David Baile is the Chief Executive Officer of the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) based in New York. ISPA is an international network of more than 400 leaders in the performing arts from 50 countries. Prior to joining ISPA in 2007, David enjoyed a 20-year career in the arts in Toronto in both management and consulting roles and in a variety of disciplines including contemporary dance, theatre, literary arts, and music. For the 7 years prior to ISPA, David was the General Manager of Opera Atelier, an internationally renowned company noted for its period productions of baroque opera/ballet. Prior to this appointment, David was the Managing Director of Factory Theatre. In his current capacity, he is a frequent speaker and contributor with a variety of global organizations including the Shanghai Performing Arts Fair, Association of British Orchestras, Sphinx Organization and Association of Asian Pacific Performing Arts Centres to name but a few. He holds an Honours B.A. in Urban Development from the University of Western Ontario. In addition to his professional involvement in the arts, David is also very active with volunteer positions including past membership on the Mayor’s Round Table on Arts and Culture (Toronto) and positions on the Board of the Toronto Arts Council (Chair of the Large Institutions Committee), and OPERA America. He is a Chief Executive Global Fellow of National Arts Strategies and currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Master of Arts Management Program at Carnegie Mellon University.

Magda Mazurek started her New York professional career at The Kosciuszko Foundation where, as Director of Cultural Affairs, she planned the annual cultural program, and represented the Foundation at numerous events including the Moniuszko International Voice Competition in Poland. She was Public Diplomacy Officer at Polish Cultural Institute NY, promoting Polish artists, and entrepreneurs at many of the city's cultural institutions and festivals across the United States, including the South by Southwest Festival. She comes to ISPA after three years at Roosevelt House, Hunter College, where, as Events Manager, she oversaw all of the Public Events, and was a key component during the radical transition to digital programming due to pandemic impact. Magda is NYU certified in Fundraising. She enjoys building and cultivating global institutional relationships. Originally from Poland, having lived in London, Magda deeply respects and admires the international aspect of ISPA's mission.

Mara Driscoll joined ISPA in 2022 and loves working with such an inspiring and culturally diverse community of arts leaders. Beyond her work with ISPA, Mara is the co-founder and producer of Art Bath, an NYC-based series that has presented major names in opera, dance, music, and visual art. In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, she founded and produced Boulder Arts Outdoors, a pop-up multi-disciplinary performance festival in Boulder, Colorado. Mara also served as the Program Co- Director for Accent Dance NYC.

As a dancer, Mara has worked with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, where she has danced for six consecutive seasons, as well as FJK Dance, Richmond Ballet, and Armitage Gone! Dance. Her choreography has been presented by The Phillips Collection in Washington DC, New York Theatre Workshop, New Chamber Ballet, and the Center at West Park. She is a graduate of New York University’s Gallatin School for Individualized study, where she focused on intersections between art, religion, and society.

Rich Johnson is a performing artist, social entrepreneur, and creative technologist with a passion for synthesizing information and ideas into creative action, and bringing the arts to all. Rich has worked on and off stage at venues in New York and Los Angeles including Radio City Music Hall, Beacon Theater, Abrons Arts Center, Harvestworks, National 9/11 Memorial Museum, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and at festivals including the BEAT Festival and NY International Fringe Festival among many others. He was a Create Change Fellow through The Laundromat Project, a selected participant in Carnegie Hall's Music Educator Workshop, and recently an ACTIVATE Fellow through Arts for LA. Rich also co-founded Centrifuge Arts, a multidisciplinary arts company , and has collaborated on art projects internationally in Barcelona, London and Rome. Rich is thrilled to join the ISPA team and looks forward to contributing to more international arts collaborations!

Lauren Genevieve is a performer based in New York City who is passionate about the arts and media as a medium for fostering community. She has worked with nonprofit organizations and educational institutions on marketing and special projects with a particular focus on media content creation and public relations.

She has performed with national and international arts organisations including Mabou Mines and Troika Bermuda, and resonates with ISPA’s commitment to fostering global connection within the arts community. Lauren was first introduced to ISPA by volunteering at the 2020 congress, and subsequently becoming the Spring 2021 and Fall 2021 membership and events intern. Lauren is excited to join the ISPA team by connecting her love of media to ISPA’s mission of fostering a global artistic community.

Lauren has a master’s degree in performing arts administration from New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and a bachelor’s degree in theatre with a minor in the business of entertainment media and technology from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Audrey Jing-Yun Shon is a graduate student currently studying at New York University, majoring in Performing Arts Administration. Born and raised in Taiwan, she has always been dedicated to promoting cultural exchange within the international artist community.

She received her bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature at Fu Jen Catholic University in New Taipei City, Taiwan and has worked with renowned orchestras such as MIT Saxophone and the Taiwan Glory Brass Band, both of which were nominated as Taiwan’s top performing arts groups by the National Culture and Arts Foundation.

Outside of her work at ISPA, she holds side roles at Theater for the New City in the East Village and Blue Note’s Sony Hall on 46th Street, maintaining a hands-on connection to the performing arts.