Staff Bios
Executive Director
Dara Falco has been a leader in the Arts and
Academic community for over 20 years. In
addition to her new role as Executive
Director for the Newark School of the Arts,
Ms. Falco is an active board member for ArtsRock, a not-for-profit professional
producing company in Rockland County, NY. As the former Managing Director of
Riverspace Arts in Nyack, she was
responsible for two venues with over 200
events annually. Over the course of her
career she has worked with artists such as
Edward Albee, Alec Baldwin, Lewis Black, Tom
Chapin, Cherish the Ladies, Joe DiPietro,
Olympia Dukakis, Lauren Flanagan, Ani Di
Franco, Sonny Fortune, Israel Horovitz, Bill
Irwin, Eileen Ivers, John Malkovich, Nelly
Mckay, Austin Pendleton, Peter Reigert,
Rosie O'Donnell, Tony Shalhoub, Pete Seeger,
Ron Silver, Jean Stapleton, Meryl Streep,
and Dan Zanes, plus political figures like
Bill Bradley, Senator Hillary Clinton, John
Edwards, John McCain, Ralph Nader, Shimon
Peres and Reverend Al Sharpton. Ms. Falco
was part of the leadership team behind the
opening of Lerner Hall, Columbia
University's $98 million student
center. While working at the John Harms
Center for the Arts, the company was named
"Regional Center of Excellence" by the New
Jersey Council on the Arts, and CSC
Repertory received an Obie Award for
Outstanding Achievement while she was Acting
Managing Director.
Development Director
Sherrie Thaler has been the Development
Director for 13 of 15 years at Newark School
of the Arts. Prior to working at NSA,
she was the Grants Manager at the New York
Foundation for the Arts, 1985 to 1993 and
from 1980 to 1985 worked in the Development
Department at the South Street Seaport
Museum assisting in raising funds for its
annual operations and a major capital campaign.
Artistic Staff Bios listed with Faculty.
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