J. Kevin McMahon is the former president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, a $50 million private, nonprofit agency in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [1]
The trust, established in 1984, promotes the cultural and economic growth of downtown Pittsburgh through the development of a fourteen-block arts and entertainment center in downtown Pittsburgh—the Cultural District.
He was its second president, following Carol Brown, who retired in 2000. [2]
McMahon holds an MBA from the City University of New York and an undergraduate degree in economics and psychology from Hiram College. [3]
Prior to his current role, McMahon was a development officer from 1983 to 1992 for The New School in New York City and executive vice president of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. from 1992 to 2001. [4]
He also teaches as an adjunct professor for the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University. [5]