Margaret Genovese

Margaret Genovese is a Senior Partner in the consulting firm of Genovese Vanderhoof & Associates.

Margaret is a graduate of Brown University with an AB in cultural anthropology and received both MBA and MFA degrees from Southern Methodist University (the first graduate of this combined program). She holds a Certificate in Canadian Studies from Ryerson Polytechnic University and was awarded a Fellowship to the Theatre Program of the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington. D.C.

Prior to moving to Canada, she worked for Trinity Square Repertory Company (Providence, RI), Theatre Company of Boston, Houston’s Alley Theatre, the Association of American Dance Companies, and was Marketing Director for Houston Grand Opera. Margaret has also been Acting Marketing Director on three occasions for the San Francisco Opera.

For ten years Margaret served as Director of Planning & Community Relations for the Canadian Opera Company, working for Lotfi Mansouri. She is proud of being part of the senior management team that introduced “Surtitles” to the opera industry, a concept now embraced by every major opera producer in the world today.

Margaret has served on the boards of the League of Historic American Theatres, Toronto Theatre Alliance, Performing Arts Development Fund of Toronto, OPERA CANADA Publications, the Association of Cultural Executives, and the Textile Museum of Canada (where she was elected an Honorary Trustee in recognition of her volunteer service).