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  • Orin Adcox

    Adjunct Faculty, Computer Game Design, CVPA  Computer Game Design alumnus, CVPA

    Orin Adcox is an entrepreneur and game developer that co-owns a small game design studio located at the Virginia Serious Game Institute in which he creates Serious Games for various clientele within a myriad of subject matters. This includes everything from aid allocation in foreign countries to evaluating social and emotional skills of young students through games. When not working at his company, Orin teaches undergraduate classes in Mason’s game design program.
  • Sharon O'Boyle

    Audience Development and Insights Coordinator, CVPA

    Sharon O’Boyle has had an extensive career in data analysis, technical writing, research, and software development.
  • Cory Obendorfer

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Cory Oberndorfer has been exhibited nationally, including Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, CA, Redux Contemporary Art Center and 4th Wall in Charleston, SC, Kayo Gallery in Salt Lake City, UT, VisArts in Rockville, MD, and Flashpoint Gallery, G Fine Art, and the Katzen Arts Center in Washington, D.C. He has completed residencies in Charleston, SC, Johnson, VT, and Ålvik, Norway.
  • Adjunct Faculty, School of Theater, CVPA

  • Audio and Visual Supervisor, Hylton Center

    Mark Ormesher
  • Kaity Cookson Ormesher

    Coordinator/ Data & Programs, Mason Community Arts Academy, CVPA

    Kaity graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater in 2011 and a Master of Arts in Arts Management in 2019. Kaity has been a part of the Acting for Young People team since 2008, working as a Teaching Artist in after-school, summer camp, and showcase programs, and as the resident stage manager for all of AFYP’s educational and touring productions. She also contributes to the day-to-day operations of AFYP as an Assistant Director of Outreach and Programs.
  • Joanna Owen

    Adjunct Faculty, VIOLIN, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Joanna Owen joined the George Mason Music Faculty in the fall of 2019. She received her Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory and her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the Eastman School of Music.
  • Thomas Owens

    Associate Director/Associate Professor, Coordinator of MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Dr. Tom C. Owens is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Music History and Literature at George Mason University.  Internationally regarded as an expert on Charles Ives’s life and music, he is the editor of Selected Correspondence of Charles Ives (Univ. of California Press, 2007) and a member of the board of the Charles Ives Society.