LIED - Key Persons
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- SSC Accounting Specialist
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- Education Director
- Director of Engagement / Education
- Engagement / Education Director
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- Marketing Communications Coordinator
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- Honorary President
- Member of the Friends of the Lied Executive Board
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- Director
- Executive Director
- Executive Director of the Lied Center of Kansas
Derek Kwan began his tenure as the Executive Director of the Lied Center of Kansas in January 2014. Derek came to the Lied Center from Jazz at Lincoln Center, where he served as Vice President of Concerts & Touring. In this role, he managed all activities related to performances under the Jazz at Lincoln Center brand, including the NYC season at Rose Theater and the Appel Room, worldwide touring of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and nightly sets at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. Derek previously worked for Interlochen Center for the Arts as the Executive Director of Interlochen Presents and also served as the Associate Director of Programming & Concert Operations for Jazz at Lincoln Center in the early 2000's. While earning his MBA at the University of Wisconsin, Derek served as the Education & Outreach Coordinator for the Wisconsin Union Theater. Prior to working in the arts, he worked for the IT consulting firm Accenture. A voting member of the Recording Academy, he has production credits on over 60 albums, including the Grammy-winning Bebo De Cuba and NY Times Album of the Year Lagrimas Negras. Derek has served as President of the Advisory Board of the University of Wisconsin's Bolz Center for Arts Administration and is a former board member for the Boston nonprofit arts organization, Inspire Arts & Music. In Kansas, he is proud to serve as a board member for KU Innovation Park, Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, LMH Health Foundation and advisory board member for Kansas Public Radio.
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- SSC Human Resources Specialist
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- President of the Friends of the Lied Executive Board
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- Events & Operations Manager
Ernst F. Lied came to the University of Kansas from Kansas City, Missouri in 1923. His father managed an automobile dealership in Kansas City. While at KU, Lied was chosen and elected to secretary of the Sphinx Society, a freshman honorary for men. The next school year, Lied's classmates voted him vice president of the sophomore class. He made the honor roll and the University Daily Kansan described him as one of the best known and best liked men on the Hill. He lettered in golf in 1925-the same year the golf team took first place in the Missouri Valley League.
In the spring of 1925 Lied departed KU for the University of Nebraska when his family moved to Omaha where his father took a position at a car dealership. Lied graduated from UNL and followed in his father's footsteps, running a successful General Motors dealership in Omaha. In 1944, Lied hired a young assistant, Christina Hixson of Clarinda, Iowa, fresh out of high school who attended Commercial Extension Business School.
Ms. Hixson worked with Mr. Lied until his passing and became the sole trustee of the Lied Foundation Trust. We are truly grateful to Mr. Lied, Ms. Hixson and the Lied Foundation Trust for providing the lead gift to build the Lied Center of Kansas.
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- Assistant
- Technical Director
- Asst. Technical Director
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- Events & Box Office Coordinator
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- Senior Events & Audience Services Director
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- Box Office & Events Manager
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- Assistant
- Technical Director
- Asst. Technical Director
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- Assistant
- Technical Director
- Asst. Technical Director
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- Member of the Friends of the Lied Executive Board
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- Treasurer of the Friends of the Lied Executive Board
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- 2014 Impact Artist Award Winner
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