LYNNFIELD — Historical Commission Chair Kirk Mansfield has joined the team at the North Shore Music Theatre as the director of corporate and community relations.
With a background working in hospitality and event planning, Mansfield was offered the position by the theater’s general manager, Karen Nascembeni, whom he knows from the Historical Commission.
After Nascembeni’s husband, Steve, died from COVID-19, Mansfield wanted to have the commission name one of the historic centers after his family.
“She (Karen) saw all of the work that I put into it and everything that battled with it and kind of said ‘wow, I need you to come work for me,'” Mansfield said.
Mansfield spent the last 18 years working in Boston, but said he is very excited about this position and loves it so far because it is great to be closer to home and do something different.
“My job now is about going out there and pulling business in and making sure that the business that is there is happy,” Mansfield said. “It’s a lot of networking, which is right up my alley.”
Mansfield spent the past 10 years working at the Back Bay Event Center on a variety of events, a lot of those being film companies working in the state.
While he said he really enjoyed his previous position, the pandemic closed it down for nearly two years.
“I went into the corporate office and there really wasn’t a lot for me to do and I wasn’t really being challenged in any sort of way,” he said. “When Karen came to me and said she wants me to take this position because she needs somebody like me to go out there and network and keep the theatre’s name out there and pull business in, that was a good challenge for me.”
Nascembeni said she is thrilled to have brought Mansfield on board at North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT).
“His broad experience in contracting theater and event rentals, working with films shooting in the Boston area, as well as his many years as a regional manager in the hospitality industry makes Kirk a valuable asset to our organization,” Nascembeni said.
Nascembeni said Mansfield already has an excellent reputation with the theatre’s mutual partners in the tourism industry and, having worked with him on events at a community level, she’s seen how hard he works and how driven he is.
“His commitment to his volunteer work with several diverse charities in the area is on point with the mission of the charitable work NSMT is involved with,” she said. “I can already see what a perfect fit Kirk is going to be within our corporate culture.”
Allysha Dunnigan can be reached at [email protected].
