Lewis Warrick

Lewis Warrick is currently the CFO & Director of Finance & Administration at Goodman Theatre. Prior to this, they were the Chief Financial Officer at Center on Halsted from June 2008 to August 2019.

At Center on Halsted, Warrick collaborated with the Chief Executive Officer on fiscal management, strategic initiatives, and organization development to impact growth. Lewis also proactively led the organization's fiscal management, financial operations, and development processes. The annual budget more than doubled over 10 years from $3 million to $7 million during their time there.

Warrick supervised, developed, and mentored a staff of up to 4 employees in finance, development, human resources, and operations; including performance management and terminations. Lewis also ensured fiscal and fiduciary responsibilities to the company in partnership with the Board of directors, including audit compliance, budgets, banking/investment relationships, and cash flow management.

Warrick has a knack for framing and interpreting the "big picture" to senior leadership; guiding them and their teams to set goals and evaluate progress in fulfillment of the company's mission and strategic plan. Lewis also streamlined the payroll and benefits process from a manual excel approach to an online-automated ADP Workforce system; significantly reducing errors.

Lastly, Warrick is a steward of protecting the organization through trademark registration and policy and procedure development ensuring confidence of fiscal integrity for donor contributions.

Lewis Warrick has a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from Drake University and a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Executive MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Their manager is Roche Schulfer, Executive Director & CEO. and Ashley Jones - Payroll Coordinator reports to Lewis Warrick. Some of their coworkers include Kimberly Ann McCann - Stage Manager, Gina Patterson - Lighting Supervisor, and Scott Conn - Director of Production & Operations.