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Dan Benevento
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Dan has been a part of the Princeton University community since 2004. As the Assistant Director of Finance & Administration, Dan oversees the financial and business operations for the Lewis Center for the Arts and its programs in Creative Writing, Dance, Theater and Music Theater, Visual Arts, Princeton Atelier and Arts Fellowships.
Dan's position serves as a resource for the Lewis Center's budgets, business and financial transactions, hiring, payroll, interdepartmental funding transfers, procurement, contracting, University and departmental policies and procedures, compliance, and various other administrative matters.
Prior to joining the Lewis Center, Dan served as a Research Group Grants & Operations Manager in the Department of Electrical Engineering and PRISM. There he oversaw the business operations and grants for a prominent research group, was the editorial administrator for a peer-reviewed academic and research journal and managed the large-scale relocation of the research group’s laboratories and grants from Princeton to the University of Michigan.
Dan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Graphic Communications Business Management, and his career of managing the business and financial operations for various organizations spans over 25 years. In his time away from the Lewis Arts complex he enjoys music, photography, the visual and performing arts, nature, sports, cooking, and traveling with his family.