OhioDance Board of Trustees

  • President
    Neil Sapienza, director of the School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration, The University of Akron,
  • Vice President
    John Giffin, professor, Department of Dance, The Ohio State University, Columbus
  • Treasurer
    Lisa Rovner, BalletMet Columbus, Development Associate, Columbus
  • Secretary
    Nancy Pistone, Ohio Department of Education, art consultant, dance and visual art, Columbus
  • Ann Cooper Albright, Oberlin College. Professor of Dance, Oberlin
  • Zelma Badu-Younge, assistant professor, School of Dance, Ohio University, Athens
  • Marika Baxter, PT, MSPT, Director, Program for Performing Arts Medicine, OSU, Columbus
  • Kelly Berick, director, Firestone High School Dance Program, Akron
  • Jenny Burnett, Hathaway Brown School, Cleveland
  • Kaye Davis, associate professor, School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration, The University of Akron
  • Jeri Deckard Gatch, modern dance teacher, choreographer, and performer, Cincinnati
  • Dennis Dugan, lighting designer, Columbia Station
  • Joanne Eubanks, arts in education program coordinator, Ohio Arts Council
  • Ann Christina (Tina) Gehres, International Folk and Vintage Dance, Galloway
  • Marvel Gentry Davis, president of the board and executive producer of Ballet Tech Ohio Performing Arts Association, Cincinnati
  • David Guion, executive director, Dublin Arts Council
  • Tim Katz, community arts education director, Greater Columbus Arts Council
  • Demetrius Klein, Choreographer-in-Residence for the Miami Valley Ballet Theater, Cincinnati
  • Suzan Bradford Kounta, artistic consultant, Thiossane West African Dance Institute, Columbus
  • Marlene Leber, director of the dance department, Hathaway Brown School, Chardon
  • Holly Handman Lopez, Visiting Assistant Professor, Oberlin College, Oberlin
  • Jeanne Sopanha Mam-Luft, Director of MamLuft&Co. Dance, Cincinnati
  • William B. McClellan, Jr., Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Dayton
  • Teressa Wylie McWilliams, coordinator and associate professor of dance, Wright State University, Dayton
  • Cheri Mitchell, executive director, BalletMet Columbus
  • Kora Radella,Artistic Director of Double-Edge Dance, Kenyon
  • Kodee Van Nort, dancer, teacher, administrator, Cincinnati
  • Rodney Veal, Adjunct Faculty Stivers, Sinclair Community College, Dayton
  • Melanye White Dixon, associate professor, Department of Dance, The Ohio State University, Columbus

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS:
Joel Cohen, Coordinator of Demand Research, Columbia Gas, Columbus Chair Nominating Committee
Vickie Blaine, Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University, Department of Dance, Columbus
Padma Chebrolu, President and Artistic Director Cultural Centre of India, Cincinnati
Donna Collins, Director, Ohio Alliance for Arts Education, Ohio Citizens for the Arts, Columbus
Lynn Deering, Director, Dance Program, Cleveland State University
Richard Dickinson, Artistic Director, Great Lakes Festival Ballet, Warren
Ambre Emory-Maier, BalletMet Columbus, Director of Education
Christina W. Foisie, University of Akron, Manager, Dance Institute
Jefferson James, Artistic and Executive Director, Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc., Cincinnati
Susan Kenny-Pfalzer, Lawyer Solo Practice, Gahanna
Sandra Kerka, Editor, Webmaster, Columbus
Lucinda Lavelli, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Arts and Academic Programs, North Carolina, Past OhioDance President 1999-2002
Tammy Metz Starr, Freelance Choroegrapher, Bowling Green
Kathryn Mihelick, Director, Leaven Dance Co., Stow
Melissa Obenauf, Zivili, Artistic Director, Past OhioDance President 1981-1983, Granville
Barbara Robinson, OAC, past Chair, Cleveland
Wilma Salisbury, Plain Dealer Dance Critic, Cleveland
Kim Tritt, College of Wooster, Chairperson, Department of Theatre/Dance, West Salem
Sharon Unrau, Dance Specialist, Columbus
Mary Verdi-Fletcher, Dancing Wheels, Cleveland
Shir Lee Wu, Springfield Ballet, Columbus