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2023 Conference Speakers

Christin Baker is an award-winning director professional skilled in Union Management, Budgeting,
and Emmy nominated producer. She is the co- Hospitality Management, and Payroll, Willa thrives on creating
founder of TelloFilms.com, a streaming platform, collaborative work environments that drive excellence. She holds
which focuses on stories for the lesbian/queer a BA - Arts Administration from Fordham University The third-
community. Tello is the first lesbian/queer largest theatre owner on Broadway, Jujamcyn owns five of the
company to receive an Emmy Nomination and is the longest 41 Broadway district playhouses.
running LGBTQ streaming platform. Christin is also passionate
about directing and was awarded Best Director for her work on Shane E. Burkett has worked in public and media
Maybelle at the 2016 London Raindance Film Festival. Christin relations for an array of business and organization
is a member of the Producers Guild of America as well as the types, retail, professional, entertainment, and
Television Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. A prolific even political positioning, for nearly 30 years,
director, Christin has written and directed 4 Lesbian/Queer contributing to the success of Fortune100
Holiday RomComs and a limited series called “Scare BNB”. companies like Xerox Corporation (XBS), Gabriel Ride Control,
Ford Motor Company, and Dollar General Corporation. Moreover,
Petey Balestrieri is the Cinema Manager of the he serves as the Director of Strategic Marketing at Agile Ticketing
Oriental Theatre, overseeing the general operation Solutions overseeing all marketing, communications, public
of the historic 1920s movie palace. He has been relations, and brand positioning efforts. Shane is passionate
involved with Milwaukee Film since 2015. about preserving and maintaining institutional historic theaters,
cinemas, and art houses. He serves on the board of directors
Andrea Brundis, Practice Leader with PGAV for the League of Historic American Theatres (LHAT.org). He
Architects in Westwood, KS, was the lead interior has been a featured speaker and hosted numerous workshops
designer on the Folly Theater’s 2022 renovations. and seminars at LHAT, Art House Convergence, and INTIX.
Andrea is an NCIDQ certified interior designer Additionally, he is a managing partner at Burkett & Associates,
with 10 years of experience. With keen attention LLC, a communication, brand strategies, and public relations
to detail and aesthetics, Andrea leads PGAV’s interior design firm serving political figures and legal agencies throughout
practice to plan and design compelling environments that are North America. Burkett & Associates, LLC is based in Nashville,
mission-focused, brand-centric, and welcoming, inclusive, and Tennessee.
accessible. Her work includes the renovation, preservation,
and adaptive reuse of historic properties and the design of Jennifer L. Carlson, a leader with experience in
performing arts theaters, hotels, conference centers, restaurants, historic preservation, fundraising, and the arts,
and other hospitality venues. Other historic renovation projects is the Executive Director of the Colonial Theatre
include: the Truman State University theater, KU Medical Center in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. Celebrating its
auditorium and reflection center, and the Kansas State University 120th year in 2023, the Colonial Theatre facility
library and great room. Andrea received her Bachelor of Science houses the original 658 seat, 1903 theatre auditorium as well
degree in interior design from Kansas State University. as two additional theatres. The 175-seat White Rabbit Theatre
and the luxe 68-seat Berry Theatre are both constructed inside
Robert Bull Jr. serves as president of Compass the remodeled interior of the neighboring 1925 National Bank
Group, bringing to the leadership team more of Phoenixville building. The Colonial Theatre is best known
than 25 years of expertise and commitment to for its appearance in the 1958 Sci-Fi movie, The Blob, which is
fundraising excellence. As president, Robert commemorated each year at Blobfest, drawing thousands of
guides the company’s exceptional consulting visitors from across the globe.
services while driving Compass Group’s strategic growth and
development. Robert is a positive change agent, taking a values- Jen Davel is the Vice President and Midwest
driven approach to the evolving world of philanthropy and the Regional Director for the Heritage Consulting
mission-based institutions for which Compass Group engages. Group. She joined Heritage Consulting Group in
He has been involved with LHAT for 4+ years and currently serves 2021. Heritage advises owners and developers
on its Board of Directors. He presented at the 2019 conference of older and historic buildings through the
in Philadelphia and was the Keynote speaker for LHAT’s virtual development process, helping them secure federal, state, and
conference in 2020. His presentations always get rave reviews! local incentives. Jen is responsible for business development
and the management of Heritage’s projects in the Midwest
Willa Burke is Vice President of Theatre region. Prior to joining Heritage, Jen worked in the Wisconsin
Operations overseeing five Broadway theaters, State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) as Deputy SHPO and
whose productions include Tony Award winning Tax Credit Reviewer. Prior to working with SHPO Jen worked for
Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Hadestown, Kinky Strang Architects where she oversaw the Mineral Point Opera
Boots, Springsteen on Broadway, and The Book House restoration. Jen received a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
of Mormon. She is a theatre manager and operations expert from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and a Master
with a 10+ year record of creating incredible experiences for of Architecture with a certificate in Preservation Studies from the
employees, show partners, and patrons. A strong administrative University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
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