Geoffrey Kershner
Academy Center of the Arts Executive Director
Lynchburg, VA
Geoffrey Kershner is the Executive Director at the Academy Center of the Arts (Lynchburg, VA) and the founder of the Endstation Theatre Company based in Central Virginia. He is the winner of the 2015 Vice Mayor's Young Adult Award of Excellence (City of Lynchburg). Under his leadership, Endstation is the winner of the 2012 Rising Star Award (Virginians for the Arts), the 2014 Cultural Organization Award (James River Council for the Arts and Humanities) a 2014 INOV8 award (City of Lynchburg's Office of Economic Development), a 2014 Giving Back Award (Lynchburg Living Magazine) and the 2014 Good Works Award (Lynch's Landing).
Geoffrey served on the Virginia Commission for the Arts (Area 2) grant review panel for three years and is joining the state wide panel this spring. He currently serves on the James River Arts and Culture District project grant review panel. He is a recent graduate of the National Arts Strategies' 2014-2015 Chief Executive Program.