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BOSTON BALLET SCHOOL MANAGING DIRECTOR

Dave Czesniuk

Somerville, MA USA

Joined Boston Ballet School in 2016

Biography

Dave Czesniuk joined Boston Ballet in 2016 to partner with Boston Ballet School Director Margaret Tracey in leading the School’s vision, strategy, and continued growth. As Managing Director of one of the largest ballet schools in North America, Czesniuk oversees a $9 million annual budget and supervises employees throughout three studio locations, serving over 5,000 students a year.

Working closely with the senior leadership team, Czesniuk is supporting new business development, sustainable programming, and expanding Pre-Professional recruiting efforts internationally.

Czesniuk also oversees the Department of Education and Community Initiatives (ECI), helping further advance Boston Ballet’s vision to cultivate and educate a new generation of lifelong arts advocates and participants through the commitment to education, collaboration, inclusion, and innovation.

Prior to joining Boston Ballet School, Czesniuk was Assistant Dean of Partnerships and Alliances and Executive Director of Community Engagement at Northeastern University, where he led strategic partnerships and expansion into new markets through business development, alumni engagement and recruitment initiatives. During his 12-year tenure at Northeastern, Czesniuk was responsible for developing and implementing a unique matrix strategy for converting college best practices and operations into new business-to-business relationships and markets. Czesniuk also brokered key relationships between academic faculty and the Department of Defense to support the establishment of a new Center for the Advancement of Veterans and Servicemembers.

Czesniuk began his career in leadership education at the United States Military Academy at West Point as a Performance Enhancement Consultant. In this capacity he taught classes, and conducted training with West Point Cadets, Division I Athletes, and the U.S. Army to improve their athletic, academic, and military performances. Czesniuk has also held a number of volunteer leadership and board positions with national nonprofit organizations. Czesniuk holds an MBA from Northeastern University, a Master of Arts in counseling from Marist College, and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Marist College.