Nancy J. Webster

Nancy has a wide range of experience in senior management, including most recently as the Managing Director, English Theatre at Canada’s National Arts Centre. She served for 13 years on the Executive of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT), including as its volunteer President. Nancy’s resume includes experience as the Producer of the Toronto Fringe Festival, Managing Director of Factory Theatre and LKTYP and a grants officer for the Trillium Foundation. She has received the Vital People Award from the Toronto Community Foundation, the Victor Polley Award for Arts Administration, and the Harold Award for contributions to the Toronto theatre community. In 2016, Nancy was honoured with both the Mallory Gilbert Leadership Award from PACT and the Leonard McHardy and John Harvey Award from the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts. This marked the first time these two awards, each recognizing outstanding leadership in administration, were presented to the same individual in a single season. Nancy currently serves as a consultant to the George Cedric Metcalf Foundation and as a member of the Cultural Strategic Advisory for the provincial Minister of Culture.