Staff
Julia Mayer, Executive Director
Solomon Bowser, Marketing Manager
Kennedy Ward, Membership & Operations Manager
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Contractors
Samantha Brown, Special Projects Coordinator
Briana Janeé, Marketing & Web Coordinator
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Dance Writers
Rachel Benzing, Writer
Tristan Bruns, Managing Editor & Writer
Isabel Campisteguy, Writer
Maureen Janson, Writer
Mitchell Oldham, Writer
D’onminique Ndosi Mapula Riley, Writer
Lynn Colburn Shapiro, Editor Emerita & Writer
Sidney Valdez, Writer
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Board of Directors
Officers:
Jorge Perez, Board President
Executive Director, Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater
Amanda Banks, Board Vice President
Contacting Counsel Manager, Accenture
Dawn Stanislaw, Treasurer
Executive Director, Visceral Dance Chicago
Marisa C. Santiago, Secretary
Director of Artistic Programming, The Auditorium
Board Members
Debra Bernstein-Siegel
Faculty, School of Music, Theatre and Dance Oakland University
Ladonna Freidheim
Executive Director, Reinventability
Michael Foster
Senior Sales Manager, Whitehall Hotel
Erik Kaiko
Director of Marketing and Communications, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Bradlee Lathon
Arts Educator | Program Manager, Forward Momentum Chicago
Danielle Pender
Dance Educator, Impact Dance Studio | Human Resources Director, Harris Theater for Music & Dance
Sarah Venuti Yates
Director of Human Resources, The Joffrey Ballet
Allyson Ratliff
Director of Community Engagement & Artistic Team Member, Hyde Park School of Dance
Kia Smith
Executive Director, South Chicago Dance Theatre
