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Former Head of the School of Drama, Carnegie Mellon. Elizabeth Bradley is a producer, presenter, arts executive, advocate, and international cultural consultant. Prior to university administration Bradley was CEO of the Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts in her native Toronto, Canada. Formerly the O'Keefe Centre, the theatre is the largest in Canada. In addition to serving as the home of the National Ballet and Canadian Opera Company, the Centre presents multi disciplinary attractions from around the world, including many of the major artists of the last decade. Her theatrical producing credits include Tony-nominated Broadway productions, Edinburgh Festival premieres and extensive US tours to major houses such as the Kennedy Center and City Center in New York. She has worked directly for artists as manager and agent, and occupied a senior management position for the Stratford Festival of Canada. Past Chair of the International Society for the Performing Arts, an organization that links leaders in the arts from 51 countries, Bradley was instrumental in the creation of the Inaugural International Arts Forum in Beijing, China in 2001.  Significant policy changes promoting increased openness to artistic exchange and expression were announced at the Forum. Bradley is programming consultant to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada and has served as jury member for the Heinz Foundations Creative Heights program. She was the Artistic Director of the first edition of the Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts held in October of 2004. The Festival brought nine US premieres of cutting edge multi disciplinary performance work to Pittsburgh to complement the visual arts showcased in the Carnegie International.  In the fall of 2004, before performance in the Festival, the first International Artists Residency Program welcomed Theatre O to an intensive five-week immersive visit to the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.  Bradley recently served as Chair of an advisory board review of the Theatre School at DePaul University, and also served on a review team for the School of Communications at Northwestern University.