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IN TRANSITION: ALLIANCE THEATRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTS JOCELYN HUNTER AS CHAIRPERSON In her capacity as board chair, Hunter will help lead the Alliance through two seasons of recovery and growth post-COVID, which will see an ever-bolder effort by the staff of the theater to carry out their mission of expanding hearts and minds onstage and off. STORY BY
Kathleen Covington
In December of 2020, Jocelyn Hunter was chosen as the new Chair of the Alliance Theatre’s Board of Directors. She previously served as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, is a member of the Governance and Executive Committees, and has served on the Alliance Theatre Board of Directors since 2006. As Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Home Depot, Hunter brings a wealth of leadership and legal experience to her role as Alliance Board Chair. She is also the first person of color elected to Chair any board of directors at the Woodruff Arts Center.
of fiercely smart and deeply passionate board leaders, and I’m delighted to see that trend continuing,” said Susan V. Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director of Alliance Theatre.
“We have been tremendously fortunate in having had a streak
In addition to her deep support and involvement with the
