Lisa French
Instructor of Music Leadership
BIOGRAPHY
Lisa Dixon French serves as Chief of Staff for RightMove Health, a nationwide provider of virtual musculoskeletal physical therapy. Ms. French served as the Executive Director of Nashville Ballet from 2016-2022, the Executive Director of the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra from 2010-2015, and as Chief Operating Officer of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra from 2006-2010. Ms. French completed her Executive MBA at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management in 2020. Ms. French also graduated from the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY) in clarinet performance and music education, and received an Arts Leadership Program Certificate. She is a graduate of the Orchestra Management Fellowship Program, an executive level leadership program through the League of American Orchestras. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has enjoyed teaching for Eastman’s Institute for Music Leadership since 2020. Ms. French currently serves on the board of the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies, and has previously served on the board of the Nashville Arts Coalition, the Maine Association of Nonprofits, and the Board of Visitors for the University of Southern Maine.