Dr. Geri Maschio has been arts administrator in both academe and in the profession, serving variously as a marketing director, department chair, associate dean, producer, and consultant. In 1987, Dr. Maschio founded the University of Kentucky’s Arts Administration program, one of the very first undergraduate programs of its kind. Dr. Maschio has worked in theatres in the Northeast, Midwest and in Kentucky. As a scholar, she engaged in both applied arts administration research and in traditional theatre scholarship. Dr. Maschio is the recipient of several national and university teaching awards. She retired from the University of Kentucky in 2019.