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, 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
  • Kelly Berick, director, Firestone High School Dance Program, Akron
  • Jenny Burnett, Hathaway Brown School, Cleveland
  • Padma Chebrolu, president and artistic director, Cultural Centre of India, Cincinnati
  • Teresa Crye, Dublin Dance Centre, Dublin
  • 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
  • Lynn Deering, associate professor of dance, Cleveland State University; director of the CSU Dance Program and artistic director of the CSU Dance Company
  • 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
  • Marlene Leber, director of the dance department, Hathaway Brown School, Chardon
  • 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
  • Lori Robishaw, arts management consultant, Columbus
  • 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