FAIRFIELD – Marni Smith Katz has been appointed manager of business development at Fairfield University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, it was announced recently by the Center’s executive director, Peter Van Heerden.

“Marni’s experience as a non-profit advancement and foundation professional will help to strengthen the Quick’s relationships with longtime friends and bring new friends to the theater,” said Van Heerden in making the announcement.

Most recently, Smith Katz served in an operations role at the Dalio Foundation in Westport. Prior to that, she was development director for the Westport Arts Center, which she joined after eleven years in educational advancement at Ezra Academy in Woodbridge. She began her career as an attorney at Green and Gross, P.C. in Bridgeport.