Meet our Staff

  • Assistant Front of House Manager, Hylton Performing Arts Center, CVPA

    Sandy Adams
  • Artist Services Assistant, Hylton Center
  • General Manager, Hylton Center

    David Baylor is the General manager of the Hylton Performing Center, CVPA
  • Front of House Coordinator

    Erin Beckman is the Front of House Associate at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, on Mason's Science and Technology campus in Manassas.
  • HR & Payroll Coordinator, CVPA

    Meghan Blydenburgh is the HR and Payroll Coordinator for CVPA
  • Whitman Brown

    Chief Business Officer, CVPA

    Whitman Brown Joined CVPA as the Chief Business Officer in August 2022. He comes to us from the Georgetown University School of Medicine, where he has held a series of increasingly responsible positions in the finance and operations area for the past 13 years, culminating as Senior Associate Dean and Chief of Operations.
  • Adrienne Bryant Godwin

    Director of Programming, CFA, Hylton Center, CVPA

    Adrienne comes to George Mason University with a wealth of experience working for both presenting organizations as well as artist-led ensembles. 
  • Gabriel Celeste

    Graphic Designer, CVPA

    Gabriel Celeste is currently the Graphic Designer for the College of Visual and Performing Arts at George Mason University
  • Rick Davis

    Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts, CVPA
    Executive Director, Hylton Performing Arts Center, CVPA
    Professor, School of Theater, Theater
    Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts & Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management, Arts…

    As Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, Rick Davis oversees the college’s seven academic programs, its creative, research, and community arts education arms, and its performance and exhibition venues.
  • Julia Decker

    Project and Creative Manager, CVPA
    Project and Creative Manager, Hylton Center

    Julia has worked in marketing, communications, and nonprofits from the West Coast to the Eastern Seaboard. Prior to Mason, Julia served as Marketing and Communications Specialist at Day & Zimmermann and Community Outreach Coordinator for Stafford County Public Schools.