It’s official: we have a brand new Executive Director - GREG PHILLIPS! After a four month national search we landed on this fantastic new addition to the PCS team.

Greg brings a really interesting background to Portland Center Stage. Most recently he served as Executive Director for Broadway by the Bay in the Bay Area. In that capacity he dramatically increased contributed income and ticket sales and expanded education and outreach efforts.

But he also led the Osher Marin Jewish Community Center (San Francisco’s answer to the 92nd St Y) growing it from a $2M to a $7M operation and building a performing arts wing that presented an incredible roster of performers, writers and luminaries like: Mandy Patinkin, Maureen McGovern, Stephen Schwartz, Carl Reiner, David Sedaris, Desmond Tutu, Kurt Vonnegut, Wendy Wasserstein, Andrew Weil, Steve Allen, Sandra Bernhard, Eric Bogosian, Margaret Cho, Deepak Chopra, Spalding Gray, Ethan Hawke, Danny Hoch, B.B. King and the Kronos Quartet. Whew.

One of the things that we loved about Greg’s time at the JCC, was that he successfully raised $11 million for their capital campaign. And he’s already diving in to help with ours!

Artists liked working with Greg so much - that he decided to become an artists rep for several years and wore the agent’s hat very successfully.

In his early days, he made a name for himself in television, hosting and producing the first PBS home remodeling series, KQED’s Grin and Repair It (the forerunner of This Old House).

Greg and his wife, Megan (an attorney) have two kids:  his oldest, Marissa, is studying at the University of Oregon, and Taylor, his son, will finish high school this year. They became enamored of the Portland area a few years ago in their search for “quiet” - and bought property out in the hills near Sauvie Island. So, in a sense, the move to Portland will come easily for them.

Greg is a high energy, go-do-it kind of guy whose positive energy is just exactly what we need to help take PCS to the next level.

When you see him in the lobby or in the theater - walk up and introduce yourself!