Codie Costello Named President and COO of Alaska Center for the Performing Arts

Alaska Center for the Performing Arts’ board of directors announced that Nancy Harbour, President & COO, will retire effective January 31, and the board will offer the position to Codie Costello, who is anticipated to assume the role in February.

In 2005, Costello moved to Alaska from New York, where she worked with The Pearl Theatre as the director of marketing. Upon her arrival in Alaska, she started working with ACPA as director of development before joining Alaska Dance Theatre as its executive director in 2009. Costello went on to work as director of business development with Spawn Ideas (formerly Nerland Agency) in 2012 before rejoining ACPA as vice president, strategic development and communications in the summer of 2018. Costello received an MFA in directing from the Actors Studio in New York City and her BA in theatre arts, management from San Jose State University.