A.C.T. Artistic Director Carey Perloff cuts the ribbon to start the theater's 100th anniversary festivities Photo by Timothy Faust Regina Taylor's Crowns at Dallas Theater Center

NCTF is extremely grateful for the support and guidance of our outstanding board members: Honorary Chair Hal Holbrook Chairman James S. Turley, Ernst & Young President John G. Miller, PitchPerfect Consulting Vice-President & Treasurer Gretchen Shugart, Theatermania Vice-Presidents Steven Bunson, Goldman, Sachs & Co Charles Dillingham, Center Theatre Group Secretary Bruce R. Ewing, Esq., Dorsey & Whitney LLP Executive Committee At-Large John Thomopoulos, Ernst & Young Board of Directors Amy B. Altersohn, JPMorgan Chase Mitchell J. Auslander, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Jennifer Bielstein, Actors Theatre of Louisville Dianne Brennan, Guthrie Theater James E. Buckley, KPMG Chris Campbell, Praxis Media/Palace Production Center Ray Cullom, Long Wharf Theatre John R. Dutt, Marsh & McLennan Companies Richard Fitzburgh, RBC Wealth Management Gregory Hurst, UBS Financial Services Inc Ron Lefferts, IBM Benjamin Moore, Seattle Repertory Theatre Kevin Moore, Cleveland Play House Jack O'Brien, The Old Globe Frank Orlowski, Pfizer Diane Paulus, American Repertory Theater Edison F. Peres, Cisco Systems, Inc. Thomas C. Quick George S. Smith, Jr. Louis G. Spisto, The Old Globe Tim M. Whalen, American Conservatory Theater Isabelle Winkles, Morgan Stanley Emeritus Raymond Boyce Rosalyn and Irwin Engelman Dean Ostrum Evelyn Mack Truitt Michael A. Wall  HONORARY CHAIR Hal Holbrook  CHAIRMAN James S. Turley, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ernst & Young James S. Turley is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young, a leading global professional services organization providing audit, risk advisory, tax, and transaction services. With more than 100,000 people in 140 countries, Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services organizations in the world. Jim began his career with Ernst & Young in 1977 in the US firm's Houston office. Over the last 28 years, he has held a series of leadership positions throughout Ernst & Young. Jim was named Metropolitan New York Area Managing Partner of Ernst & Young LLP in 1998 and was appointed Deputy Chairman in 2000. In July 2001, he became Chairman and assumed the role of CEO in October 2003. Based in New York and London, Jim serves as senior advisory partner for many of Ernst & Young's largest global clients. As Chairman, Jim sets a clear and strong tone from the top, focused on quality, integrity, and professionalism. He has worked to create a high-performance work environment with a highly visible leadership commitment to "Quality in Everything We Do." Ernst & Young has been consistently recognized by Fortune magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. Jim is actively engaged with many stakeholders as part of Ernst & Young's commitment to enhancing the public's trust in professional services firms and in the quality of financial reporting. He has encouraged dialogue with key stakeholders across the globe regarding the many changes facing the world capital markets, including the advent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the United States, the introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards in more than 100 countries throughout the world, and the overall movement toward greater convergence of global accounting standards and global governance. Throughout his career, Jim has actively supported numerous civic, cultural and business organizations. He is on the Board of Directors for Boy Scouts of America, Catalyst and the National Corporate Theater Fund. He is also a member of the Business Roundtable and Transatlantic Business Dialog. Jim holds a Master's and a BA in Accounting from Rice University in Houston, Texas. He enjoys sports, including golf and tennis. Jim and his wife, Lynne, have a 21-year old son.  PRESIDENT John G. Miller, PitchPerfect Consulting John G. Miller was Chairman, North America of Kinetic Worldwide the largest OOH planning and buying agency. He began his career in 1965 specializing in out-of-home media at Dancer Fitzgerald Sample and at RJ Reynolds. John joined Young & Rubicam in 1981 where John was responsible for agency relations with the newspaper industry, as well as the negotiation and placement of all out-of-home media. In 2005 the agency's out-of-home billings exceeded $100 million, with newspaper placement in excess of $200 million, for such clients as Cingular, Chevron, Citibank, Accenture and Campbell's Soup. In addition to serving on various industry committees, John twice served as Chairman of the Board of the Traffic Audit Bureau (TAB) and is a member of the 4A's Newspaper committee. In 1985, his peers selected him Out-Of-Home Media Executive of the year, and in 1987 he was the first Marketing & Media Decisions Out-of-Home Media "All Star" and in the year 2000, Media Week chose him as its Out-Of-Home All Star. In 2003 John became the first agency person to be awarded the Vahue medal, the Outdoor Advertising Association of America's highest honor. In June of 2005, John led the merger of WPP's OOH agencies into the newly formed Out-of-Home planning and buying company Kinetic Worldwide.  VICE-PRESIDENT & TREASURER Gretchen Shugart, Theatermania  VICE-PRESIDENTS Steven Bunson, Goldman, Sachs & Co Steven is a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs and is the head of Global Tax. Steven joined the firm in 1986 and was named a Managing Director in 1997. Steven chairs the Securities Industry Association, Federal Tax Committee and is the former President of the Wall Street Tax Association. Steven is also on the Board of Overseers for the Brandeis International Business School. Steven received an M.B.A. from Cornell University in 1984 and a B.A. from Brandeis University in 1982. Steven lives in New York City with his wife, Joy and their son, Daniel. Charles Dillingham, Managing Director, Center Theatre Group Charles Dillingham, Managing Director of Center Theatre Group, supervises all development, marketing, administrative and financial aspects of the Ahmanson Theatre and the Mark Taper Forum. Prior to joining Center Theatre Group, he was president and C.E.O. of an international production and management company in New York, which presented the Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Opera, Kirov Ballet, Kirov Opera and the Royal Ballet at the Metropolitan Opera House and on national tour. He was the general manager and then executive director of American Ballet Theatre for eight years, during which time the world-renowned company toured to Paris and Japan, made ten television productions, and mounted 75 new productions. He previously served as managing director of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Theatre Company, and as general manager of the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and as an independent producer. He has served on the Board of Directors of Theatre L.A. and on theatre advisory panels at the California Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.  SECRETARY Bruce R. Ewing, Esq., Dorsey & Whitney LLP Bruce Ewing is a partner in the New York office of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, one of the nation's largest law firms. Mr. Ewing's principal area of focus is in the litigation of intellectual property disputes, primarily in the fields of trademarks and copyrights. Mr. Ewing also focuses on entertainment-related commercial disputes and has represented numerous theatrical producers, publishers and entertainment figures in cases involving claims for breach of contract, fraud, tortious interference, libel and related causes of action.  EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT-LARGE John Thomopoulos, Ernst & Young  BOARD OF DIRECTORS Amy B. Altersohn, JPMorgan Chase Mitchell J. Auslander, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Jennifer Bielstein, Actors Theatre of Louisville Dianne Brennan, Guthrie Theater James E. Buckley, KPMG Chris Campbell, Praxis Media/Palace Production Center Ray Cullom, Long Wharf Theatre John R. Dutt, Marsh & McLennan Companies Richard Fitzburgh, RBC Wealth Management Gregory Hurst, UBS Financial Services Inc Ron Lefferts, IBM Ron Lefferts a Partner in IBM's Global Business Services unit in the Strategy and Transformation practice within the Financial Services Sector. Mr. Lefferts leads the Financial Markets Front Office group and is also the Business Process Management (BPM) lead partner. In this capacity, he helps drive the development of IBM capabilities and market offerings in Customer Relationship Management and BPM, and is the lead partner on several client and vendor relationships. Mr. Lefferts has been in leadership roles on significant transformational engagements in financial services over the last several years, including significant roles on some of the Wealth Management industry's largest initiatives. Prior to joining IBM in 2006, he held leadership positions in the Merrill Lynch Global Private Client group and with the consulting group of Deloitte. Mr. Lefferts has worked with several non-profit groups throughout his career. While in graduate school, he completed an internship at the Philadelphia Orchestra in the Department of Education, under Phyllis Susen. He received a Fellowship from the Pew Charitable Trusts in 1994 in the Arts and Culture department to complete a study of funding patterns for the dance industry. Mr. Lefferts ran a significant community outreach program in partnership with the Greater Philadelphia Cares organization, focused on after-school education for elementary students. Mr. Lefferts earned an MBA and a MS in Arts Administration from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. He earned a BA from the University of Delaware. Mr. Lefferts resides in New York City. Linda McGuigan, AT&T Benjamin Moore, Managing Director, Seattle Repertory Theatre Benjamin Moore joined Seattle Rep in December 1985 following a 15-year association with the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco where he held the positions of production director, general manager, and managing director. Mr. Moore has led Seattle Rep through compliance for a National Arts Stabilization grant, construction of the Leo K Theatre, Seattle Rep's second stage, and 17 operating cycles with no accumulated deficit. Mr. Moore was the chairman of the Seattle Arts Commission in 1989 and was appointed to the Washington State Arts Commission in 2001. He is also a member of the board of the Washington State Arts Alliance and serves as a peer panelist and evaluator for the NEA. Mr. Moore received a Senior Fellowship and a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.F.A. from Yale University School of Drama. Kevin Moore, Cleveland Play House Jack O'Brien, The Old Globe Frank Orlowski, Pfizer Diane Paulus, American Repertory Theater Edison F. Peres, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Channels Go-to-Market, Cisco Systems, Inc. Edison Peres is Senior Vice President, Worldwide Channels Go-to-Market at Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader of networking for the Internet. In this role, Peres leads the creation and implementation of Cisco's award-winning channel strategies, marketing and partner programs. His focus includes developing highly recognized go-to-market strategies, policies, programs and training which have enabled Cisco's partners to transform and grow their businesses, adopt new technologies, and improve their profitability. In order to accelerate the adoption of new technologies by partners, Peres pioneered Cisco's innovative channel compensation and incentive programs (VIP, OIP, SIP), which provide financial benefits to partners selling advanced technology solutions -- such as Unified Communications, Security and Wireless. Within Cisco, Peres has led a number of cross functional efforts to transform internal processes, streamline new product introductions, and integrate channel and field sales strategies. Peres brings more than 25 years of successful sales, product management, and business leadership in the networking, unified communications (VoIP, CRM, messaging) and computer markets to Cisco. Before joining Cisco, he served as Vice President, Channel Sales at Avaya, where under his leadership, channel revenues grew ten-fold. In this capacity, Peres was responsible for developing Avaya's distribution strategy, championing the company's direct-to-indirect channel transformation, and managing Avaya's channel relationships. Prior to joining Avaya, Peres was President, Latin America and Canada, Enterprise and Consumer Products at AT&T/Lucent. Before joining AT&T, Peres held sales, product, and marketing management positions at Panasonic and Texas Instruments. Peres received a bachelor of arts degree in finance and marketing in 1979, and a master's degree in business administration in 1981, both from Florida International University in Miami, Florida. Peres, his wife, and four children live in New Jersey Thomas C. Quick Philanthropist Thomas Quick was president and CEO of Quick & Reilly/Fleet Securities, Inc. until 2002. From 1996 until the firm was acquired by Fleet, he was president and COO of The Quick & Reilly Group, Inc., the New York Stock Exchange-listed holding company for the firm's securities businesses. From 1985 to 1996, he was president of Quick & Reilly, Inc., the leading national brokerage firm. A graduate of Fairfield University where he studied business, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Fleet Financial Group, Inc. and serves as a trustee for the Securities Industry Foundation for Economic Education. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees, the Investment Advisory Board, and the Endowment Committee for the St. Jude Children's Research Hosptial in Memphis, Tenn., and serves as Committee Chairman for Wall Street Friends of St. Jude. He is trustee of the National Corporate Theater Fund and a trustee of the Alcoholism Council of New York. George S. Smith, Jr. Louis G. Spisto, Executive Director, The Old Globe Louis G. Spisto has led The Old Globe since October, 2002. During his tenure, Spisto spearheaded the return of the Globe's acclaimed Shakespeare Repertory Season and brought to the Globe several new musicals, including the critically-acclaimed A Catered Affair, the launch of the national tour of the Tony Award-winning Avenue Q, and the Broadway transfers of Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life, and the Twyla Tharp/Bob Dylan musical, THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'. He has produced over 75 plays and musicals, including Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the west coast premiere of the Tony-winning play Take Me Out, and the annual holiday favorite, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Spisto has managed the Globe's Capital Campaign to raise $75 million by the Theatre's 75th anniversary in 2010. Launched in March, 2006, the campaign has reached 75% of its goal to date. During the past four seasons, the organization has grown its subscription audience an unprecedented amount, resulting in the highest level of attendance in over a decade. The Globe was also recognized by Charity Navigator, America's premiere charity evaluator, which recently gave the Theatre its third consecutive 4-star rating. A strong advocate of arts education, Spisto initiated several new programs, including an innovative cross-border project involving students from both San Diego and Tijuana in a unique bilingual production of Romeo and Juliet. He also launched a series of free student matinees which brings thousands of students to the Globe's productions. Spisto established a reputation as a superb arts executive here in California, where he spent over ten years as the Executive Director of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra in Orange County. During his tenure there, he tripled the orchestra's annual budget, while eliminating a prior deficit and successfully completing the orchestra's first endowment campaign. In addition, he established a series of innovative recording projects with Sony Classical and oversaw a number of nationally recognized commissioning projects. He also served as the chief executive at both the American Ballet Theatre and the Detroit Symphony. He holds a Masters degree from the University of Wisconsin in Arts Administration and a Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame, and spent many years directing, producing and as an actor in plays and musicals throughout his college and graduate school years, as well as in professional summer theatre. Tim M. Whalen, American Conservatory Theater Isabelle Winkles, Morgan Stanley Isabelle Winkles is a Vice President at Morgan Stanley in the firm's Equity Research division. She specializes in corporate valuations, financials forecasting and accounting topics for the North American research department. Isabelle joined Morgan Stanley as an investment banking analyst in July '00 and rejoined the firm after completing her MBA. Outside of her life on Wall Street, she has been an avid theatre goer and amateur performer since the mid 1980's. A trained opera singer, she has performed in choirs at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and the White House and produced 2 concerts over the last 2 years in New York in which she has performed as a soloist. Her most recent concert involved 40 performers, including the World Children's Choir, and raised $5,000 for Mission Schools International. Isabelle holds a bachelor of science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.  EMERITUS Raymond Boyce Rosalyn and Irwin Engelman Dean Ostrum Evelyn Mack Truitt Michael A. Wall Senior Advertising and Marketing responsibilities at these financial institutions: The Wall Street Journal, Chemical/Chase; Institutional Investor and Merrill Lynch. Highlights of a "second career" in not-for-profit: The Century and Blue Heron off-Broadway theatres, The Marilyn Horne Foundation and National Corporate Theatre Fund (Executive Director 1990-1994).