GAREN

is a producer and manager based in Los Angeles. Founder of GarenMedia and Pilot MGMT, he leads creative and business development for world-class talent across the arts & entertainment landscape. He is the creator and host of the hit broadcast TV series Broadway Sandwich (3x NY Emmy Nominee) and the creator and executive producer of And The Nominees Are, both for New York Public Media (PBS/WNET/ALL ARTS). Garen starred as Jerry in the Broadway + National Tour productions of An American in Paris and was a soloist with the San Francisco Ballet and artist of Nederlands Dans Theater 1, creating and performing leading roles in works by Mark Morris, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Christopher Wheeldon, Paul Lightfoot and Sol Leon, to name a few. He co-founded Dance For a Reason in 2012, an annual benefit performance that has successfully raised $500,000+ for non-profit organizations like the Cancer Prevention Institute of California, UCSF Melanoma Center, and the International Rescue Committee. In May ‘22, Garen earned a Master of Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. For Garen, building a meaningful life means connecting his passion for the arts beyond performance and into more broadly accessible philanthropic, civic, and humanitarian spaces.

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