Rebecca Buckman has served as the Associate Director for the Bolz Center for Arts Administration since 2005. For almost two decades, Rebecca has provided the administrative and operational support for the center, and in recent years managed all facets of student services and alumni engagement, MBA admissions, budget and financial management, applied learning and conference administration, and advisory board management. In 2018, Rebecca produced the Bolz Center Collegium, which celebrated 50 years of the graduate program in Arts Administration, and 25 years of the endowment of the center.

Alongside the Bolz Center faculty and center directors, Rebecca helped to bring the vision of a new one-year Master of Arts-Business: Arts and Creative Enterprise Leadership program for launch in December 2019. A lifelong participant in and supporter of the arts, Rebecca combines this love with her passion for working in higher education.

In 2020, Rebecca was recognized by the Wisconsin School of Business for her dedication and superior service to the school through the Wisconsin Naming Gift Distinguished Service Award. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2000, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Work, and minor in Psychology.