By Bobby Tanzilo Senior Editor/Writer Published Oct 10, 2007 at 3:27 PM

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre has named David Todd the company's new managing director.

Todd, who has much experience in television in Milwaukee and Los Angeles, returns to Milwaukee from L.A. where he most recently served as director of marketing and corporate giving for the Orange County affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

"My heart has always been in Milwaukee," said Todd, a UWM graduate, in a statement. "This is an amazingly dynamic city full of culture and people who have a vested interest, like me, in seeing it become even better. I'm so excited to be returning in a leadership role with this outstanding performing arts and education organization."

Todd will oversee the financial and administrative management of the MCT, which was founded in 1975, and will work with the company's staff and board.

 

Bobby Tanzilo Senior Editor/Writer

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.

He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.

With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.

He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.

In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.

He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.