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GHP Search’s Partnership With Playwrights Horizons Add Four Board Trustees

GHP Search is thrilled to partner with Playwrights Horizons, the theater behind the recent Five time Tony Award winning play ‘Stereophonic’, to expand its Board of Trustees. New members identified by GHP include Candice Cook Simmons, Esq., former Chief Strategy Officer for RadicalMedia LLC and newly announced President of Color Farm Impact , Kelly Griffin, Head of Creative Content Strategy at Warner Music Group, Mitra Hormozi O’Neill, Partner at Kaplan Martin LLP, and John Rose, Senior Partner Emeritus and Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Executive Advisor at Rockefeller Capital Management.

 

Candice Cook Simmons, Esq. is an Executive Producer, the former Chief Strategy Officer for RadicalMedia LLC, Founder and Managing Member of The Cook Law Group, and was recently selected to run the Impact Production Studio, Color Farm Impact, as President. Mrs. Cook Simmons has been featured in numerous publications as one of New York City’s top attorneys and top Chief Strategy Officers in media. She earned a JD from Vanderbilt University and a bachelors degree from the University of Virginia with additional studies at Oxford University and Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

 

Kelly Griffin is a passionate music executive experienced in the strategic development and management of multi-platform music operations. As Head of Creative Content Strategy at Warner Music Group, 300 Entertainment, he is known for combing strategic vision with hands-on execution. Prior to this role he was the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of My Executive Room, and has also served in senior leadership roles at Revolt Media & TV and BET. Mr. Griffin holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Northwestern University.

 

Mitra Hormozi O’Neill is a veteran trial attorney and former federal prosecutor with extensive experience working with clients facing investigations andcriminal prosecutions. In addition to her time as Chief of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section for the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Ms. O’Neill has also served as EVP, General Counsel at Revlon. She is currently a Partner at Kaplan Martin LLP. Ms. O’Neill earned a Juris Doctorate from New York University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan.

 

John Rose is Senior Partner Emeritus and Senior Advisor at BCG where he has been a global leader of the media sector, as well as an Executive Advisor for Rockefeller Capital Management. Prior to joining BCG, Mr. Rose was EVP at EMI Group, responsible for strategy and corporate development. Before EMI, he spent almost 20 years with McKinsey as a director and coleader of the global entertainment practice. Mr. Rose holds an MPPM from the Yale School of Management and a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University.

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Playwrights Horizons is a writer’s theater dedicated to the development of contemporary American playwrights, and to the production of innovative new work. In a city rich with cultural offerings, Playwrights Horizons’ 52-year-old mission is unique; we have distinguished ourselves by a steadfast commitment to centering and advancing the voice of the playwright. It’s a mission that is always timely, and one that’s necessary in the ongoing evolution of theater in this country.

We present a season of productions annually on our two stages, each of which is a World, American or New York premiere. Much like our work, our audience is risk-taking and adventurous; and we’re committed to strengthening their engagement and feeding their curiosity through all of our programming, onsite and online.

Playwrights Horizons is the writer’s theater behind the recent five time Tony Award winning play ‘Stereophonic’.

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