Board, Board of Directors, Officers
The Washington Ballet mourns the passing of Michael Goldstein, a dedicated member of our Board of Directors for nearly 40 years, including significant service as pro bono general counsel. His insightful leadership and unwavering support were invaluable to our organization. We deeply thank him for his profound commitment to The Washington Ballet and the broader arts community.
We offer our heartfelt condolences to his wife Jinny, brother William, son Eric, daughter-in-law Marielle, grandchildren Aria, Layla, and Jonah, nephews Andy and Marc, and all who knew and loved this remarkable man. Michael’s legacy as a pioneering education leader, devoted community member, and cherished friend will long be remembered. At the request of his family, The Washington Ballet has established the Mike Goldstein Scholarship Fund a scholarship fund in his name to continue his legacy in the arts.
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Mike Goldstein has been a member of The Washington Ballet Board since the 1980s, and also serves, pro bono, as TWB’s General Counsel. Mike came to Washington in 1978 to organize and lead the Higher Education practice at law firm Dow Lohnes, which merged with global law firm Cooley LLP in 2014. He led the practice until 2016. Before coming to DC, Mike was a journalist with United Press International, founding Director of the New York City Urban Corps, Assistant City Administrator and Director of University Relations in the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York, and Associate Vice Chancellor for Urban and Governmental Affairs and Associate Professor of Urban Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Mike is a trustee of the Fielding Graduate University, Vermont College of Fine Arts, a founding member of the Board of Directors of The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars, and a board member of the Cleveland Park Historical Society, the DC Fire & EMS Foundation and the Friendship Fire Association, the volunteer arm of the DC fire department. He holds a BA from Cornell University and a law degree from New York University, and he was a Loeb Fellow in Advanced Urban and Environmental Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He lives in Cleveland Park a few blocks from TWB with his spouse, Jinny, formerly Senior Vice President for Education at the Public Broadcasting Services and now the head of a consulting firm in education and media strategies, and their Siberian rescue cats, Boris and Natasha. In 2020 Mike joined the education consulting and investment banking firm Tyton Partners as a Managing Director
