Priscilla Duff is the executive assistant at The Buckeye Institute.

Duff is a problem solver by nature and enjoys helping and serving people. She has spent most of her professional career in the entertainment industry and has brought her managerial and organizational skills to several varied positions around the globe. 

Duff recently returned from Tokyo, where she was the assistant company manager for “West Side Story” in Stage Around. She has also been the assistant company manager for “The King and I” during a tour of Asia, where she worked in 10 countries. And Duff was the assistant company manager and assistant stage manager for the U.S. national tour of “Starlight Express.”

In these positions, Duff dealt extensively with arranging and managing all sorts of situations and all forms of transportation and housing for companies of 60-plus people. Her work has included press events, negotiating and reviewing contracts, working with translators, locating and scheduling company members’ doctor’s appointments, as well as planning and implementing significant events for the company. 

Being a singer, dancer, actress, accomplished choral conductor, voice teacher, vocal coach, and keyboardist has filled the rest of her resume throughout her 30-plus years and 20 tours in show business. She and her husband lived in Chicago for 27 years and moved to Georgia in 2020.

Duff graduated from Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music with an emphasis in education and continued her post-graduate work at Phillips University and Westminster Choir College.