About Me
I’m a creative leader, producer, and strategist with over two decades of experience turning bold ideas into meaningful, people-centered work.
With roots in the performing arts and a career that spans nonprofit leadership, large-scale convenings, and mission-driven storytelling, I bring a blend of vision, relational skill, and practical execution to everything I do.
Over many years, including my time as Director of Fieldwide Programming at Theatre Communications Group (TCG), I helped shape national conversations in the arts through major convenings and national initiatives.
I’ve led teams, facilitated coalitions, and developed programs addressing issues such as climate action, equity, leadership, and organizational change — work that strengthened my belief in clarity of purpose, thoughtful process, and collaboration as drivers of lasting impact.
Alongside this institutional work, I’ve built a wide-ranging practice that includes producing theatre and events, co-founding and advising nonprofit initiatives, facilitating dialogue and strategy sessions, and launching values-driven ventures. I hold degrees from Vassar College and Harvard/ART, with additional training from NYU and the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Social Impact Strategy.
My work today is increasingly shaped by lived experience as a breast cancer survivor, health advocate, and caregiver, and by a growing focus on how systems of support can better serve women navigating periods of transition. Based in the Hudson Valley with my family, I currently partner on projects that call for grounded leadership, clear thinking, and an approach that balances structure with humanity.
“Devon Berkshire is a practical visionary and a goddess of process. In over a decade of joyful collaboration, I’ve witnessed Devon’s leadership on a wide range of impactful events and programs. She facilitates change through strong values and clear goals, architecting processes that bring out the best in her collaborators and participants.”
— Corinna Schulenburg, Director of Communications & Research, TCG“Devon is an incredible thought partner and collaborator – not only in terms of her talent for driving strategic conversations around programming and organizational culture, but also because she asks incisive questions that encourage everyone around her to reconsider their own assumptions about what “should” be and instead ask what could be if we only allowed ourselves to dream bigger and think more deeply…I witnessed her work miracles…while producing complex, meaningful events that fostered connection and creativity…Devon is also a deeply values-driven individual whose commitment to inclusivity and forward-thinking improves everything she touches. To work with her is a gift.”
— Erin Salvi, former Co-Publisher, TCG“In every context in which I’ve known her, Devon has been a major source of inspiration for me. As a theater colleague, she was creative, driven, and dependable. As a friend, she is hilarious, caring, and adventurous. As a parent, she is energetic, consistent, and loving. She is the kind of person who knows who she is and what she can do, and once she sets her mind on something, there is no doubt she will achieve it.”
— Jen Wineman, former collaborator, Studio 42