California Center for the Arts President and CEO Jon Teeuwissen has overseen the financial turnarounds of three major institutions in his life -- one in Chicago, one in New Orleans and one at the Escondido arts complex itself.
Teeuwissen's tenure at the organization started in a consultation role in 2010, after a long period of the center operating at a deficit. And after the exit of previous CEO Vicky Basehore in 2011, Teeuwissen signed on as interim CEO before ultimately becoming the full-time head of the organization early in 2012.
After two years of hard work, and after 14 years running a deficit out of 17 years total, Teeuwissen can proudly state that the California Center of the Arts ended its last fiscal year in the black.