Fundraising Strategy

Mark Rossier has been working in the not-for-profit arts sector for the past 35 years. He is currently a consultant with A.D. Hamingson and Associates.

He was previously Managing Director and Producer at the acclaimed experimental theater company Elevator Repair Service (ERS). He began there in March 2020 and saw the company through the pandemic, developing productions of The Seagull, Ulysses, and Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge during the lockdown while increasing on-line income. All three shows premiered live on stage in 2022 and Baldwin and Buckley and Ulysses are currently touring nationally and internationally. He completed an organizational restructuring and passed the reins to a new team in December 2022.

During his 12 years at NYFA, he served a variety of roles including fundraiser, grant maker, and program developer. As Director of Institutional Giving, he raised $2.8 million annually from government, foundations, board members, and other individual donors. As Director of Grants, he was responsible for the distribution of approximately $3 million to artists and organizations in all disciplines. He also oversaw NYFA’s Fiscal Sponsorship program, which served over 300 artists.

He has an extensive background in the performing arts having spent 12 years at the Alliance of Resident Theaters/New York as Director of Development and Marketing. He was Director of Marketing at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and Capital Rep in Albany, New York. He was a nominator and voter for the Lucille Lortel Awards for 15 years and has served as a grant panelist for Arts Westchester, The Mellon Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, among others.

He was Secretary of the Board of Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company and is currently Treasurer of the Board of SITI Company.