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Danielle Boyke has been with national arts and cultural management consulting firm AMS Planning & Research
since June 2012, where she has worked on a number of high-profile strategic planning and facilities planning
projects, including operating plans for proposed performing arts centers in Beaverton, OR, Sarasota, FL,
Edmonton, ON, and St. Tammany Parish, LA, as well as planned capital facilities projects at the Santa Cruz
Civic Auditorium and the Kentucky Center. Danielle has an M.B.A. from the Bolz Center for Arts Administration
at the University of Wisconsin School of Business and a B.S. in Theatre Production from Bradley University. Prior to
joining AMS, Danielle was a project assistant at The Wisconsin Union, serving as Outreach Coordinator for the
historic Wisconsin Union Theater and Assistant Music Program Advisor for its three music venues. Danielle has an
extensive theatre production background and previously worked as a professional stage manager based in
Chicago.

Michael Burgoyne is a partner at Schuler Shook with over 18 years at the firm. He applies his extensive theatrical
design and technical experience to shape theatres, entertainment venues and worship spaces across the
US and internationally. In addition to lighting and rigging system design, Michael develops spatial allocations,
programming documents, system budgets and specifications. Close collaboration with the design team and
end-users assures each project is carefully detailed and highly functional.

Shane E. Burkett is Director of Strategic Marketing at Agile Ticketing Solutions. He has been providing marketing
ideas to small and medium-sized organizations, including historic theatres, for nearly a decade. His passion for
theatre and cinema goes far beyond the box-office operations and into the heart of the patron; understanding
the patron’s desire to connect with the stories and be a part of the inspiration that is theatre. His professional
background in learning and development, legal and compliance along with a terrific sense of humor provides
workshop participants with an enjoyable way to absorb a variety of subject matter.

Mary Ellen Butler became the artistic director of the Georgetown Palace Theatre 15 years ago. She has been
involved with theater management for over 40 years, both in Europe and various locations in the United States.
Through her management and team building skills she spearheaded the development of the historic theater
from a position of eminent bankruptcy to its current
financial and critical success. She was elected
Georgetown’s “Woman of the Year” in 2015.

Tom Clareson is Project Director of the Performing
Arts Readiness project, funded by the Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation to help performing arts
organizations nationwide learn how to protect their
assets, sustain operations, and be prepared for
emergencies. He also serves as Senior Consultant
for Digital & Preservation Services at LYRASIS,
consulting and teaching on preservation, disaster
preparedness, digitization, digital preservation,
special collections/archives, remote storage,
funding, strategic planning, and advocacy for
libraries, archives, and museums.

Russ Collins is Executive Director & CEO of Michigan
Theatre Foundation, which operated the Michigan
and State Theatres in Ann Arbor, MI. Russ is also
Founding Director of Art House Convergence.

Adam & Mandi Curtwright along with Joe & Janelle
Shell are the proud co-owners of the Historic
Melba Theater in Batesville, AR. What began as a
fun thought turned into a two-year adventure of
restoring one of Batesville Main Street’s treasures.
Each maintaining full time jobs, their unique skill
sets and backgrounds in construction, marketing,
finance and graphic design allowed them to be