Arts Management Faculty and Staff

  • Associate Dean, Emerita, Graduate Studies, CVPA

    Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management, CVPA

    Chair of the Arts at Mason Board (AAMB)

    Victoria Salmon is an adjunct faculty member for the Arts Management program. She is the Associate Dean, Emerita, Graduate Studies and the Chair of the Arts at Mason Board
  • Samantha Sinagra

    Assistant Director, Film and Video Studies, CVPA

    Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management, CVPA

    Samantha Sinagra is Assistant Director of Film and Video Studies
  • Debra Smyers' headshot: a woman smiling and standing in frot of a blank background while wearing a white shirt with blue floral patterns, a blue cardigan.

    Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management, CVPA

    Debra Smyers has over 30 years of experience within the arts and social services sectors. Currently, Ms. Smyers serves as the executive director of Fauquier Community Theatre; enriching, entertaining, and educating audiences through a variety of live theatre productions and special programs that enhance the cultural life of the community for all ages.
  • Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management, CVPA

    Executive Director of Center for the Arts, CVPA

    Julie Thompson, Executive Director of the Center for the Arts at George Mason University, joined the university more than fifteen years ago after a career as a professional stage manager in regional theater and opera, including long-term residencies at Minnesota Opera, Washington Opera at the Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap Opera, and Center Stage in Baltimore. 
  • Eric Thornton

    Marketing and Recruitment Manager, Arts Management, CVPA

    Eric Thornton is a Midwest transplant to the D.C. metro area. Trained as an artist and potter, he has participated in several international artist-in-residence programs at the International Ceramic Center in Kecskemet, Hungary as well as the Zentrum fur Keramik Berlin, Germany.