Each year, the Institute for the Management of Creative Enterprises (IMCE) brings leading national and regional leaders to Pittsburgh for presentations, seminars or workshops. The guests may be part of the Arts Management in Context course, convocations or specially scheduled master-class sessions for IMCE students.

Visitors over the last few academic years include:

• Ben Cameron
  Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group
• E'Vonne Coleman
  Duke University; Founder, The Association of American Cultures
• Kristy Edmunds
  Founder/Director, Portland (Oregon) Institute for Contemporary Art
• Sandra Gibson
  President/CEO, Association of Performing Arts Presenters
• Murray Horowitz
  Executive Director of American Film Institute's Silver Screen (Maryland), former Director of Cultural Programming, National Public Radio
• Stacy King
  Former President, Clear Channel Exhibitions
• Alan Levey
  Senior Vice President and General Manager, Disney Theatrical Productions
• Robert Lynch
  President/CEO, Americans for the Arts
• Ellen McCullough-Lovell
  President, Marlboro College, former Director of the Center for Arts and Culture
• Mary Sue Sweeney-Price
  Director, The Newark Museum
• Marc Scorca
  President/CEO, OperaAmerica
• Jack Walsh
  Co-Director, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
• Harry H. Weintraub, Esq.
  Counsel, League of Resident Theatres

Regional arts leaders or experts included:

• Elizabeth Bradley
  Artistic Producer and Head, Carnegie Mellon School of Drama
• Marilyn Coleman
  Executive Director, ProArts/Western Pennsylvania Professionals for the Arts
• Rob Davidson
  Director of Outreach, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
• Natalie Forbes
  Executive Director, Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society
• Jessica Gogan
  Curator of Education, The Andy Warhol Museum
• David Gurwin, Esq.
  Attorney-at-law
• Jonathan Eaton
  Artistic Director, Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh
• Charley Humphrey
  Executive Director, Pittsburgh Filmmakers
• David Jobin
  Managing Director, City Theatre Company
• Justin Laing
  Executive Director, Nego Gato
• Hank Knerr
  Director, The Lively Arts at IUP
• James McCarl
  President, McCarl Group
• Diane Nutting
  Director of Education, City Theatre Company
• Andrew S. Paul
  Executive and Artistic Director, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre
• Tom Poole
  Executive Director, Pittsburgh Cable Network
• Tom Sokolowski
  Director, The Andy Warhol Museum
• Marc Weinstein
  General Director, Pittsburgh Opera
• Jane Werner
  Executive Director, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh