Kathy Evans, Executive Director	kathy@namt.org	212-714-6668, ext 11
Adam Grosswirth, Membership Director	adam@namt.org	212-714-6668, ext 15
Branden Huldeen, New Works Director	branden@namt.org	212-714-6668, ext 14
Trina Mannino, Development Assistant	trina@namt.org	212-714-6668, ext 16
Bethany Basile, Office Coordinator	bethany@namt.org	212-714-6668, ext 10

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KATHY EVANS (Executive Director) joined the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) in 2002 and oversees all NAMT programs including membership, new works, conferences and the annual Festival of New Musicals. During her tenure, NAMT’s membership has grown to 150 organizations, representing some of the leading producers of musical theatre around the world; and contributions and sponsorship have grown by 75%.  SInce 2002, the Festival of New Musicals has launched dozens of musicals that have gone on to full productions including Broadway's The Drowsy Chaperone and The Story of My Life; off-Broadway's I Love You Because, Ordinary Days, Striking 12, and Vanities, A New Musical; and regional productions of Ace, Emma, Harold and Maude, Kingdom, and Tinyard Hill. In 2008, NAMT raised $100,000 to launch the National Fund for New Musicals, which provides grants to member theatres to work with writers in the creation, development, and production of new musicals, and 8 grants were awarded in the first year. Kathy brings 15 years of management experience to NAMT. She was Executive Director at Scholastic Entertainment, responsible for worldwide video distribution and web sites, and won a Webby Award for best kids’ web site. She also worked at Sony Pictures as Director of Programming and Promotion for International Video, when revenues quadrupled in five years to $350 million. Kathy currently serves on NAMT’s Board of Directors as well as the board of the Performing Arts Alliance, a national advocacy organization. Kathy received an MBA at Columbia University and a BA at Harvard College.

ADAM GROSSWIRTH (Membership Director) came to NAMT after ten years as a stage manager, during which time he worked on many Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional and developmental productions, including Spring Awakening, Zanna Don't!, Here Lies Jenny, The Big Time, Xanadu and Bright Lights Big City, with such artists as Christopher Ashley, Douglas Carter Beane, Theodore Bikel, Kerry Butler, Alan Cumming, Moisés Kaufman, Michael Mayer, Bebe Neuwirth, Ann Reinking, Steven Sater, Duncan Sheik, Julie Taymor and Kathleen Turner.  He spent three seasons as the Stage Management Supervisor at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, under the artistic direction of Roger Rees.  As NAMT's Membership Director, he acts as a liaison for NAMT's 150 member organizations, developing and implementing a variety of member services, including surveys, annual conferences, and publications.  Adam is a native New Yorker and a graduate of Tufts University.

BRANDEN HULDEEN (New Works Director) joined the National Alliance for Musical Theatre in the February of 2008 and since then overseen two Festivals, two New Works summit including one in Seattle, WA, a Writers Roundtable, helped launch the National Fund for New Musicals and published the first and second editions of the "Nuts and Bolts Guide for Producing New Musicals". He is a double graduate of NYU where he was the Associate Production Manager and worked on over 50 productions.  He was recently the Education Associate at Theatre Development Fund, Associate Editor of Play by Play Theatre Magazine By and For Teens, and House Manager at the Vineyard Theatre.  From 2001 until 2008, Branden was part of the New Plays for Young Audiences Series at NYU in various positions including producer of the 2008 season.  In the fall of 2006, he was the Associate Producer of Kingdom (Audience Favorite Award) at NYMF.  Branden was the Line Producer for Ian August's Missing Celia Rose (2007) and Alena Smith’s The Sacrifices (2009) for the Summer Play Festival, and Associate Producer and General Manager for Maccabeat! The Hanukkah Musical at NYMF (2007). He is also a graduate of the Commercial Theatre Institute's 3-day program.  He received a B.S. in Educational Theatre and a M.A. in Performing Arts Administration (Kurtz Scholarship Award Recipient for Excellence in Performing Arts Administration), both from New York University. He is also the Managing Director of Dalliance Theater in New York City.