Arizona State University: Broadway League Elects ASU's Colleen Jennings-Roggensack As Vice Chair Of The Road

Scottsdale AZ

20 December, 2021

6:17 PM

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Press release from Arizona State University: Arianna Reyna 2021-12-20 The Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway industry, added new members to its Board of Governors and elected ASU's Colleen Jennings-Roggensack as its new vice chair of the road. At its annual meeting on Dec. 14, the membership added more than a dozen new members, including the arts and visionary leader Jennings-Roggensack. The Broadway League members include theater owners, operators, producers, presenters and general managers in North American cities, as well as suppliers of goods and services to the commercial theater industry. Each year, league members bring Broadway to more than 30 million people in New York and more than 200 cities across the U.S. and Canada. Colleen Jennings-Roggensack Download Full Image "Thank you, all members of the Broadway League, for the hard work, dedication and truly working together to keep our theaters open, audiences engaged, creatives, actors, crews, admin teams all pulling together. I am honored to be the incoming vice chair of the board for our governors," said Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, ASU vice president for cultural affairs and executive director of ASU Gammage. Jennings-Roggensack has artistic, fiscal and administrative responsibility for the historic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed ASU Gammage and ASU Kerr Cultural Center, with responsibility for Sun Devil Stadium and Desert Financial Arena for non-athletic activities. She oversees the activation and transformation of Sun Devil Stadium into a year-round hub of cultural activity as ASU 365 Community Union. Jennings-Roggensack was also appointed by ASU President Michael Crow to co-lead the Advisory Council on African American Affairs. She serves on the Broadway League's diversity and inclusion committee, government relations committee, labor committee, and co-chairs the legislative council and road presenters/intra-industry committees. Jennings-Roggensack is Arizona's only Tony voter and serves on the Black Theatre United Summit and the 7G Committee. She is a founding and current member of the Creative Capital Board, a senior adviser to Women of Color in the Arts, a former Association of Performing Arts Professionals board president, has served on the National Council on the Arts at the behest of President Clinton and is a life director of the Fiesta Bowl.  The new board members include Arvind Ethan David, Tom Gabbard, Temah Higgins, Rich Jaffe, Khady Kamara, Susie Krajsa, Joey Parnes, Julio Peterson, David Richards, Christina Selby, Lia Vollack, Tammie Ward and Kumiko Yoshii. This brings the total number of board members to 56. Each member will serve a two-year term and will be eligible for re-election in 2023. In addition, Lauren Reid will remain chair of the board for the next two years, finishing her three-year term, and Elliot Greene, chief operating officer of the Shubert Organization, was reelected as secretary/treasurer. Living, learning and, in many cases, working in health care through a pandemic is no small feat. But that is exactly what Arizona State University's Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation's newest group of graduates has been doing over the past 20 months. On Dec. 15, their perseverance, resilience and commitment to helping others were recognized during seven intimate, in-person convocation ceremonies in the ASU Health Futures Center. The Edson College welcomed graduates along with their families and friends to celebrate convocation. Photo by Mitchell Tay Download Full Image "You rose with the need for change. Learning remotely, providing COVID-19 testing, administering COVID-19 vaccines, delivering care through telehealth, wearing personal protective equipment in health care settings, wearing face coverings on campus, social distancing, and demonstrating compassion and care for yourself and others in ways we never could have predicted. This is your legacy," Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Katherine Kenny told the graduates. Like the rest of the university, this was also the first time since fall 2019 that Edson College was able to welcome graduates and their families together in person to celebrate receiving their degrees. "It's wonderful to have these ceremonies in person and that families and friends could be here to celebrate and join us as we recognize our graduates' accomplishments," Dean Judith Karshmer said. Just more than 600 Edson College students applied to graduate this fall. Nearly half were in undergraduate nursing-related programs. In fact, five of the seven convocation ceremonies were dedicated specifically to this group. Between the national nursing shortage and multiple COVID-19 surges, these new-to-the-workforce nurses are in high demand and ready for the challenge ahead. The other two ceremonies were for graduate students, and for students in baccalaureate health programs like health entrepreneurship and innovation and community health. This press release was produced by Arizona State University. The views expressed here are the author's own.