Todd Trebour
Executive Director
(401) 222-3883
Todd.Trebour@arts.ri.gov

Todd Trebour (he/him/his) is the Executive Director for the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA). Todd started at RISCA in 2018, and previously served as Deputy Director and Organizations Program Director. His prior arts management positions include working as the Program Coordinator for the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Arts Extension Service, a national arts service organization and the arts management program at the University; managing director at Chester Theatre Company in Chester, Mass.; and collective member of the artist run nonprofit, C3 Northampton.

Before transitioning into arts management, Todd worked as a freelance operatic performer in Texas, Massachusetts, Halifax, NS, and many points in between. After working for three years as Company Member at Double Edge Theatre, Todd started Alchemical Opera Project, an experimental opera theatre company with Canadian cellist Rachel Capon. Over the course of two years, they toured their production Come and Sleep within Canada and the northern part of the United States. 

Todd received his bachelor's in music performance from Whitman College, his master’s in music in Voice from Rice University, and his Core Certificate in Arts Management from the UMass Amherst Arts Extension Service. He was an adjunct faculty member with Goucher University’s master’s in arts administration program. Most recently, Todd was a 2023 PLACES Fellow, a prestigious year-long leadership development program from The Funders Network for grant makers interested in further incorporating equity and justice into their grantmaking and community engagement practices.