Meet the Team
Jennifer Morris
Jennifer Morris joined Siegel Artist Management in 1998 and became a partner in 2002, with Lawrence Curtiss (1975-2005), Jeanie Thompson (1988-2009) and Liz Silverstein (1986-2016). She is thrilled to be working collaboratively with a team once again. Siegel Artist Management celebrated its 50th Anniversary during the 2021-22 season and continued to honor the professional integrity and legacy of the late Ethel Siegel.
Jennifer currently serves on the Midwest Arts Xpo (MAX) planning committee and has served on the Board of Directors of Pennsylvania Presenters and North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents (NAPAMA). She has served on the professional development committees of the Performing Arts Exchange, Arts Midwest Conference, Pennsylvania Presenters and co-chaired the Pennsylvania Presenters Spring Arts Conference in 2010 and 2015. Jennifer regularly serves as a panelist and mentor at state, regional and national conferences. In 2011, she created and produced the first Agents & Managers Retreat, now a NAPAMA event and in 2014, she received the NAPAMA Award for Excellence. Over the course of her 30-year career she has worked in many different facets of the performing arts industry including general manager for the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, special events manager for the Town of Brookline and marketing manager for the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines (now Des Moines Performing Arts).
Laurel Canan
Laurel has been in the arts industry for over 25 years and brings a unique perspective with her experience as a booking agent and as the former executive director of the Janesville Performing Arts Center in Janesville, Wisconsin. Laurel worked with the community to see the dream of a performing art center become reality by opening the Center in 2004. She was instrumental in raising $3.4 million for the restoration project. Laurel was recognized for her work in the arts as recipient of Forward Janesville’s Woman of Excellence-2008” award and induction into the Rock County Arts Hall of Fame in 2009. She served as a State Captain for Arts Wisconsin working on arts advocacy issues and as a grant review panelist for the Wisconsin Arts Board, the South Dakota Arts Council and the Indiana Arts Commission.
She has extensive experience in programming, arts marketing, organization strategic planning, and fundraising. She is active in professional development as a panelist and mentor at state, regional and national conferences and has been a guest lecturer on Arts Administration and Development for several university programs. Laurel has served as adjunct faculty in Arts Administration programs at Viterbo University (LaCrosse, WI) and Butler University (Indianapolis, IN). She has also worked with several non-profit arts organizations developing and implementing strategic and fundraising plans. She earned her MPA (Masters, Public Administration Degree) from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
Laurel currently serves on the board (Treasurer) of Heartland Performing Arts, Inc., the organization bringing the Midwest Arts XPO (MAX) to the industry and is also past president of the North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents (NAPAMA) board. In 2016, she served as co-chair of the Arts Midwest Conference. She is also past president of Ohio Arts Professionals Network (OAPN).
Sue Birch
Sue Birch has more than 30 years of experience in the arts industry on and off stage. Sue began her career as a classically trained soprano and transitioned into musical theater and then shifted focus to utilize her skills off stage. Sue taught piano and voice lessons and given classes in stage performance. Sue has uses her background in the arts to facilitate meaningful community outreach programs and. received national recognition for a program she created linking local Girl Scouts and a Regional Theater.
For more than 18 years Sue has maintained and organized the personal music libraries of Broadway artists (Patti LuPone, Idina Menzel, etc.). Her expertise is sought after by a variety of arts organizations. She was a proof reader and the creator of two vocal books for the rental library of the Rogers and Hammerstein Organization; a consultant for special project work for Frank Loesser Enterprises and The Kay Swift Memorial Trust; Music Coordinator for several Lincoln Center Out Of Doors events (one involving 900 musicians and performers); Creative Coordinator for the Ives Vocal Marathon at Wesleyan University, CT; and a consultant for conductors/music directors in creating new shows and archival research.
She served as the administrator for a residential summer acting program conceived by Marsha Mason, and managed music and assisted the Music Director of the Chicago Humanities Festival and New York's City Center ENCORES!, and currently serves on the board of Central City Productions (an arts advocacy group in CT) and on the Performing Arts Exchange Professional Development Committee.
Tiffany Goodman Hill
Tiffany joined the Siegel Artist Management team in 2019 and has been active in the arts management industry for over 15 years. She is the former booking agent and owner of Goodman Artists where she managed a boutique roster of music ensembles and special projects. She specialized in working with newer artistic talent –introducing them to the market and representing their performances throughout the United States. Her varied background includes marketing, programming, talent buying, and showcase production. She has participated in various committees for Western Arts Alliance, Arts Midwest, and was a Board Member At-Large for NAPAMA, where she focused on projects such as professional development and Peer Coaching.
In her past life, Tiffany would joyfully find herself tethered to the piano, participating in musical theatre either on stage or in the orchestra pit, and playing the upper register’s B natural through D-flat in the church handbell choir. Now she relishes her time meddling through languages such as Spanish and French and striving to beat her last PR on the Peloton. Originally from a Polish neighborhood in Chicago, (a city that she will always treasure and call home) Tiffany enjoys her residence and touring region of the Mid-America/West as she spends time in Texas, Idaho, and Wyoming.