His consulting work has been seen throughout the cultural sector including interim executive roles at Newport Classical, Long Wharf Theatre and The Williamstown Theatre Festival, conducting strategic and operating plans for The Brown Arts Institute and Newport Classical, and providing expert guidance to several media and entertainment companies including Netflix and Paramount. As a team member of AEA Consulting he helped to lead feasibility studies for The National Black Theatre, Atlanta’s Civic Theater, and The Rhode Island School of Design, and provided operational plans to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, the University of Arizona Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Prior to his consulting work, Eric was Manager of Strategy & Business Development for Disney Theatrical Group, advising the organization on its commercial live entertainment businesses worldwide. Eric also served as Senior Advisor at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, where he provided internal consulting and facilitated special projects for the President and executive team of the world’s largest performing arts center. Earlier in his career, Eric held a number of technical production and operations positions with Blue Man Group, the Broadway tour of Annie, and Cirque du Soleil, the latter of which included three new shows in Asia, Europe, and North America.

He is a Corporator for Bank Newport, adjunct faculty at Brown University, Columbia University Teachers College, and the University of Rhode Island, the author of multiple business case studies in arts management, and is a member of the ROI Community of Global Innovators.

Eric was born and raised in New York and now lives in Providence, RI where his wife, Kate Liberman, is Executive Director of Trinity Repertory Company.