Faculty/Staff Listing

Susan J. Zurbuchen

Program Director
Susan Zurbuchen serves as the director of arts administration for the Jordan College of Fine Arts. She holds a bachelor's degree from Lakeland College in Sheboygan , Wisc. and a master's degree from the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis. Ms. Zurbuchen teaches course in arts management, fundraising and audience development. She supervises students in internships in the fields of music, theatre and dance. Susan Zurbuchen has worked as an arts administrator and nonprofit board consultant for over twenty years. Her professional associations include membership in the TCG, the Indiana Advocates for the Arts and the Association of Arts Administration Educators. She is also an member of Phi Kappa Lambda, an honorary music fraternity. Ms. Zurbuchen served as a grant review panelist for the Indiana Arts Commission, the Arts Council of Indianapolis, the Central Indiana Community Foundation and Young Audiences of Indiana

Rose Kleiman

Assistant Professor, Arts Administration
Ms. Kleiman has a 30+ year career in arts administration. Prior to joining the Butler Jordan College of Fine Arts, Kleiman was Artistic Director of the Edyvean Repertory Theatre where she was responsible for the artistic product and staff as well as co-management of the operation. In addition Kleiman created and facilitated programs in arts education, community engagement and collaborations with other organizations.

Kleiman’s additional professional experience includes serving as Director of Artists’ Programs at Young Audiences of Indiana, Master Artist in Drama for VSA Arts of Indiana and Adjunct Instructor of Theatre at JCFA. She is also a free-lance director and actor.

Kleiman is the recipient of a 2001 Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship. She has served as a grant review panelist for the Indiana Arts Commission and member of the Indianapolis Civic Theatre’s Education Committee, she is currently a board member of Awareness of Mental Health Through the Performing Arts and a reader for Indiana Repertory Theatre’s Young Playwrights in Process. Professional associations include Americans for the Arts and Association for Arts Administration Educators.

Kleiman is a graduate of Earlham College and Christian Theological Seminary. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Visiting Faculty

Rob MacPherson
Vice President of Development
Central Indiana Community Foundation