Paul Engler
Former Board Chair, Dance Theater Workshop
Board member, The Yard Martha’s Vineyard
President, Temple St. Clair
“Dance Theater Workshop’s (DTW) Board engaged David to help us better understand and come to a consensus on how to deal with significant “recession-related” challenges facing our cultural facility in Chelsea. His work on finances and governance with our many stakeholders – including key donors and performing artists – paved the way for DTW’s merger with the Bill T. Jones/Arne Zane Dance Company. Now in its 8th year, the entity known as New York Live Arts is thriving. David’s engagement came at a critical pass for DTW when the Board was faced with unsavory choices. Instead, in a merger transaction quite rare in the nonprofit arts, we took a different road based on the study David conducted and the resulting advice he provided. Simply put, David played a key role in preserving one of the most influential contemporary performing arts centers in the U.S. and abroad.”