Mark’s work has toured throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, at festivals such as the Festival of Dreams in Austria, the COS Festival in Spain, the We Love Dance Festival in Japan, the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in the United States, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland (Awarded: Spirit of the Fringe). As a director for the past 20 years, he has overseen numerous plays, musicals, variety shows, and dance productions, including Everybody Gets Cake!, Room 17B, Cut to the Chase, and This Way That Way (all at 59E59 Theaters) Time Step (The New Victory Theater) Exit, Stage Left (Lincoln Center) I Love Bob and Powerhouse (Joyce SoHo) and Velocity (Guggenheim Museum). Mark Lonergan is the Founding Artistic Director of Parallel Exit, a three-time Drama Desk Award nominee for Unique Theatrical Experience.

Ken is a graduate of Amherst College and attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. This included his assignment as Eastern Europe Bureau Chief from 1985 to 1990, covering the democratic revolutions of that region. From 1982 through 1991, Ken was a writer and foreign correspondent for Time Magazine based in Chicago, Vienna and London. He is also the Principal of The Vanguard Forum For Health Care Leadership, an annual leadership meeting for top tier executives drawn from across the healthcare spectrum. As the Founder and Managing Partner of The Forum For Leadership, Ken is a senior advisor to CEOs and top management including at Forest Laboratories and Retrophin Incorporated. Most recently, he played a pivotal role in positioning Bausch + Lomb for its $8.7 billion Valeant acquisition. Ken Banta is a proven executive and advisor in the pharmaceutical industry, driving transformational change and building high performance leadership and organizational cultures.

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