Joe Carter
Adjunct Faculty

Joe Carter is the Ticket Sales Director at Center Theatre Group (CTG - Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre and Kirk Douglas Theatre) and oversees all aspects of ticketing, including season planning, sales (single tickets, groups, subscriptions, memberships), staff and operations. Under Carter's direction, CTG employs about 85 full and part time ticketing professionals. He joined CTG in 1990 as a marketing assistant and has been promoted into strategic positions as the organization grew and prospered. He has particularly engaged CTG into transforming its various sales departments into a structured and interactive operation, where all ticketing operations report to one person, ensuring a better level of communication and customer service. As a result of these changes, CTG received the Outstanding Box Office Award from the International Ticketing Association (INTIX) in 2006, a membership of 1,500 entertainment organizations from around the world

Carter is an Adjunct Professor at USC where he teaches Promotion in the Performing Arts. He is a member of the INTIX Board of Directors and also participates in the Los Angeles theatrical community as a Board Member of the Theatre @ Boston Court, a new state of the art performance space, past board memberships with other local companies, as well as other philanthropic activities. Before joining CTG, he was an executive with Macy's New York. Carter holds a Marketing degree from Miami University..