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Tom Viola Announces Retirement After 36-Year Leadership Of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Tom Viola, the longtime executive director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, announced today that he'll retire at the end of 2024
“Few, if any, have served the theater community with more heart, dedication, determination and distinction than Tom Viola,” said Robert E. Wankel, president of the Broadway Cares Board of Trustees and chairman and CEO of The Shubert Organization. “Tom nurtured goodwill and trust throughout the theater community in the toughest of times, building Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS into an integral part of our industry that has reached out to millions of people in crisis through the years. When Covid caused Broadway to shut down for a 18 months in 2020 and 2021, Viola, along with Whitman, led the organization’s temporary transformation into a digital fundraiser and virtual event producer, building a major donor program that fueled the industry-focused Covid-19 Emergency Assistance Fund.
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