Staff

David Edelman, Excutive Director, joined the NYCGMC in March of 2005 having most recently served as Executive Director of Contemporary American Theatre Company in Columbus, Ohio. He has also served as Associate Producer at Olympia Dukakis’ Whole Theatre, Managing Director of the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey and Managing Director of the Delaware Theatre Company. David has long volunteered his time in many civic, political, and community organizations. In the 1980's he served two terms as President of the New Jersey Theatre Group, the statewide association of professional theatres and was a founding Board member of ArtPride, the state’s arts advocacy organization. David served as President of the Board of the New Jersey Lesbian and Gay Coalition, was an early organizer with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and volunteered for GMHC in the early 1980’s. David has served on numerous boards and committees including AIDS Delaware, Sister Cities of Wilmington, the Wilmington Arts Commission, Wilmington Riverfront Business Improvement District, Wilmington Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, the Brandywine Valley Cultural Tourism Planning Committee, the Ohio Department of Education’s Arts Standards Advisory Committee, HRC-Columbus’ Membership Committee, and served as founding President of the Delaware Liberty Fund, an LGBT political action committee. He is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, earned an MFA in Acting at Rutgers University, and completed the Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management program at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.