Ginny Hayward probably doesn’t have a copy of the classified ad that ran in a local newspaper in late 1985. But she won’t ever forget it: The city of Irvine needed an executive coordinator for a performing arts venue yet to be built.
Hayward landed the job and the distinction of being the first employee of Irvine Barclay Theatre, a stay that lasted 40 years, until she retired last month.
In 1985, Hayward worked for an oil company with offices in L.A. County. She and her husband had just relocated to Irvine…