Leadership

David Saint HeadhostDavid Saint (Director/Artistic Director) is in his 24th season as Artistic Director of George Street Playhouse. He has directed 43 mainstage productions at GSP, having most recently helmed Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise. Additional productions include Fully Committed and Tiny Beautiful Things for the GSP virtual season, Midwives, and Conscience, in addition to The Trial of Donna Caine, American Hero, American Son, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change and An Act of God starring the legendary Kathleen Turner in the 2017-18 season. His time here has been marked by collaborations with such artists as Keith Carradine, Tyne Daly, Rachel Dratch, Sandy Duncan, Boyd Gaines, A.R. Gurney, Uta Hagen, Jack Klugman, Dan Lauria, Kathleen Marshall, Elaine May, Anne Meara, David Hyde Pierce, Chita Rivera, Paul Rudd, Stephen Sondheim, Marlo Thomas, Eli Wallach, and many others including a remarkable partnership with Arthur Laurents. In addition, many new award-winning works have begun their life here during his tenure such as The Toxic Avenger, Proof, The Spitfire Grill, Joe DiPietro’s Clever Little Lies, and It Shoulda Been You. He has directed Final Follies at Primary Stages, Clever Little Lies at Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY and off-Broadway at West Side Theatre, as well as the National tour of West Side Story.  In July 2016, he directed a two-night concert performance of West Side Story at the legendary Hollywood Bowl. In Summer 2019, he directed a revolutionary new production of West Side Story for IHI Stage Around in Tokyo and served as Associate Producer for the new film version of West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg. He also has directed on Broadway, off-Broadway and regionally at Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, Primary Stages, McCarter, Williamstown, Seattle Rep, Pasadena Playhouse, Pittsburg Public, Long Wharf and many others by such writers as Aaron Sorkin, Wendy Wasserstein, Peter Parnell, Jonathan Marc Sherman, Joe DiPietro and Jonathan Larson.  He is the recipient of the Alan Schneider Award, Helen Hayes Award, L.A., Drama Critics Award, several Drama-Logue Awards and is the President of The Laurents/Hatcher Foundation.

Edgar Herrera (Managing Director) Born and raised in Mexico, Mr. Herrera received the prestigious 2004-2005 Management Fellowship of the League of American Orchestras, taking on special projects with senior leadership at The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Atlanta Symphony, The Aspen Music Festival & School and The Elgin Symphony (IL). In 2005 he was appointed the Executive Director of the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra; after two years leading the PSO, he was nominated for the League´s Executive Director of the year under 40. In 2007 he was recruited by the Syracuse Symphony to lead the Marketing and Patron Development department. Mr. Herrera moved to Mexico City in 2009 to become the Executive Director of a private foundation formed by partners of the consulting firm McKinsey & Company. In 2013 the Clinton Global Initiative extended an invitation to Mr. Herrera and his foundation to become a member. In 2014, with an entrepreneurial mindset and smart investments, Mr. Herrera successfully developed a multitude of business ventures, including a digital accounting firm, an international trade enterprise, a consulting firm and a mining business, which he sold in 2019 to go back to his real passion, the performing arts. Mr. Herrera joined the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra in early 2020, where he successfully used his experience, both in the Arts and in the private sector, to completely transform the institution.

 

Board of Directors
James N. Heston — Chairperson
Retired, Executive Vice President of Human Resources
Metlife
Penelope E. Lattimer, PhD — President
Consultant
Arts & Education
Philip L. Kirstein — Vice President
Retired Independent Compliance Officer & Senior Officer
AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds
Ronald Bleich — Treasurer
Retired Partner
WithumSmith+Brown
Kimberlee S.P Murphy — Treasurer
Tax Partner and International Services Group Practice Leader
Withum+
Sharon Karmazin — Secretary
President
The Karma Foundation
Wanda J. Blanchett, PhD — Trustee
Dean, Graduate School of Education & Distinguished Professor
Rutgers University - New Brunswick
Edgar Herrera — Trustee
Managing Director
George Street Playhouse
Lucy Hughes — Trustee
SVP, Head Global HR Operations and Service Delivery
PepsiCo
Adele Macula, Ed.D. — Trustee
Director of Curriculum and Instruction
NJEXCEL
Dina M. Mastellone — Trustee
Trustee
Genova Burns
Norman Politziner — Trustee
President
NJP Associates
David Saint — Trustee
Artistic Director
George Street Playhouse
Jocelyn Schwartzman — Trustee
Community Volunteer
Nonny Stahlin — Trustee
Community Volunteer
Janice Stolar — Trustee
Fundraising and Special Events Consultant
Lora Tremayne — Trustee
Community Volunteer

Trustees Emeritus 
Al D’Augusta 
Cody P. Eckert
Kenneth M. Fisher
Peter Goldberg
William Hagaman 
Clarence E. Lockett 
Anthony L. Marchetta
Alan W. Voorhees
George Wolansky

Honorary Board of Trustees 
James Cahill
Thomas H. Kean 
Eric Krebs

Honorary Memoriam
Maurice Aaron*
Dr. Edward Bloustein*
Robert L. Bramson**
Dora Center**
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.*
Milton Goldman*
John Hila
Betty Wold Johnson*
Arthur Laurents*
Richard Sellars*
Barbara Voorhees**
Edward K. Zuckerman*
Adelaide M. Zagoren

** – Denotes Trustee Emeritus
* – Denotes Honorary Trustee