Cynthia Tucker

Cynthia Tucker is a Lecturer at the Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California, teaching the Venue Management course. She has served as the Director of Event Operations for Trojan Event Services (TES) within Student Life at USC since 2015, overseeing scheduling operations, managing venues, supervising staff and student workers, and handling financial analysis and projections.

• MBA from Pepperdine University
• Masters in Human Resource Management from USC’s Bovard College
• BA in Communications from the University of California, Santa Barbara

With 15 years of venue management experience and 25 years in event planning, Tucker has held roles at the City of Santa Monica, DreamWorks Pictures, The Walt Disney Company, and a local non-profit. She also owned an event and wedding planning company for 24 years. Active in professional organizations, she is a member of the International Association of Venue Managers and serves on the University Committee and Diversity and Inclusive Leadership Committee at USC.