Duncan Webb
Webb Mgmt
Performing Arts
Duncan founded Webb Mgmt to provide advisory services for the development and operation of performing arts facilities, organizations, agencies, and districts. Since its founding in 1997, the firm has successfully completed more than 500 consulting assignments in small-towns and large cities across North America.
Webb Mgmt’s recent clients/projects include the Sterling Opera House Renovation Business Plan in Derby CT, the University Musical Society Facility Feasibility Study at the University of Michigan, the McCarter Theatre Expansion Plan in Princeton NJ and the Cultural Precinct Development Plan in Vancouver BC.
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. His book Running Theaters: Best Practices for Managers and Leaders (Allsworth Press) was the first book ever written on the management of performing arts facilities. A second edition was published in 2020. It was recently translated into Mandarin and is being used to inform cultural development throughout China. He is also on the faculty of the Graduate Program in Arts Administration at Baruch College, part of City University New York.
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.
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.