasibility studies for The National Black Theatre and The Rhode Island School of Design, and providing operational plans the Obama Presidential Center and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Prior to his consulting work, Eric was Manager of Strategy & Business Development for Disney Theatrical Group, advising the organization on its commercial live entertainment businesses worldwide. Eric also served as Senior Advisor at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, where he provided internal consulting and facilitated special projects. Earlier in his career, Eric held a number of technical production and operations positions with Blue Man Group, the Broadway tour of Annie, and Cirque du Soleil, the latter of which included three new shows in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Eric holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater production from Emerson College, an MBA from the Yale School of Management, and an MFA in theater management from the Yale School of Drama, the latter of which awarded him the George C. White Prize in Theater Management. He is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, the author of multiple business case studies in arts management, and is a member of the ROI Community of Global Innovators.