Howard R. Jang ~ General Manager

A Biographical Sketch

Howard Jang has been an active member of several volunteer boards and committees, most notably for the Canadian Arts Summit, Orchestras Canada, the Manitoba Arts Stabilization, Tourism Winnipeg and Vancouver, The Canada Council Dance, The BC Arts Council Music, the Vancouver Alliance for Arts and Culture and the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance. Howard is a founding board member of PAL Vancouver, a past member of the executive committee of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres and served on the Theatre Advisory for the Canada Council for the Arts. Howard currently sits on the Board of Directors for Tourism Vancouver and is an Honourary Governor for the Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation.

Trained first as a musician, Howard has served as the Executive Director for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Ballet British Columbia and was the Orchestra Manager for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of St. Luke's (NYC).

In 2004 Howard completed the Stanford University Graduate School of Business/National Arts Strategies Executive Program for Non-profit Leaders in the Arts.

His background as both an artist and an arts administrator provides him with a unique perspective. Appreciating the need for artistic vision and what is required to support it, Howard is able to balance these requirements with strong fiscal and strategic planning.

Howard joined the Arts Club Theatre Company in 2000 and is extremely pleased to be home in Vancouver. He is thrilled to be partnered with Bill Millerd and the Arts Club Theatre Company as they embark upon their 44th season of exceptional theatre presentations in Vancouver and British Columbia.


* Photo by Tim Matheson