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WILLIAM H. LIVELY
Vice Chancellor for Strategic Partnerships
Prior to joining the UNT System, Bill served as President and CEO of the 300-member North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee. The Host Committee designed, implemented and managed a comprehensive regional plan to prepare North Texas to host its first Super Bowl and generated more than $25 million in corporate sponsorships.
From 2000 through 2008 he served as the founding President and CEO of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, which was later renamed the AT&T Performing Arts Center. Mr. Lively designed, implemented and managed the campaign to construct the $350 million center. During his eight and a half years as president and CEO, the Center raised more than $334 million to construct the center, including 129 gifts of $1 million and above, the most gifts at the million dollar threshold ever raised in a capital campaign to build cultural facilities in America's history. At the completion of his service in December of 2008, the campaign had operated at a cost of only three and a half cents of each donor dollar.
For 25 years Bill Lively was on the faculty and in the administration of Southern Methodist University (SMU) serving the last seven years as the University's Vice President of Development, Alumni Relations, Public Relations and Lecture Programs. During his tenure at SMU, Mr. Lively founded SMU's Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Willis M. Tate Distinguished Lecture Series, John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies, the Doak Walker National Running-Back Award and SMU's Athletic Forum. He designed and was Director of the campaign for SMU which, at the time of his departure in 1998, had raised more than $280 million.
Concurrent with his quarter of a century service to SMU, Bill Lively served the Dallas Cowboys for 23 years. Between 1975 and 1988, he worked with Tex Schramm and Tom Landry as Director of the Dallas Cowboys Band and producer of Cowboys Game Day Entertainment. From 1988 through 1997, Mr. Lively worked with Jerry Jones as the Dallas Cowboys Executive Entertainment Producer. Mr. Lively produced entertainment for Super Bowls XII and XIII.
A native Texan, Bill Lively was raised and educated in Dallas. He earned a Bachelor of Music Degree from Southern Methodist University and a Master of Education Degree from the University of North Texas. He is the recipient of distinguished alumnus awards from both universities.
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UNT System Building
1901 Main Street, 203A
Dallas, Texas 75201
Bill.lively@untsystem.edu
(214) 752-5532 (Dallas), (940) 565-4292 (Denton) |
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