Nella Vera

Director

VP of Marketing and Communications, Theater Development Fund (TDF)

Nella Vera is the current VP of Marketing and Communications at TDF (Theatre Development Fund), a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring access to the performing arts by removing barriers to participation. Previously, she was Director of Marketing at BFV Management and oversaw marketing and sales for 54 Below (“Broadway’s Supper Club”), as well as for the company’s theatrical ventures including the Broadway productions of The Encounter and The Parisian Woman (starring Uma Thurman), and the revival of Smokey Joe’s Café, among others.

Other experience includes Director of Marketing and Communications at Theatre for a New Audience, where she was part of the team that opened a new classical theater in downtown Brooklyn; Director of Marketing at The Public Theater where she oversaw marketing and audience development for The Public’s downtown space and Shakespeare in the Park; and positions at Signature Theatre Company, Center Theatre Group, and Manhattan Theater Club.

Nella is an Adjunct Professor at NYU, Hunter College, and Brooklyn College. She is a proud graduate of Georgetown University and received her MFA in Theatre Management from Columbia University.