Spoleto CEO to Discuss Leadership and Balancing Priorities at CofC

The College of Charleston Arts Management Program’s fourth installment of its speaker series, ARTM Exchange, featuring conversations between artists and arts leaders and faculty, staff, students, and the community, will welcome Mena Mark Hanna, General Director and CEO of Spoleto Festival USA.

Hanna is the General Director and CEO of Spoleto Festival USA, where he oversees all aspects of the performing arts festival. Previously, Hanna served as the Founding Dean and Professor of Musicology and Composition at the Barenboim-Said Akademie and the assistant artistic director and dramaturg at Houston Grand Opera. He was formerly the creator and curator of the Edward W. Said Days and served as Trustee of Gingko Library in London. He currently sits on the Board of the Mahler Foundation and on the advisory board of the Time In Children’s Arts Initiative in New York. Hanna received a Bachelor of Music in Music Composition from the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University and was the recipient of Temple University’s inaugural Honors Distinguished Alumni Award. He earned his master’s degree in musicology and a D.Phil. in Music Composition and Critical Writing as an Oxford University Marshall Scholar. He has continued executive studies at Harvard’s Kennedy School. Hanna was appointed Spoleto Festival USA’s General Director in October 2021.