Board
President Rodney Veal, Adjunct Faculty Stivers, Sinclair Community College, University of Dayton, The Art Show, Dayton
Vice President Damien Highfield, Choreographer, Dancer, Akron (Interim VP)
Treasurer Jessica Johnson, Managing Director of Accounting Solutions of Ohio, Columbus
Secretary Crystal Michelle Perkins, Choreographer, Dancer, Associate Artistic Director of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Dayton
- Legal Counsel Stefan Thomas, Attorney, Thomas Ingram Law Group, Columbus
- Executive Director Jane DAngelo
- Angelica Bell, Adjunct Faculty, Ohio University/The Ohio State University, Artistic Director of Factory Street Studio, Athens
Cassia Cramer, Dance instructor, studio owner, choreographer, Columbus
- Mari Davies, Director of Institutional Giving, the Toledo Symphony
- Dennis Dugan, Lighting Designer, Columbia Station
Janet Dziak, Artistic Director of North Pointe Ballet, North Ridgeville
Joyelle Fobbs, Dancer, Choreographer, Columbus
- Chanda Ford- White, Founding Artistic Director / Owner of Cleveland Inner City Ballet, Cleveland
Jeri Deckard Gatch, Modern Dance teacher, choreographer, and performer, Cincinnati
Kim Gladden MD, Founding member of the Dance Medicine clinic at the Sports Health Center of the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland
Jefferson James, Artistic and Executive Director, Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc., Cincinnati
Gregory King, Assistant Professor of dance at Kent State University, and Artistic Director of the Kent Dance Ensemble.
Catherine Meredith, Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance at Kent State University; Independent Choreographer
Gill Wright Miller, Professor and Chair of Dance, Denison University, Granville
Molly Schneider Perez, adjunct faculty University of Cincinnati, faculty at The Cincinnati Ballet
Christina Providence, President, The Providence Method: Life and Leader Education, Columbus
Kristina Scales, ADA/504 & Title VI Specialist in the Division of Opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion for the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), Columbus
Benny Simon, Assistant Professor, School of Dance, Ohio University and PhD Candidate, The Ohio State University
Quianna Simpson, Dancer, Choreographer, instructor at Thiossane West African Dance Institute, Columbus
Emily Stamas, Riverain Technologies, Senior Sales and Marketing Coordinator, Dayton
Gabrielle Stefura, Dancer, Teacher, Choreographer, Fort Hayes Performing Arts School, Columbus
- Shannon Varner, Lindyroos and SwingColumbus Performance Team, Columbus
Kerri Wilde, Choreographer, Dancer and Teacher, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo
- Bobbi Wyatt, Founder and Artistic Director, Mason Dance Center
OhioDance Board Committees
Anti-Racism and Equity Assurance Committee (A.R.E.A.)
Development & Fundraising Committee
Education & Community Engagement Committee
Festival Committee
Marketing Committee
Membership Committee
Ex-Officio Kodee Van Nort, formerly of Cincinnati
Ex-Officio David S. Guion, Ph.D., Executive Director, Dublin Arts Council
Consultants – OhioDance Board Expertise Listing
Advisory Board Members
- Ann Cooper Albright, Oberlin College. Professor of Dance, Oberlin
- Nathan Andary, CMA, RSME Choreographer, Faculty School of Dance, Ohio University, Athens
- Zelma Badu-Younge, Ph.D., Professor, School of Dance, Ohio University, Athens
- Laurie Bell, Retired Chair and Director of Dance, Ohio Northern University Department of Communication and Theatre Arts, Ada
- Kelly Berick, Director, Firestone High School Dance Program, Akron
- Padma Chebrolu, President and Artistic Director Cultural Centre of India, Cincinnati
- Lynn Deering, Director, Dance Program, Cleveland State University
- Melanye White Dixon, associate professor, Department of Dance, The Ohio State University, Columbus
- Ambre Emory-Maier, BalletMet Columbus, Director of Education
- Tina Gehres, International Folk and Vintage Dance, Galloway
- John Giffin, professor emeritus, Department of Dance, The Ohio State University, Columbus
- Suzan Bradford Kounta, Thiossane Institute, Columbus
- Holly Handman Lopez, Visiting Assistant Professor, Oberlin College, Oberlin
- Marlene Leber, Independent Choreographer and Dance Education Consultant, Chardon
- Teressa Wylie McWilliams, coordinator and associate professor of dance, Wright State University, Dayton
- Jeanne Mam-Luft, Director of MamLuft&Co. Dance, Cincinnati
- Kathryn Mihelick, Stow
- Sarah Morrison, Choreographer, Dancer, Founder of MorrisonDance, Cleveland
- Melissa Pintar Obenauf, ŽIVILI, Artistic Director, Past OhioDance President 1981-1983, Columbus
- Barbara Robinson, OAC, past Chair, Cleveland
- Kim Tritt, College of Wooster, Chairperson, Department of Theatre/Dance, West Salem
- Mary Verdi-Fletcher, Dancing Wheels, Cleveland
- Shir Lee Wu, Springfield Ballet, Columbus
- Lisa Yanofsky, choreographer and educator