The Work

Thirty years of building and leading cultural institutions — most of them in places without deep philanthropic infrastructure, where the work is to make something durable out of what a community can actually sustain.

SELECTED LEADERSHIP

Spirit of Broadway Theater — Norwich, Connecticut
Founder and Producing Artistic Director, 1995–2016. Twenty-one years. New American musicals, many of them world premieres. Redevelopment of the city’s 1917 firehouse into the theater’s permanent home.

The Stissing Center for Arts and Culture — Pine Plains, New York
Executive and Development Director. Operating budget nearly tripled in two years; capital campaign launched.

The Gettysburg Foundation — Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Vice President of Development. Advancement architecture for a national comprehensive campaign at one of the country’s most consequential historic sites.

Nebraska Shakespeare Festival · The Cape Playhouse · Theater Harrisburg
Executive leadership across three regional institutions.

GOVERNANCE

Board Chair, Arts Mid-Hudson — a New York State Council on the Arts Statewide Community Regrant partner serving Dutchess, Ulster, and Orange counties. Leading a full board governance rebuild alongside an active development program.

CURRENT

He is available for executive and advancement leadership — permanent, interim, or fractional — and for consulting on governance, board development, and philanthropic strategy.

Brett Bernardini, professional portrait, sitting, suit, no tie.