Meet our Staff

  • Assistant, Veterans and the Arts Initiative

    Assistant, Veterans and the Arts Initiative
  • 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 Management…

    Rick joined Mason in 1991 as Artistic Director of Theater of the First Amendment (TFA) and a member of the theater faculty. The company, which presented its final programs in 2012, was nominated for 38 Helen Hayes Awards, winning 12, and originated numerous works that went on to other regional theaters, television, radio, and publication. Read more...
  • 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.
  • Marketing Manager, Hylton Center

    Carol DeVany has worked at George Mason University in a variety of capacities throughout her career, and currently serves as Marketing Manager for the College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) where she focuses on marketing and promotional outreach for the Hylton Performing Arts Center.
  • Niyati Dhokai

    Program Director, Veterans and the Arts Initiative; Research Associate Professor

    Dr. Niyati Dhokai is a Research Associate Professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at George Mason University, and she also serves as Program Director for the Veterans and the Arts Initiative at the Hylton Performing Arts Center. I
  • Lead Audio Engineer, Hylton Center

    Zach Duane
  • Program Assistant, Veterans and the Arts Initiative   

    Emily is the Program Assistant for the Veterans and the Arts Initiative.
  • Kirstin Franko

    Associate Director of Communications and Content, CFA, Hylton, CVPA

    Kirstin Franko brings nearly two decades of communication strategy within the arts to the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
  • Development Assistant, Hylton Center

    Dylan Lambert
  • Finance Assistant, CVPA

    Teri Grass