Chairman of NEA announces his retirement

November 22nd, 2012

Rocco Landesman, the former Broadway producer who been the head the National Endowment for the Arts since 2009, announced Tuesday that he was retiring from his post as chairman at the end of the year. The senior deputy chairman, Joan Shigekawa, will take on the role until a permanent successor is nominated by the White House and confirmed by Congress, the endowment said.Read the article via The New York Times