BOARD
SPOTLIGHT
INTRODUCING SIGNATURE’S NEW BOARD PRESIDENT
We are thrilled to welcome Kate Roche Hope
as President of the Board of Trustees!
Kate Roche Hope has spent most of her life involved with and working in the
arts and theatre. She joined the Board in 2011 and serves on the Development
Committee and Board Development Task Force. Most recently, she was a senior
strategist at LaPlaca Cohen, an arts consulting firm that advises a wide range of
national arts institutions on branding and strategy. Her clients included Center
Theater Group, The Indianapolis Museum of Art, and the Los Angeles Chamber
Orchestra, among others. Previously, Kate was a marketing director for
TMG – The Marketing Group and handled marketing and promotions for Broadway
productions, including Mamma Mia!, The Rocky Horror Show, Hairspray, Rent,
and numerous others. Active in her community, she was the co-chair of Generation
PH, the young leadership committee at Playwrights Horizons, and serves as a
member of The Associates Committee of The Society of Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center. Kate and her husband live on the Upper East Side
with their three children, Gibson (7), Gus (5), and Nancy (2). Kate is a graduate
of Bowdoin College and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.
“I am deeply honored and thrilled to serve as the incoming Board President here at Signature.
I feel passionately about the work at Signature and our mission to nurture and support
playwrights, as well as to honor the artists who work alongside them. Our fierce conviction
that theatre is meant to be experienced and enjoyed by diverse audiences and our dedication
to make it financially accessible to all sets us apart both in New York and on a national stage.
At this unique moment in time, we are endeavoring not only to grow our Board, but also to
modernize the way we work together as a group here in our new home at The Pershing Square
Signature Center on 42nd Street. Together with my fellow Trustees, I am looking forward to
bringing new ideas, new energy, and a reinvigorated commitment to better serve our artists,
staff and audiences and to help solidify the future of this extraordinary theatrical institution.”
– KATE ROCHE HOPE
Signature Board of Trustees
Edward Norton, Chair Kate Roche Hope, President Richard Berry, Treasurer Sean Peterson, Secretary Leslie Bains, Vice Chair
Nina Matis, Vice Chair Michael Rauch, Former President, Officer Peter Norton, Former Chair, Officer
Margot Adams Gretchen Adkins Edward Albee Bernard L. Dikman, C.P.A. James Houghton David S. Klafter
Christine Millen Kristen O’Hara Laura Pels Ruben Santiago-Hudson Richard Willett
Molly O’Neil Frank
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Trustees Emeritus
Diane Morrison Sally Strachan
Richard M. Ticktin, Esq.