David Mack is currently the Executive Director of the Artist Magnet Justice Alliance, an Oakland-based nonprofit that provides fiscal sponsorship and producing and professional development services for emerging artists, arts administrators and performing arts organizations throughout California. Over the past decade, Mack has managed some of California’s most innovative performing arts organizations, including: The African American Art & Culture Complex, Joe Goode Performance Group, and Invertigo Dance Theatre. As a strategic consultant, Mack’s clients have included the cities of West Hollywood, Santa Monica, and Culver City, as well as Center Theatre Group and LA Dance Project.
During his four-year tenure as Managing Director of Watts Village Theater Company, the company tripled its annual operating budget, doubled the size of its Board of Directors, and was awarded a Regional Theatre Tony Award. In addition, Mack produced four annual Meet Me @Metro festivals, featuring dozens of immersive, cultural performances on and along Metro trains and stations, storefronts, and public spaces throughout East and South LA. Through Meet Me @Metro, Mack established partnerships with national funders, corporations, local vendors, government municipalities, and collaborating performing arts ensembles.
During his tenure as General Manager of The Industry, Mack served as Producer of Invisible Cities at Union Station. In partnership with METRO and Sennheiser, Bexel, and others, Invisible Cities animated this iconic public space through opera and dance while maintaining the daily life and operations of the station. The production sold out with three extensions and was featured in three LA Times articles – including the front page of Arts and Books. The composition was awarded as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Music, the documentary, developed in partnership with KCET, received an LA Area EMMY Award for Entertainment Programming, the design was honored at the Prague Quadrennial, and the creators received four LA Ovation Award nominations.
Mack’s inaugural project as a producer and co-founder was Chocolate City, an industry showcase connecting writers and performers from institutions across Southern California to Hollywood agents, managers, and casting directors. Since then, he has served on the boards and committee leadership of several arts organizations, including the San Francisco Arts Alliance and Western Arts Alliance. Mack is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of Creative West and co-founder and CEO of Theatre Magnet, Artist Magnet, and Artist Magnet Justice Alliance, Oakland-based arts service organizations.
