BROADWAY WOMENS FUND - Key Persons

Ali Kennedy Scott

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Alia Jones Harvey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Alice Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Director of Finance & Administration at LaunchCapital

Ashley DeSimone

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Brisa Trinchero

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • CEO of Princess Grace Foundation Tony Award - Winning Producer

Chita Rivera

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Eric Cornell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Manager of Cornice Productions Fund Tony Award - Winning Producer

Jana Shea

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Board Member of Women Moving Millions, Broadway Producer

Lisa Vioni

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • CEO and CoFounder of HedgeConnection

Lynn Ahrens

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Margaret Skoglund

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Broadway General Manager
Broadway General Manager; Executive Director of Open Stage Project

Michelle Riley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • General Counsel & CCO of Bregal Sagemount Tony Award - Winning Producer

Paula Wagner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Producer

Rachel Chavkin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Rachel Sussman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Producer

Sammi Cannold

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Susan Fleming

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Theresa Rebeck

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Valerie Novakoff - Founder, Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Managing Director
Valerie has worked in many of Broadway's top administrative offices. As Associate Producer at Tony Award-winning producing office Davenport Theatrical Enterprises, the first Broadway producing office on the Inc. 5000 list, she manages investor relations and serves as associate producer on all Broadway-bound projects. Fast Company and The New York Times published her groundbreaking study on gender parity among Broadway producers. She is one of very few individuals studying gender parity in the commercial Broadway landscape and frequently shares her findings on panels and conferences in the finance and Broadway industries. She was the Associate Producer of the Tony Award-winning revival of Once On This Island and Assistant Producer of An Act of God starring Sean Hayes. She previously worked as a Finance Assistant and General Management Assistant at 321 Theatrical Management (Wicked, Fun Home), and in the offices of Tony Award-winning producer Orin Wolf (The Band's Visit, Once), Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys, The Who's Tommy), and The Drama League.