Duncan Webb
Webb Mgmt
Performing Arts
Duncan founded Webb Mgmt to provide advisory services for the development and operation of cultural facilities, organizations, agencies, and districts. Since its founding in 1997, the firm has successfully completed more than 450 consulting assignments nationally—in small-town America as well as big cities. A Certified Management Consultant (CMC), Duncan has been an active speaker and published writer on arts management and the development, operation and financing of arts facilities.
Webb Mgmt’s past clients/projects include Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Fitchburg Theater at Fitchburg State University, City of New Bedford, Dance/NYC, City of Virginia Beach, Colonial Theatre at Emerson College, the New York Philharmonic, the Bronx Music Heritage Center, Durham Performing Arts Center, the National Dance Institute, the Hylton Performing Arts Center at George Mason University, the Raices Latin Music Museum & Collection, and Canada’s National Arts Centre.
Duncan’s book Running Theaters: Best Practices for Managers and Leaders (Allsworth Press) was the first book ever written on the management of performing arts facilities. It was recently translated in Mandarin and is being used to inform cultural development throughout China. A second edition will be released in 2020. He recently taught a course entitled “Managing in an Arts Environment” in the Arts Administration graduate program at Baruch College (CUNY.)
Duncan has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Toronto.
To learn more about Webb Management Services, visit http://www.webbmgmt.org.