Liza Wade Green (she/her) is the director of NC State LIVE, where her passion for interdisciplinary collaboration and background in community engagement collide. In 2016, she moved from Brooklyn to a small farm in Hillsborough. Liza has worked as an artist and nonprofit arts manager with positions including grants and services manager at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and artist services and development manager at The Field. She co-founded The Institute for Psychogeographic Adventure, a collective that creates site-specific performance works in collaboration with communities. Liza holds a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Long Island University’s Friends World Program and an MFA in Performance and Interactive Media Arts from Brooklyn College. Together with the NC State LIVE team, Liza has been nominated for the NC State University Equity for Women Award and the Chancellor’s Creating Community Award. Liza has also been nominated for the University Award for Excellence and has been awarded the Pride of the Wolfpack Award.

Liza was an Association of Performing Arts Professionals’ Leadership Fellow from 2017-2019 and a member of the National Dance Presenters Forum at Jacob’s Pillow in 2019 and again in 2023-24. She serves on NC State’s American Indian Advisory Committee and the Raleigh Arts’ Learning Community for Universal Access. When she’s not at NC State LIVE, you can find Liza at Woodcrest Farm & Forge, where she studies chaos with her husband, two children, and too many animals to count.

Temporary Support Staff:
Sharon Moore
Mark Tulbert

Student Assistants:
Alyssa Allen
Gabriel Powers