Jen Rogers

Managing Director

Jen serves as the Finance Director where she manages the budget and financial processes for the Institute. In addition, she serves as Manager, Consulting, providing a wide range of services to the Institute’s clients. Prior to joining the Institute, she has spent over a decade working in production and arts administration with a focus on logistics and producing. Jen has worked with a variety of arts organizations including Shen Wei Dance Arts, Suspension Productions, The Public Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park, Duke Performances, Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC), and PlayMakers Repertory Company. Most recently, Jen was the Managing Director for the Virginia Theatre Festival, the professional summer theatre festival in residence at the University of Virginia. She has previously worked with the Institute on their Arts Innovation and Management program and consulting work at the Royal Opera House Muscat (ROHM).

At Georgetown University, Jen created her own major in Performance in Society in Interdisciplinary Studies combining Theatre, Psychology and English. She has a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Anna Louise Martin

Executive Assistant

Anna Louise Martin serves as the Executive Assistant to Chairman Michael M. Kaiser. A passionate arts advocate, in 2021, she founded Rochester Summer Opera to provide accessible opera to communities and to create free performance opportunities for young artists. Anna Louise has spent time at organizations such as the Ravinia Festival, Portland Opera, and Portland Summerfest. She has also served as a Program Assistant at The Institute of Music Leadership and a Project Coordinator for Sing for Hope. She is proud to be a member of the board of The Plimpton Foundation.

Anna Louise is a recent graduate of the Eastman School of Music where she received a Master's of Music in Vocal Performance and Literature. She is also a graduate of DePauw University, where she graduated Cum Laude with a degree in Vocal Performance and Business.

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Dmitry Samogray

Research Analyst, DeVos Institute of Arts Management

Dmitry Samogray is the Research Analyst at DeVos, contributing to the Institute's consulting services through research and strategy development. With a concentration on strategic planning and fundraising, his work encompasses capital campaigns, feasibility studies, donor research, organizational audits, environmental research, and long-range planning, amongst other areas.

With a professional background as a classical concert pianist and a keen interest in arts management, Samogray has pursued a multifaceted career that encompasses music education, scholarship, performance, and management consulting. At the keyboard, he is closely associated with the music of the Pulitzer-nominated American composer, Robert Muczynski, and has performed across Europe and the Western Hemisphere. His debut album, Muczynski: Chamber Music, was released by Brilliant Classics in 2017.

Samogray holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, and a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Maryland, College Park. His doctoral research culminated in the first complete survey of Robert Muczynski's solo piano music, which he produced and recorded for his dissertation.

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Jacqueline Messinetti

Program and Research Coordinator

Jacqueline Messinetti serves as the Program and Research Coordinator at the DeVos Institute. Jacqueline supports consulting research, executive searches, and the global Fellowship program.

Previously she worked as the Development Events Coordinator at Oklahoma Contemporary leading inaugural donor trips and launching a national donor program. Before this role, Jacqueline was Director of Bands at Seymour High School in Tennessee. Under her direction, her ensembles consistently received superior ratings in concert and marching assessments. She also served on the board of the East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association.

Jacqueline received her M.A. in Performing Arts Administration from New York University where she was selected as the Distinguished Graduate in Performing Arts Administration and where her research focused on the effects of public policy on arts education. Jacqueline graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.M. in Music Education and Flute Performance with a minor in Music Theory.

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Lucy Pope Doughty

Manager, Consulting Services

Lucy Doughty serves as the primary project manager for the Institute's portfolio of pay-for-service consultancies and provides research, internal assessment, and strategy development support for clients across a range of arts and cultural industries. Lucy has a background in visual arts, serving as the Collections Manager and Archivist at Sandy Spring Museum in Maryland, as well as supporting the Biltmore House, Newseum, Reynolda House, and Earl Scruggs Center. She received her master's degree in history of decorative art from the Smithsonian-Corcoran College of Art + Design program with a focus on 19th-century American furniture, as well as a bachelor's degree in history from Wake Forest University.

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Marie Gossman Thomas

Director, Capacity Building Programs | Consulting Associate

Marie Gossman Thomas manages both national and international capacity building programs at the Institute in collaboration with the foundations, universities, and government authorities that support them. Since 2015, she has supported the Arts Innovation and Management Program, a training partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies that has worked with nearly 500 organizations in 13 cities across the country.

In 2021 she expanded her role within the organization as a Consulting Associate, providing project management, research and analysis, and strategy development support to clients.

Also within her portfolio are the Institute’s leadership training Intensives—including topics such as Board Development and Catalytic Fundraising.

Marie has a background in corporate event production and theatre company management. As an event producer for Live Marketing, a boutique marketing agency in Chicago, she traveled the country from 2012 through 2015 managing the production of experiential corporate events and tradeshow marketing programs.

Prior to Live Marketing, Marie served as a Management Associate for Davenport Theatrical in New York City, and from 2009 through 2012 was the Group Sales Director and Company Manager of The Awesome 80’s Prom Off-Broadway. She also served as an Associate for Godspell on Broadway in 2011, and assisted with the creation of the Be A Broadway Star board game, released in 2012.

She is a graduate of the University of West Florida with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. .

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