Named a 2005 MacArthur Fellow, President Obama\u2019s first appointment to the National Council on the Arts and Governor Snyder\u2019s appointment to the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs, Aaron P. Dworkin served as dean of the University of Michigan\u2019s School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD), which is ranked among the top performing arts schools in the nation. He is currently a tenured full professor of arts leadership and entrepreneurship at SMTD as well as serving as a Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.\u00a0 In addition, he is also the founder of The Sphinx Organization, the leading national arts organization with the mission of transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts.<\/p>\n
A sought-after global thought leader and a passionate advocate for excellence in arts education, entrepreneurship and leadership, as well as inclusion in the performing arts, Aaron is a frequent keynote speaker and has been featured in People Magazine, <\/em>on NBC\u2019s Today Show <\/em>and Nightly News<\/em>, CNN, NPR\u2019s The Story <\/em>and Performance Today<\/em>. He has been the subject of articles in The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Detroit News<\/em>, Detroit Free Press, Washington Post, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Emerge<\/em> and Jet Magazines <\/em>and was named one of Newsweek\u2019s <\/em>\u201c15 People Who Make America Great.\u201d He is the recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society Honorary Membership, Harvard University\u2019s Vosgerchian Teaching Award, National Governors Association 2005 Distinguished Service to State Government Award, Detroit Symphony Orchestra\u2019s 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award, Detroit News\u2019s 2003 Michiganian of the Year Award, Crain\u2019s 40 Under 40 and Who\u2019s Who Awards, BET\u2019s History Makers in the Making Award, AT&T Excellence in Education Award, and National Black MBA\u2019s Entrepreneur of The Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Named a 2005 MacArthur Fellow, President Obama\u2019s first appointment to the National Council on the Arts and Governor Snyder\u2019s appointment to the Michigan Council for Arts [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afsummit.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afsummit.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afsummit.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afsummit.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afsummit.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/afsummit.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afsummit.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afsummit.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afsummit.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afsummit.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}