Elizabeth Bradley

Elizabeth Bradley (born 1955, Canada) is a drama professional and educator appointed Chair of the Department of Drama, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, United States, on 1 June 2008. She chairs the US board of the National Theatre of Scotland. Education Bradley earned her BFA degree in theatre from York University in Toronto. Professional appointments Bradley worked as a programming consultant for the National Arts Centre in Ottawa before her first major appointment as CEO of the Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, the largest in Canada, where she served for a decade in the 1990s. She also worked as general manager and director of communications and special projects at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada. In 2001, she played a key role in the creation of the Inaugural International Arts Forum in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The same year, she began a seven-year stint in her first post in the United States, as Head of Drama at Carnegie Mellon University.