Board

  • President
    David S. Guion, Executive Director, Dublin Arts Council
  • Vice President
    John Giffin, professor, Department of Dance, The Ohio State University, Columbus
  • Treasurer
    Cheri Mitchell, Executive Director, BalletMet 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, Associate 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
  • Joanne Eubanks, (Ex Officio) arts in education program coordinator, Ohio Arts Council
  • Ann Christina (Tina) Gehres, International Folk and Vintage Dance, Galloway
  • Susan Honer, Choreographer, dancer Cincinnati
  • 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
  • Teressa Wylie McWilliams, coordinator and associate professor of dance, Wright State University, Dayton
  • Kora Radella,Artistic Director of Double-Edge Dance, Kenyon
  • Lisa Rovner, BalletMet Columbus, Development Associate, Columbus
  • Neil Sapienza, director of the School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration, The University of Akron
  • Kodee Van Nort, dancer, teacher, administrator, Cincinnati
  • Rodney Veal, Adjunct Faculty Stivers, Sinclair Community College, Dayton
  • Bobbi Wyatt, Founder and Artistic Director, Mason Dance Center
  • Erich Yetter, Visiting Asst. Professor, University of Akron

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
  • Melanye White Dixon, associate professor, Department of Dance, The Ohio State University, Columbus
  • Dennis Dugan, lighting designer, Columbia Station
  • 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
  • Tim Katz, community arts education director, Greater Columbus Arts Council
  • 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
  • William B. McClellan, Jr., Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Dayton
  • 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