Ross McKeen

Ross McKeen has served as Managing Director of Oregon Children’s Theatre since 2008, joining the company after providing the company fundraising advice and grant writing since 2003.  He has three decades of experience in planning, communications, and fundraising for nonprofits and public institutions—half of that time working in the performing arts.. After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley, he remained at his alma mater as a management analyst and financial planner for ten years. Upon moving to Portland in 1995, he was hired as the General Manager at Portland Center Stage during the company’s transition to independence from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.  From 1999 until joining OCT full time, he worked as a writer and an independent fundraising and planning consultant specializing in arts and cultural organizations.  In 2002-2003, McKeen took a one-year leave from his consulting practice to serve as the first Executive Director of the Oregon Cultural Trust.