Ersian François

The Lab Team

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Ersian François

Managing Director

Ersian is an arts producer and administrator with an international background in arts management and performance. As Managing Director at The Lab, she oversees financial and administrative operations while training and mentoring students through hands-on arts management and producing experience through The Lab’s global interdisciplinary projects.

She teaches at Georgetown University, serves on the Washington Performing Arts Junior Board, and has contributed to grantmaking efforts for Opera America, Mid-Atlantic Arts, and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Previously based in Paris, she worked with leading music ensembles and co-founded the Karaïb Festival in Île-de-France. She holds an MA from Sorbonne Université and was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago.