President taps Hairspray producer for leadership position

Margo Lion was appointed by President Obama as a co-chair of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Lion, a Baltimore native, is a Broadway producer whose credits include Hairspray, Elaine Stritch at Liberty and The Crucible. Her productions have won 20 Tony Awards. She is an adjunct professor at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She is also on advisory boards for several organizations, including the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women.