Ebs Burnough was appointed to serve as a member of the Board in March 2022. He is currently the Managing Director of Hatch House Productions, a production company focusing on film, television and theatre, which he joined in January 2017. Additionally, he serves as the President and founder of Ebs Burnough Solutions International (EBSI) a firm dedicated to providing clients with an interdisciplinary approach to marketing, communications and event production, founded in 2013.
Prior to founding EBSI, Burnough served as Director of Communications for AERIN, a global lifestyle brand founded by cosmetics entrepreneur Aerin Lauder and also served as Deputy White House Social Secretary, where he developed and executed hundreds of events on behalf of President and Mrs. Obama, including the G-20 Global Summit, numerous White House State Dinners, as well as producing “Broadway at the White House,” televised on PBS.
He currently serves on the boards of Sundance Institute Board of Trustees, as its Chair, the Wordsmith and Steppenwolf Theater and as an advisory board member of The Actors Fund. Burnough received a Bachelor of Science in Communications from Northwestern University.