Deborah Rutter led the Kennedy Center through a dramatic growth spurt and a global pandemic. Board chairman David M.

President Donald Trump dismissed half the appointed trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ board on ...

Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter was fired as a part of Trump's overhaul of the national cultural institution. Soon ...

David Rubenstein will continue to serve as chairman while the nonprofit seeks her successor. Deborah Rutter is stepping down as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ...

Deborah Rutter served as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for a decade. This week, she was fired. President Trump had replaced many board members with his own ...

Deborah F. Rutter will step down as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts at the end of 2025 after steering the arts institution for 11 years, through three presidents ...

The announced departure of Deborah F. Rutter, the center’s president since 2014, comes as the center continues to search for a new board chair while navigating a second Trump term. By Javier C.

The National Symphony’s Artistic Advisor Ben Folds has resigned while Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter has been fired. Folds took to social media and said, “Given developments at the Kennedy ...

Kennedy Center president Deborah F. Rutter was fired from ahead of her previously-announced exit following President Trump's election as chair.