Joseph P. Benincasa
JOSEPH P. BENINCASA is the Executive Director of The Actors' Fund, the national human service organization that helps everyone in entertainment and the performing arts. He joined The Fund in 1988. Mr. Benincasa oversees innovative programs including comprehensive social services, health care services, employment and training, and affordable and supportive housing. The Actors' Fund has headquarters in New York City, regional offices in Los Angeles and Chicago, a nursing home and assisted living care facility in Englewood, New Jersey, and supportive housing residences in New York City and West Hollywood, California. He serves on the boards of directors of: Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS; National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped; Career Transition for Dancers; Times Square Alliance; St. Peter's University Medical Center; New York Society of Association Executives (Chair); Bio-Reference Laboratories; and the Somerset Patriots, a minor league baseball team. Mr. Benincasa graduated from St. Joseph's University, earned a M.Ed. from Rutgers University and attended the Graduate Business School at Fordham University. He is married and has three children. Bio as of December, 2006. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: Downstage Center (audio) The Actors Fund and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids - December, 2006 - Listen Now.