Rebecca Carson is the Managing Director of the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine University. The Center for the Arts serves more than 50,000 people annually through performances, rehearsals, and exhibitions in Smothers Theatre, Raitt Recital Hall, Lindhurst Theatre and the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art. Rebecca is known for her commitment to vibrant, engaging, and diverse programming, as well as her passion for providing performance opportunities for emerging artists. Before moving to California in 2007, Rebecca was the director of performing arts at COCA (Center of Creative Arts) a multidisciplinary community arts center in St. Louis, Missouri. Rebecca served as Vice President and Conference Chair for California Presenters from 2013–2017, and remains active on various committees with California Presenters, WAA (Western Arts Alliance), APAP (Association of Performing Arts Professionals), and Pepperdine University. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre management from the University of Maryland. She and her husband, storyboard artist and illustrator Dan Murphy, live in West Los Angeles.