Spotlighting
THE LINCOLN CENTER LEGAL TEAM: SARA E. CHANG, JENNIFER E. BENJAMIN, LESLEY F. ROSENTHAL, AND MICHELLE MILLARD
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NONPROFIT Lesley Rosenthal BY PATRICK FOLLIARD
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Lesley Rosenthal is an accomplished violinist. She is also vice president, general counsel, and secretary of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.
“Our associate general counsel Sara Chang is a pianist, and other mem- bers of our four-person, diverse legal team are passionate lovers of the arts too,” she continues. “And no, we don’t audition people on the way in, but it helps.”
L DIVERSITY & THE BAR® JULY/AUGUST 2013
ocated on 16 acres on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (an enterprise with an annual operating budget that exceeds $100 million) is among New York City’s most beloved nonprofits. Each year, in fulfillment of its cultural and education mission, the center presents over 3,500 performances with programmatic com-
mitments that reach far and wide throughout the world of the arts. Its popular song, dance, and theater series include Mostly Mozart, the Great American Songbook, Lincoln Center Festival, and the PBS television program Live From Lincoln Center. Also housed in the center’s sprawling complex are other prestigious resident organi- zations: the Metropolitan Opera, Te Juilliard School, and the New York City Ballet. In addition to overseeing the Lincoln Center’s legal
affairs and providing ongoing support and advice to the board of directors, Rosenthal was initially hired to frame the legal context for the high-profile redevelopment of the legendary center’s campus. Changes included strip- ping out a block of opaque marble at eye level the length
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