Mary Ann de Barbieri was associated with The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. for sixteen years, serving as managing director from 1981 through 1990. Prior to opening her nonprofit management consulting practice, de Barbieri & Associates, in 1994, she was director of the Washington, D.C. office of The Foundation Center. She is the immediate past-president of the board of directors of the Washington, D.C. region's Center for Nonprofit Advancement (CNA) and served a chair and member of the award selection committee for CNA's Washington Post Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management. A frequent speaker and trainer for local, regional and national organizations, Mary Ann designed the curriculum for Chorus America's Choral Management Institute and has served as core faculty for this popular Chorus America program since its inception in 2002.