Faculty: The permanent and adjunct faculty in Arts Administration is complemented by a diverse mix of guest lecturers and presenters. Leaders in the arts and other non-profit areas are a regular part of the programs and symposia presented by the division. This interaction with industry professionals and leaders provides students with a unique opportunity for training and enrichment.

Zannie Voss
Chair, Professor of Arts Administration
Zannie Giraud Voss is Chair and Professor of Arts Administration in the Meadows School of the Arts and the Cox School of Business at SMU.  Prior to joining the SMU faculty, she was a Professor in the Department of Theater Studies and an Adjunct Professor in the Management Area of the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, where she also served as Producing Director of Theater Previews at Duke, a professional theatre company that specializes in developing and co-producing new works that go on to have a life either on Broadway or in other nonprofit professional theatres. Read more.

Lynette Hilliard
Administrative Assistant, Assistant Director
A native of Dallas, Ms. Hilliard received her B.S. from the University of Oklahoma. She came to SMU in 1981 and worked in the Division of Dance, and then joined the Arts Administration program in August 1984 as assistant director.

Other Staff and Guest Lecturers

Instruction from the distinguished faculties of the Meadows School of the Arts and the Edwin L. Cox School of Business is augmented by seminars and symposia conducted by nationally recognized arts administrators and arts trustees. Recent guests include the following:

Edward Ahnert, Former President, ExxonMobil Foundation, Irving, TX

Dr. Fred Bronstein, President, Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Adriana Cuellar-Rojas, Program Officer, The Meadows Foundation, Dallas, TX

Flora Maria Garcia (ARAD 1991), President, Arts Council of Fort Worth & Tarrant County, Fort Worth, TX; former Executive Director, Missouri State Arts Council

Roxann Garcia, Major Gifts Officer - Baylor Health Care System; former Foundation Relations and Grants Administrator, Dallas Museum of Art

Amy Groff, Vice President of Finance and Administration, Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Mark Hadley, Managing Director, Dallas Theater Center

Richard Hamburger, Artistic Director, Dallas Theater Center

JoLynne Jensen, Executive Director, Arts Magnet High School Building Campaign Advisory Board; Vice President, Texas Women's University, Denton, TX; former Associate Director of Development for Endowment and Planned Gifts, Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Douglas W. Kinzey, President, Audience Strategies for the Arts, Inc., Dallas, TX; former Director of Marketing, Concert Promotions, and Customer Service, Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dr. John Lane, Director, Dallas Museum of Art

William H. Lively, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation

Paula Peters, President, Arts District Foundation; Trustee, Arts District Friends, Dallas, TX

Marianne Piepenburg, Director, Planned and Major Gifts, SMU

Pat Porter, Executive Director, North Texas Business for Culture & the Arts

Charles Santos, Executive Director, Texas International Theatrical Arts Society (TITAS), Dallas, TX

Bernard (Bob) Stoller, attorney and arts trustee/advocate, Dallas, TX

Karen Stone, General Director, The Dallas Opera

Krista Weinstein (ARAD 1994), Executive Director, Dallas Social Venture Partners, Dallas, TX

Harry Weintraub, arts attorney and legal counsel to the League of Resident Theaters (LORT) and partner, Glick & Weintraub, P.C., New York, NY