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Concessions teams in implementing the best possible guest experiences. Previously, Justin has worked with a
team opening a brand new, state-of-the-art performing arts center where he served on the Front of House and
Programming teams. Justin also has experiences working with grass-roots arts and cultural organizations.

Kevin Sullivan is a Client Executive in the National Trust Insurance Services (NTIS) division of Baltimore-based
insurance agency Maury, Donnelly & Parr. NTIS is a joint venture between MDP and the National Trust for Historic
Preservation which was formed in 2003 to meet the challenging insurance issues facing historic properties
across this Country. In short, NTIS is a specialized insurance broker, consultant, and program administrator
specifically created for the owners and stewards of historically prominent buildings (and the organizations that
operate within). NTIS operates in all 50 States. As part of the NTIS team, Kevin oversees current client service
and new client procurement. He is a graduate of Denison University and earned an MBA from the University
of Baltimore. He also holds the Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation. Kevin works extensively with
historic theaters, often on-site, to reduce risk and properly insure operations and historic properties. Popular
presenter at LHAT conferences. Maury Donnelly & Parr is an LHAT national partner.

Wendy Waszut-Barrett, PhD, is the president of Historic Stage Services LLC. She works as an historical consultant,
designer and scenic artist, specializing in the restoration and replication of painted scenery for a variety of
performance venues. Waszut-Barrett also teaches historical scene painting classes throughout the United
States and Canada. Her main mission is to raise awareness of the significance of the painted aesthetic within
the framework of theatre history. Waszut-Barrett writes daily about historic theaters, theatre manufacturers
and scenic art for her blog www.drypigment.net. Recent publications include “The Santa Fe Scottish Rite
Temple: Freemasonry, Architecture and Theatre” (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2018) and “Setting the Stage”
(Marquee Q4, 2018).

Kurt Wehmann is Principal of Theatre Consultants Collaborative. His theatre consulting career was ignited by his
interest in acting while an architecture student in Boston. Upon graduation, he moved to NYC to work at Sachs
Morgan Studio where he immersed himself in the planning and design of many beloved Broadway theatres.
He went on to work as an architect with Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture, focusing on the design and
construction of unique performing arts facilities around the country. Eventually, he began to wonder what life
was like outside of the Big Apple. In 2016, he took a two-year “sabbatical” in North Carolina at which time he
joined TCC; he recently returned north to a special little place called Hudson, NY.

Seth Wenig, Executive Vice President, oversees the producing function and the development of all of NETworks
tours. He joined forces with Ken Gentry to start up NETworks Presentations as Production Manager for over
30 national tours, including Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Jekyll and Hyde, Victor Victoria starring Toni Tennille,
Cinderella with Deborah Gibson and Eartha Kitt, Showboat, and Seussical The Musical with Cathy Rigby. Seth
spearheaded NETworks Presentations International, moving his family to London for three years where he served
as Executive Producer for Fosse starring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall as well as a UK tour of The King and
I. He joined forces with Cameron Mackintosh to produce the UK and US tours of My Fair Lady. This relationship
would bring NETworks such titles as Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon. Since returning
from the UK, Seth has served as Executive Producer for Hairspray, The Producers, The Lincoln Center Production
of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific, The King and I, War Horse, A Bronx Tale and Young Frankenstein.
He met his wife Tammy while doing regional theatre in Upstate New York and is most proud of his greatest
productions Marlo and Camden.

Athos Zaghi is a Principal of Theatre Consultants Collaborative, He developed his passion for designing
performing arts facilities in the early ‘90s while at Lett/Smith Architects, where he served as project architect for
the new Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto, just down the block from the ‘Royal Alex’. He subsequently spent
four years as a designer with Theatre Projects before joining TCC at the firm’s inception in 2003. Athos initiates
design concepts for performance spaces that effectively incorporate theatre technologies, the architect’s
vision, and the acoustician’s shaping requirements.

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