Jonathan Parker is a retired employee benefits consultant from The Segal Company, a firm headquartered in New York City.  During his 35-year career at Segal, Mr. Parker worked extensively as an advisor to health and pension funds covering theater professionals, including SDC directors and choreographers.

Since retiring, Jonathan has been active as a volunteer, working with several organizations, including the English Speaking Union, the African Services Committee, and New York University.  His primary role has been as a conversation partner with immigrants from around the world, helping them improve their English language skills. In addition, he has worked as a mentor in a professional career development program.

Mr. Parker is a graduate of Yale University, where he majored in psychology, and devoted much of his time to a cappella singing.  Throughout his adult life, theater-going has been a second “profession,” for which he has incredible passion.  In 2001, he was a recipient of the Working Theater’s Bridge Award, which recognizes “extraordinary New Yorkers for bridging the gap between the arts, labor and community.”  Mr. Parker contributed an essay to the article, “What Does a Director Do?”, which appeared in the Fall, 2017 issue of the SDC Journal.  Jonathan takes great pride in having played Schroeder in the second cast of his high school production of You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown.