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	JEN ABRAMS Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Business Ventures - Changing the Landscape) Jen Abrams is the Co-Founder of OurGoods.org, an online barter network for artists. The site matches barter partners, provides accountability tools, and offers technical assistance resources. It is an instigator for generosity, a locus of empowerment, and an innovative model for supporting the work of artists. OurGoods offers an environment in which artists can get their work done regardless of the economic climate. We posit an alternative to the competitive funding model – on OurGoods, the more resources each artist gets, the more resources are available for all participants. Please visit us at www.ourgoods.org. Jen is also a choreographer, arts administrator, and 11-year member of WOW Café Theater, a collectively-run all women and trans theater space in NYC (www.wowcafe.org). Her work has been produced at LaMama, Dixon Place, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, DancenOw, and HERE. She is the former Managing Director of Risa Jaroslow & Dancers, Poetry in the Branches Coordinator at Poets House, and Administrative Manager of Guild Complex.
	ANA MARIA ALVAREZ Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: To Fuse or Not? Fusion and World Dance) After receiving a BA in Dance and Politics from Oberlin College, Alvarez moved to New York where she became the Dance Specialist at The Center for Family Life’s “Lifelines” Community Arts Project in Brooklyn. There she taught, danced and choreographed for several years, before moving to Los Angeles in 2002. Alvarez received her MFA in Choreography from UCLA's Department of World Arts and Cultures, where she currently teaches. Alvarez collaborated with teachers and researchers to create a dance program at UCLA's Lab School , which became the foundation for CONTRA-TIEMPO's arts education program. CONTRA-TIEMPO is currently partnering with many schools throughout Southern California, integrating dance in their educational curriculum. Alvarez has received numerous awards and recognition from the arts world and beyond, including Brooklyn Arts Exchange's Artist in Progress Award and from The Association of Performing Arts Presenters Emerging Leaders Institute, The Los Angeles City Council District 11, The Durfee Foundation, The Flourish Foundation, Festival Internacional de Teatro de Los Angeles' (FITLA) and Instituto de Cultura de Puerto Rico, among others. Recognized as a "Rising star of the dance world" (Backstage NY 2002), Alvarez is inspired to continue to develop and share her artistic vision with the world through CONTRA-TIEMPO's dynamic work. The company has been presented by venues all over the country and Latin America including Lincoln Center, Dance Place, CounterPULSE, ASU Gammage and UCLA's Royce Hall among others.
	MARCELLO ANGELINI Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: Ballet’s Broad Strokes for the Future) Marcello Angelini has served as Tulsa Ballet Artistic Director since 1995, following a distinguished career as a principal dancer and guest artist with some of the most renowned troupes in the world. Angelini's studies began at home with his father in Naples, Italy, and continued through graduation from the Kiev Institute of Dance in the former Soviet Union on a special full government scholarship. As a principal dancer, he performed the leading roles in most of the classical repertoire with some of the most prestigious ballet companies around the world as well neo-classical and contemporary works by Rudolf Nurjiev, Robert North, Birgit Cullberg, Hans Van Manen, Niels Cristie, John Butler, John, Cranko, Sir Kenneth McMillan, James Kudelka and George Balanchine. He has received numerous awards, both as a dancer and for his achievements as Tulsa Ballet’s Artistic director including the Golden Rose for the most promising Italian dancer and the Positano Price for Artistic Excellence. In 2002 Mr. Angelini was awarded the Governor’s Arts Award for individual contribution to the arts in Oklahoma.
	CHLOE ARNOLD Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: The Contemporary Evolution) Founder of the DC Tap Festival and Co-Director of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy's Los Angeles Tap Festival, Chloe Arnold is an internationally acclaimed Tap Dancer, Performer, and Choreographer. She co-starred in Debbie Allen's "Alex in Wonderland" at the Kennedy Center, Jason Samuels Smith's "Charlie Angels" at the Kitchen and Minskoff Theatre, NY, and recently premiered her One-Woman show "My life, My Diary, My Dance". She has choreographed and performed on Television and Film including the Jerry Lewis Telethon opening number, Brothers Garcia, One on One, and Idlewild, and is currently in Production for "Tap Dreams" an international Tap Dance docu-series. ^{Photo by Carl McClarty}
	JOHN ASHFORD Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: Overcoming Borders) John Ashford is Director of Aerowaves, a European network for research and presentation of emerging dance companies with partnerships in over 30 countries. Founded in 1997, resulting performances are now shown in 20 cities. He was Theatre Director at The Place in London from 1986 to 2009, initiating annually repeated dance seasons Spring Loaded, Resolution!, The Turning World; and the biennial Place Prize, the choreographic research project Choreodrome, and the international showcase now known as British Dance Edition. He was previously Director of the ICA Theatre, and founding Theatre Editor of Time Out, the London listing magazine, championing Fringe Theatre and performance work. In 2002 John Ashford was honored as a CBE.
	MARGARET AYERS Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: International Export Strategy for American Dance) As Chief Executive Officer of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation since 1979, Margaret Ayers managed a foundation-wide reorganization that included the development of grants programs to promote reproductive rights nationally, government accountability and child welfare reform in New York State, and improved management of cultural organizations in New York City. More recently, the Foundation has begun to develop a new arts program that is focused on promoting international cultural exchange-based diplomacy. In her role as President, Ayers has prepared numerous articles, reports, monographs and congressional testimony relating to the fields enumerated above and has helped form a number of associations of grantmakers that fund particular issues including Grantmakers in the Arts (national), New York City Grantmakers in the Arts and the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers. Margaret Ayers currently participates on four non-profit boards including those of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance and the New York Studio School. Following the tragic events of September 11, 2001, she worked with the New York Foundation for the Arts to create the New York Arts Recovery Fund through which some $5 million was made available to help individual artists and small arts organizations located in Lower Manhattan.
	COLOMBIA BAROSSE Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: The Value of U.S. Embassies to American Dance Artists) Colombia Barrosse is head of the State Department’s Cultural Programs Division of the Bureau of Cultural Affairs. The Division supports a variety of cultural exchange programs that further our nation’s foreign policy, create a platform for ongoing international relations, showcase America’s artistic excellence, and promote mutual understanding and respect for other cultures and traditions. Before assuming these duties in August of 2007, Ms. Barrosse served as Cultural Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Paris, where she was responsible for the civil society, education and international exchanges portfolios. During her 21-year career as a Foreign Service Officer, she has also served as Cultural Attaché and Deputy Political Counselor in Lima, Peru, Special Assistant to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Visa Chief in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Staff Assistant to Ambassadors Capen and Gardner in Madrid, Spain. She has also had tours of duty in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and Washington, D.C. Ms. Barrosse is fluent in French and Spanish. She has a J.D. and B.S. in Biology from the College of William and Mary in Virginia.
	HOLLY BASS Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: Dancepreneur: Enter the Creative Economy) Holly Bass, writer and performer, has presented her work at spaces such as the Kennedy Center, the Whitney Museum and the Experience Music Project and been awarded numerous grants. She studied modern dance with Viola Farber at Sarah Lawrence College. Her company’s mission is to inspire others to believe that it is possible to be more, give more and do more—to forge a life of beauty no matter our circumstances.
	MARIA BAUMAN Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: Entering Community) Maria Bauman danced seven seasons with acclaimed contemporary dance company Urban Bush Women. She has originated roles in "Walking with Pearl: Africa Diaries," "Walking with Pearl: Southern Diaries," and in guest choreographer Bridget Moore's "Sacred Vessel." She was also Urban Bush Women’s Associate Artistic Director for Community Engagement, co-facilitating workshops on pairing arts and activism, organizing Community Engagement activities in various cities, and writing curriculum. Through UBW, Maria has taught dance as a catalyst towards positive self-imagery at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum and at the Atlantic Terminal Housing Development in Brooklyn, as well as at various schools and community centers throughout the country. She continues her community engagement work outside of company life, with an active roster of freelance workshops and a summer program for young dancers, all listed on her website www.mbdance.org.
	FRED MICHAEL BEAM Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: Defining The "Other”) Fred Michael Beam is Executive Director of Invisible Hands International, an award winning no profit performing arts organization which promote deaf awareness thru Arts and bridge gap between deaf and hearing community thru the beauty of american sign language and performing arts. Fred is also Artistic Director of two interrnational acclaimed dance companies, (The Wild Zappers, all deaf male dance company and National Deaf Dance Theater, mainstreamed high energy dance company). He is also a professional director, choreographer, dancer/actor and educator for theater/TV/Film/Educational productions.
	CHRISTOPHER BLANK Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: Writing About Dance – Past Relic or Persistent Craft?) Christopher Blank is an arts journalist living in Memphis. His theater and dance reviews have appeared in The St. Petersburg Times, The Commercial Appeal and Pointe Magazine. He is a 2003 USC Annenberg Getty Arts Journalism Fellow and in 2009, attended the NEA Arts Journalism Institute for Dance Criticism at the American Dance Festival. He is also an arts commentator on Memphis public radio and founder of the WKNO Performance Club, a group that attends and critiques a variety of theater and dance performances throughout the season. It currently has over 100 members. Additionally, he has witnessed firsthand the power of art to inspire madness, as the reporter assigned to cover Elvis Presley's candlelight vigil at Graceland for the last nine years.
	NICOLE BIRMANN BLOOM Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: International Export Strategy for American Dance) Currently as Director of Dance and Theater and previously as Arts Program Coordinator at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York, Nicole Birmann Bloom has developed and promoted workshops, festivals, and special projects with French artists, and has managed key French-American programs dedicated to support of performing dance and theater artists since 1999. Trained as a dancer in France and the U.S. (New York), Nicole became a dance instructor, and then, worked abroad for a decade in the public and private sectors. She returned to New York and joined the Cultural Services in 1995. ^{photo by François Leloup-Collet}
	PETER BOAL Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: Planning for the Future: The Importance of New Works) Peter Boal is Artistic Director of Pacific Northwest Ballet and Director of Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Mr. Boal assumed directorship of Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2005 following a 22-year career as a dancer with New York City Ballet. In addition to working with George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Peter Martins, Mr. Boal originated roles in more than 30 new ballets. He received his training at the School of American Ballet (SAB), joined New York City Ballet in 1983, and was promoted to principal dancer in 1989. From 1997 to 2005, he was a full-time faculty member at SAB. In 2004, he founded Peter Boal and Company, a critically acclaimed chamber ensemble. In 1996, Mr. Boal received the Dance Magazine Award, and in 2000, he received a New York Dance and Performance Award.
	JEAN-PIERRE BONNEFOUX Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: Ballet’s Broad Strokes for the Future) Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux began his career with the Paris Opera Ballet and has danced with the Bolshoi Ballet, Kirov Ballet and from 1970-1980 became a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. His works have been commissioned by companies including New York City Ballet, Metropolitan Opera Ballet Company, Pennsylvania Ballet and Munich Opera. Bonnefoux joined North Carolina Dance Theatre as artistic director in 1996 and was appointed president in August 2002. During summers, he serves as artistic director, choreographer and teacher at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. ^{Photo by Jeff Cravotta}
	LISA BOOTH Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: Overcoming Borders) Lisa Booth is President of Lisa Booth Management, Inc. (LBMI), a NYC-based firm she directs with Vice President Deirdre Valente. With a focus on new projects for the live stage across genre and aesthetic, LBMI initiates, produces and manages tours nationally and abroad for USA-based and international companies and productions. Since 1983, LBMI projects have taken place in more than 300 cities in 30 countries. Artists represented by LBMI include Doug Varone and Dancers, Spirit of Uganda, Teatro Hugo & Ines and Gaia Teatro (Peru), Handspring Puppet Company (South Africa), Khmer Arts Ensemble (Cambodia-USA), Hip-Hop Theater Festival, Ping Chong & Co., Joe Diebes and Phil Soltanoff. LBMI is General Manager of DanceMotion USASM, a US State Department program produced by BAM that tours American Modern Dance abroad. Lisa is the Immediate Past Board Chair of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters and has served as a consultant and panelist for numerous performing arts and funding agencies.
	JUNIOUS BRICKHOUSE Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: To Fuse or Not? Fusion and World Dance) Junious Brickhouse, a.k.a “House” is a dancer, choreographer, student of culture and community leader who began his journey through dance in the Atlanta and Washington D.C. underground dance scenes. House credits Thomas Herodt, a.k.a. "Special FX" of Denmark and Scotty 76 of Germany as his mentors; it was with their guidance and strong principles that he became a part of the internationally recognized Assassins Crew and later founded their DC Chapter in 2005. Also while in DC, Junious founded Urban Artistry, an award winning International Culture and Education Project that provides opportunities and mentorship to youth and adults in urban dance education, performance and competition. Throughout his career Junious has been awarded various credits, including the Individual Artist Award for Dance Solo through the Maryland State Arts Council (MD-2010). ^{photo by Nick Huynh}
	MICHELLE N. BURKHART Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Business Ventures - Changing the Landscape) Michelle N. Burkhart, Director, Dance/NYC and Founder, CEO Spectrum Equality Arts, Inc., has over 20 years experience in arts and business. She is founder of a social enterprise for-profit business that supports nonprofit artists and arts organization. Michelle has been an adjunct faculty member of NYU since 2007 and has consulted with Columbia University and Cornell University in advisory capacity on arts research. She holds a BS in Organizational Behavior and a JD with specialization in intellectual property.
	ROHIT BURMAN Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: The Current Funding Climate) Rohit Burman is Director for the Culture and Public Broadcasting program of MetLife Foundation. Rohit joined MetLife Foundation in September 2006. Prior to that he was Program Officer for JPMorgan's Philanthropic Services Group, where his areas of responsibility included arts, culture and higher education grantmaking. Before JPMorgan, Rohit worked as a program manager for the Housing and Health Evaluation Technical Assistance project at Columbia University’s School of Public Health. He has also worked for ICF Consulting in Washington, DC on several projects for the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Rohit’s additional nonprofit and policy experience includes a fellowship with The World Conservation Union and internships at the World Resources Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Rohit currently serves on the board of Philanthropy New York and is co-chair of New York Grantmakers in the Arts. He is a graduate of The College of Wooster, Ohio, and received his Master’s of Public Policy from Georgetown University.
	SUZANNE CALLAHAN Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: The EDA Learning Community: What’s in it for You) Suzanne Callahan, CFRE, founded Callahan Consulting for the Arts in 1996, which serves arts organizations and funders through planning, fundraising, and evaluation. She has run arts funding programs for almost 20 years, including Engaging Dance Audiences (EDA) and the National College Choreography Initiative (both for Dance/USA) and prior to that at the NEA Dance Program. Callahan is a frequent trainer in fundraising and evaluation for foundations and associations, and her book "Singing Our Praises: Case Studies in the Art of Evaluation" was awarded Outstanding Publication of the Year from the American Evaluation Association. She has served as panelist for the Rockefeller Foundation and the NEA, among others, and the firm’s 60 clients have included Americans for the Arts, Chicago Community Trust, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and The Pew Charitable Trusts. Callahan holds an MA in Dance Education and a Certificate in Fundraising from George Washington University and a BA from Northwestern University.
	KIM CHAN Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: Dancepreneur: Enter the Creative Economy ) Kim Chan is the Director of Development for the Paul Taylor Dance Foundation in New York City. A native New Yorker, Ms. Chan spent 20 years in Washington D.C. working primarily as a curator and producer at Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS) with a special focus on dance and performance and participated in international delegations of presenters. She continues to serve on the advisory board of D.C.'s GALA Hispanic Theatre and has also served on the boards of Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Dance Place, and Guillermo Gomez-Pena's La Pocha Nostra. Ms. Chan also worked on the staff at Arts Presenters as its Vice-President, Programs. She has served as a presenting hub site for the New England Foundation for the Arts National Dance Project and a national advisor for Americans for the Arts' Animating Democracy Initiative. She has worked with numerous artists, arts organizations, and funding agencies including Savion Glover, Pat Graney, House of Ninja, White Oak Dance Project, Urban Bush Women, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, the Nuyorican Poets, Pomo Afro Homos, Liz Lerman, Victoria Marks, Wolly Mammoth Theatre, National Endowment for the Arts, the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Foundation, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Community Foundation of the National Capital Region, New York State Council on the Arts, and Creative Capital Foundation. Ms. Chan has received awards for her work in dance from the Pola Nirenska Award Committee in Washington, D.C., the International Conference of Blacks in Dance, and the Chen Dance Center.
	OFELIA CHAVEZ Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: International Perceptions of American Dance) Ofelia Chávez de la Lama is Director of the Escuela Nacional de Danza Clásica y Contemporánea, del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA), located in the Centro Nacional de las Artes, in Mexico City. They offer five graduate programs for ballet (dancers and teachers), contemporary dancer and also choreography. Ofelia is a dancer, choreographer, teacher who has developed historic and pedagogic research around Jose Limón and somatic techniques. She has occupied several coordinating positions, and participated in the foundation, development and coordination of different schools and centers of the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA), collaborated in promotional and cultural activities and interchanges within the National Council of the Arts (CONACULTA).
	SHERWOOD CHEN Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Networking the Next Generation of Leaders Around the World) Sherwood Chen has worked in festival production, youth arts programming, arts grantmaking, and community arts working for organizations including the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the San Francisco Foundation, and the Los Angeles Music Center Education Division. As a performer, Sherwood has worked with artists including Min Tanaka/Maijuku, Anna Halprin, Oguri, Grisha Coleman/echo::systems, Sara Shelton Mann, Ko Murobushi, Amara Tabor-Smith, and Shinichi Iova-Koga/inkBoat. He serves a board member of Intersection for the Arts (San Francisco) and Khmer Arts Academy (Long Beach/Phnom Penh). Sherwood was hired as the Associate Director of the Alliance for California Traditional Arts in 2006.
	ELLEN CHENOWETH Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: To Fuse or Not? Fusion and World Dance) Ellen Chenoweth is the Projects Coordinator for the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and has previously worked at the Kennedy Center and the American Dance Festival. She recently earned an MA in Dance and a Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies from Texas Woman's University. Her dance writing has been published on a national level in Left Turn magazine and Disability Studies Quarterly. She maintains a blog covering the DC dance/arts scene at WideningtheI.wordpress.com.
	ROSE ANN CLEVELAND Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: The Current Funding Climate) Rose Ann Cleveland is the Executive Director of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, the largest independent foundation focused exclusively on the Washington metropolitan area. Before joining the Foundation in 2005, she served as Director of Programming for Washington Performing Arts Society, overseeing a multi-disciplinary season of performances and education programs. Earlier, Rose Ann developed performance series and educational programs for the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland. She chairs the Board of Directors of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers and is Treasurer of Grantmakers in the Arts. In recent years, she has also served on the local advisory boards for the Foundation Center and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC).
	ELLA COOPER Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Networking the Next Generation of Leaders Around the World) Ella Cooper is the Founding Director of the Emerging Arts Professional Network (www.eapnetwork.ca) a not for profit and community support network of almost 3,000 arts professionals from across Canada. In addition, she carries out a number of arts marketing, outreach, consulting, social media and community research contracts through her new company, Ella Cooper Creative Arts. She is also a budding multidisciplinary artist, photographer and arts educator. Ella serves on the board of the Cultural Careers Council Ontario and the Creative Trust Foundation and has served on juries for the Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council and the Dora Mavor Moore Dance Awards. She was selected as one of the Luminato Festival’s Milles Femmes Magnifique celebrating 1,000 of Toronto’s most inspirational women in the arts.
	MICHAEL CRABB Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: Writing About Dance – Past Relic or Persistent Craft?) Michael Crabb is based in Toronto. He was born and educated in Britain but moved to Canada in 1969 to pursue post-graduate studies. There he soon began a career as a freelance arts journalist, specializing in dance. Apart from his contributions to Canadian publications, he writes for several international journals such as Dance Magazine, The Dancing Times, and Ballet-Tanz. Crabb was dance critic of The National Post from its inception in the fall of 1998 until September 2009 when he became dance critic for Canada’s biggest daily, The Toronto Star. He has authored or edited a number of books and often lectures about dance. From 1982-2000 he was also an arts producer and, latterly, an on-air host for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s national radio network. He continues to broadcast on a freelance basis with CBC.
	TIM CYNOVA Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Performing Arts Infrastructure) Tim Cynova serves as Deputy Director of Fractured Atlas, a national arts organization that provides a multi-faceted support infrastructure for its membership of 11,000+ artists and arts groups in all disciplines, offering resources that foster capacity-building and sustainability. Prior to joining Fractured Atlas, he served as Executive Director of The Parsons Dance Company and High 5 Tickets to the Arts. Before arriving in New York City, Tim worked for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Association for the Advancement of Arts Education. He holds a degree in Music History from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a Certificate in Global Affairs from New York University.
	ALEJANDRA DE LA PAZ Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: Cultural Exchange and Diplomacy) Alejandra de la Paz has had a long career as a cultural promoter. She has specialized in the administration and development of International cultural projects, working as the Coordinator of International Affairs for the Mexican National Council for Culture and the Arts and the Director of International Relations at the National Institute of Fine Arts. Additionally, she has worked as the Director of Production of the Mexican Radio Institute, and, at the time of her appointment as the Cultural Counselor of Mexico to the United States and Executive Director of the Mexican Cultural Institute, acted as the Technical Secretary in the Division of Cultural Diffusion at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). At the Mexican Foreign Ministry, she has worked as the director of Cultural Programs, as well as serving as the Cultural Counselor of Mexico, both in London and at the Consulate of Mexico in Barcelona. She is a graduate in history from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico and did her postgraduate work in World Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has served as the Cultural Counselor of Mexico to the United States and the Executive Director of the Mexican Cultural Institute since September of 2008.
	CAROLELINDA DICKEY Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: International Export Strategy for American Dance) Carolelinda Dickey has worked both as a producer and an arts presenter. She was the founding Executive Director of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and also the company manager for the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company and Meredith Monk/The House. From 1987 to 1999, she served as Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Dance Council. Ms. Dickey is a Past President of the Board of Directors of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) and a past Director of Dance/USA, Citizens for the Arts (Pennsylvania), and PA Presenters. She currently sits on the Board of Directors of Squonk Opera, Inc. and the Advisory Board to the Conservatory of Performing Arts at Point Park University. In 1999, she founded Performing Arts Strategies and has consulted on program evaluation/development and public policy for the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, The Pittsburgh Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation. A frequent speaker on international exchange, Dickey currently is Co-Director of the International Tanzmesse NRW in Köln, Germany. In 1995, Ms. Dickey received the Richard S. Caliguiri Memorial Award (Vectors Pittsburgh) for distinguished community service and was the inaugural recipient of the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts Award of Excellence. She has written and published numerous articles on the arts, especially dance and dance touring.
	PETER DIMURO Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: To Fuse or Not? Fusion and World Dance) Peter DiMuro serves as the director of Dance/MetroDC and also works as a freelance choreographer/director/teacher. He has performed and made works for dance and theatre in the U.S. and abroad for thirty years. Throughout this time he has been involved in community arts practices and engagement, most notably as a collaborator in the processes and arts products of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. He was artistic director of the Dance Exchange the last three of his fifteen years with the company. As director of Dance/MetroDC he has turned the lens of community practice back on to the dance community, specifically in the metro DC region, with an eye toward international ideas and best practices.
	ANNA DROZDOWSKI Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Performing Arts Infrastructure) Anna Drozdowski leads projects in production, strategic planning, and dramaturgy for dance with Ladybird, her consultancy. She is a facilitator for Artists U, a PHC Speaker, and curatorial advisor for Philadelphia Dance Projects. As a manager, Anna has recently worked with Headlong Dance Theater, Ballet Hispanico, SAB, Team Office!, and the Mural Arts Program. Her research and creative work has been supported by the NEA Arts Journalism Fellowship at ADF, CEC New Edge Mix, CSDP, DAAD and the Fulbright Program/Royal Danish Ballet. Anna holds an M.A. in Performance Studies from NYU. She is a former board member of Dance/USA, an advisor to DanceUP in Philadelphia, and doesn't believe in the box. ^{Photo by www.jjtiziou.net}
	ROBERT ELMES Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Business Ventures - Changing the Landscape) Robert Elmes is the founder and executive director of Galapagos Art Space, whose new location houses a 1600 square foot lake inside its building and will soon become NYC’s first LEED certified “green” cultural venue. Galapagos does not accept government grants or public funding of any kind. After expanding to Berlin in 2011 Galapagos will build venues in Mumbai, India, and Beijing, China, and move its resident artists between each of the venues for a month at a time. The New York Times called Galapagos “an ever-growing cultural oasis", and The Village Voice wrote that Mr. Elmes “(is) building a cultural movement brick by brick”. Elmes was born in 1966 in Vancouver, CA and currently lives in Brooklyn.
	AMY FITTERER Break-Out Session Speaker (SPECIAL SESSION: Dance Advocacy on the Hill) As the Director of Government Affairs for both Dance/USA and OPERA America, Amy is responsible for tracking federal legislation and informing members of advocacy news and opportunities. Through coalition activities with the Performing Arts Alliance and the Cultural Advocacy Group, Amy advocates in support of funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, arts in education programs at the Department of Education, cultural exchange programs at the State Department, visa and tax policies for foreign guest artists, charitable giving and tax regulations, national service and the arts, and communications policies at the Federal Communications Commission. Amy danced professionally with Peninsula Ballet Theatre in the San Francisco Bay Area and served as director of Lisa Spector’s Music School in Half Moon Bay, CA. She received her ballet training from the Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts in Connecticut. Amy holds a B.S. in piano performance from Indiana University and an M.A. in arts administration from Teachers College, Columbia University.
	JANE FORDE Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: International Export Strategy for American Dance) Jane Forde has managed NEFA’s National Dance project (NDP) for the past five years. She was Artistic Director and Director of Outreach of The Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she developed projects for building dance audiences in New England, and worked closely with many dance companies. Jane has worked as a dancer, dance educator and outreach director and presenter and she holds a Bachelors degree in Performance Arts from Middlesex University, England and a Masters in Dance from SUNY College at Brockport, NY. ^{photo by Abigail Baisas}
	SARAH FRANKLAND Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: Cultural Exchange and Diplomacy ) Sarah Frankland is Deputy Director for the British Council USA since 2007. She leads on local, national and international strategic relationships with major arts organizations, government and other key stakeholders in the public and private sectors to develop the profile, reputation and brand of UK artists and the British Council. Prior to joining the British Council in 1999, Sarah was responsible for foundation, corporate and government grants for the Shakespeare Theatre and worked in Company Management at Ford's Theatre, both in Washington, DC. Sarah has a MA in Arts Management from American University, a postgraduate certificate from the Chartered Institute of Marketing and is an Associate of the London College of Music in Speech and Drama. She is the recipient of scholarships to study in the US from the Rotary Foundation, the American University (Hall of Nations Scholar) and the International Society of Performing Arts; she is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the UK and serves as a Trustee for the International Student House in Washington, DC.
	ALISON M. FRIEDMAN Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: The Value of U.S. Embassies to American Dance Artists) Alison M. Friedman is the Director/Founder of Ping Pong Productions. A leading expert on modern dance in China, Alison came to Beijing in 2002 on a Fulbright Fellowship to research the development of modern dance in the Middle Kingdom. She was International Director of the Beijing Modern Dance Company from 2005 until 2008 when she was hired by Oscar-winning composer Tan Dun to be General Manager of his company Parnassus Productions, Inc. In addition to lecturing on the art form in both China and abroad, she has conducted research for the Royal Netherlands Embassy and the Asian Cultural Council, and her writing has appeared in Dance Magazine (USA) and Chime (NL). She has worked as consultant for the U.S. Embassy in China, Columbia University, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, as well as other overseas dance and theater companies touring the Middle Kingdom. She was a 2009-10 Kennedy Center Arts Management Fellow.
	JULIE FRY Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: The Current Funding Climate) Julie Fry has over 20 years of arts and business experience. As Program Officer for the Performing Arts Program of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, she works with performing arts nonprofits across the Bay Area, as a grantmaker and a capacity-builder, with a special focus on arts education and increasing access to arts experiences. Prior to her time at the Hewlett Foundation, she was Associate Vice President, Fund Services at The San Diego Foundation, and the first director of The San Diego Foundation's Arts & Culture Program, where she developed strategies to engage more donors and community members to support the arts in San Diego. Previously, Julie was Director of Arts & Business Programs at the San Diego Performing Arts League. There she established the Lawyers for the Arts, National Arts Marketing Project and OnBoard: Arts Board Development programs. She has also worked for the Business Arts Council in San Francisco and Business in the Arts: North West in Liverpool England, building arts and business partnerships and providing management consulting services to arts and culture nonprofits. Julie has served on arts boards in the US and UK, including Merseyside Young People's Theater and San Diego Grantmakers.
	IAN GARRETT Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Performing Arts Infrastructure) Ian Garrett is the Executive Director of The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts (CSPA), a nonprofit arts infrastructure organization where he collaborates with others like the LA Stage Alliance, University of Oregon, York University, The Arcola Theater, EcoArtSpace, the Royal Society of the Arts, Tipping Point and Diverseworks ArtSpace and others to work towards sustainability in the arts, ecological and otherwise. Ian teaches Sustainable Theater and Management Technology courses at the California Institute of the Arts and has been featured in American Theater, DramaBiz, and The Design Magazine and has spoken at The Central School for Speech and Drama, St. Louis University, and the Indy Convergence along with most arts conferences in the United States. He originally studied architecture and art history at Rice University in Houston, Texas, but has since come to build an awarding winning practice in live performance and installation art, having also attended California Institute of the Arts to complete MFA's in Lighting Design and Producing. More information can be found the CSPA’s website: www.sustainablepractice.org.
	MARIAN A. GODFREY Council Moderator Marian Godfrey serves as Senior Director, Culture Initiatives - The Pew Charitable Trusts. She has an extensive background in nonprofit arts management, production, administration, fund raising, strategic planning and grantmaking. Currently the senior director of Culture Initiatives at The Pew Charitable Trusts, Marian oversees programs that support the arts and heritage in Philadelphia and special civic projects that benefit the region and the nation at large. Prior to arriving at Pew in 1989, Ms. Godfrey has worked for such organizations as Mabou Mines, Dance Theater Workshop, and La Jolla Playhouse. She produced film and video projects, including the feature-length film, “Dead End Kids: A Story of Nuclear Power,” which aired on public television nationwide. Marian has served on advisory panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, on the Presidential Transition Committee in 1992, and on the boards of Theatre Communications Group, Grantmakers in the Arts, the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, the Center for Cultural Innovation in Los Angeles, and the Maine College of Art. Currently, she chairs the Arts Policy Roundtable of Americans for the Arts, sits on the Mayor’s Cultural Advisory Council of the City of Philadelphia, and is a member of the board of the League of American Orchestras.
	ANGELA HAN Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Networking the Next Generation of Leaders Around the World) Angela Han currently serves as Director of Research for the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, the membership organization for the nation’s state and jurisdictional arts agencies. She assists members in using arts and public policy research in their planning, evaluation and advocacy efforts. She is also currently the steering committee chair for the Forum, DC’s emerging arts professionals network. Prior to joining NASAA, she served as Executive Director for River Arts, an arts presenter in Wisconsin, and the Plymouth Symphony in Michigan. She holds an MBA in arts administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as degrees in music and physics.
	GAY HANNA Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: Defining The "Other”) Gay Hanna joined the National Center for Creative Aging as the executive director in 2007 when NCCA became affiliated with George Washington University in Washington, DC. She is an arts administrator will 30 years management experience in the arts, education and health related program services. She previously directed the Society for the Arts in Healthcare; The Florida Center for Creative Aging at the University of South Florida; and VSA Arts of Florida, an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Gay holds a guest faculty appointment as an associate professor in the Health Science Programs Department at George Washington University. She has published numerous articles in publications including the American Society on Aging’s Aging Today and Generations; Americans for the Arts Monograph Series; and the Arts Extension Service Fundamentals of Arts Management.
	FRANK HODSOLL Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: Cultural Exchange and Diplomacy ) Frank Hodsoll is currently co-chairing the International Cultural Engagement Task Force of the U.S. Summit and National Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy. He is also leading an effort to establish an international information and analysis hub for public and private activities that improve mutual understanding, respect, and trust. He previously chaired the Culture Committee and World Heritage Sub-committee of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, and was a senior adviser to the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities on international projects involving film, television, and digital media (2006-2008). Following stints at the White House, the State and Commerce departments, and the Environmental Protection Agency, Mr. Hodsoll chaired the National Endowment for the Arts (1981-89). Mr. Hodsoll retired from federal service in 1993 as the first Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management & Budget in the Executive Office of the President. He was a Foreign Service Officer (1966-1980); his last assignment was as Deputy U.S. Special Representative for Non-Proliferation. Mr. Hodsoll has co-chaired three American Assemblies: The Arts and the Public Purpose (1997), Deals and Ideals: For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Arts Connections (1999), and Art, Technology, and Intellectual Property (2002). Mr. Hodsoll is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
	PHILIPPA HUGHES Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: Dancepreneur: Enter the Creative Economy ) Philippa Hughes created the Pink Line Project to inspire creativity in everyone, build community and connectivity, and evangelize the power of art to transform lives. Hughes runs a consolidated and searchable calendar of all things cool and creative in DC and produces events in collaboration with emerging artists and arts organizations including The Phillips Collection, the Hirshhorn Museum and Cultural Development Corporation.
	CHERYL IKEMIYA Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: The Current Funding Climate) Cheryl Ikemiya is Senior Program Officer for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in New York City. The mission of the Arts Program is to support performing artists with the creation and the public performance of their work. As a national foundation, it provides approximately $13 million annually to the fields of contemporary dance, jazz, theatre and organizations that produce and present the work. A past co-chair of the New York Grantmakers in the Arts, she organized programs for more than 50 arts grantmaking institutions in New York City to discuss issues related to grantmaking and to the visual, performing, literary and media arts fields. Prior to joining the Foundation, Ms. Ikemiya was the Assistant Director of the Performing Arts Program at the Japan Society, Inc., a national nonprofit, cultural and educational institution in New York City. She produced and managed traditional and contemporary Japanese performing arts, artists’ residencies, commissioning projects, national tours and arts-in-education programs.
	GEORGE JACKSON Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: Writing About Dance – Past Relic or Persistent Craft? ) George Jackson has reviewed dance for the general media (Washington Star, Washington Post, Times of London, NPR, PBS) and for specialized sources (Ballet Review, Dance Magazine, danceviewtimes.com, et al.). He has resided in Austria, Britain, and the USA, became aware of criticism at the University of Chicago ("the unexamined pleasure is not worth enjoying"), took ballet class and studied microbiology, teaching that topic and doing scientific research at Rockefeller University and the FDA. He is a founding member of the Dance Critics Association and has served as chairperson. ^{photo by Costas}
	REBECCA KRAUSE-HARDIE Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: The EDA Learning Community: What’s in it for You) Rebecca Krause-Hardie designs and facilitates social media plans, learning communities, websites and webinars across the country. Clients include the Boston Symphony, Detroit Symphony, MAPP International, Caring.com, Canadian Museum of Nature, and The Paul Taylor Dance Company. A Juilliard graduate and horn player, Rebecca has 20 years experience in new media, marketing, finance, and management. An ASOL Fellow, she was Orchestra Manager of the Detroit Symphony; as Director of New Media for the League of American Orchestras she created Playmusic.org, the first interactive music website for kids. As CFO of Voyager Company and Criterion Collection, they pioneered and lead the field of interactive media. Rebecca created and is Executive Producer of the award-winning New York Philharmonic Kidzone, now in its tenth year at www.nyphilkids.org. She blogs the performing arts and technology at arts.typepad.com.
	LAURA KUMIN Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: Overcoming Borders) Laura Kumin, former dancer and teacher, is the director of the Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid, a national platform for new work in contemporary dance that uses its extensive network of national and internatonal collaborations to support the potential of emerging artists. The Certamen celebrates its 24th year in 2010. She is the dance programmer at the Teatro Pradillo, one of Madrid´s highly-regarded independent venues, a guest teacher at the university-level Conservatorio Superior de Danza "María de Ávila" de Madrid and has been writing on dance for over two decades. Laura is one of the founding members of the Aerowaves network. ^{Photo by Jesús Vallinas}
	STEVE LEBENS Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: The Value of U.S. Embassies to American Dance Artists) Steve Lebens joined the Public Diplomacy Training Division in 2008. Previously he has served as the Public Affairs Officer in Peshawar, a Public Diplomacy Country Affairs Officer in WHA, the Cultural Affairs Officer in Islamabad, a senior program officer in ECA/PE/C, the Cultural Affairs Officer in Bogota, the Cultural Coordinator in WEU, a program officer in E/AEE, the Assistant Public Affairs Officer in Cologne, the Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer in Bogota, and the American Center Director in Karachi. Steve speaks Spanish and German. He is a graduate of Hamline University, where he received his BA in international relations and German and trained as a graduate apprentice in theater. Steve is also a working actor and has appeared at many local theaters, including Studio Theatre, Source Theatre, Signature Theatre, the Folger, and the Kennedy Center. He has also worked in television and film.
	RUBY LOCKHART Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Thriving Outside America’s Cultural Hotspots) Ruby Lockhart was appointed Executive Director of Garth Fagan Dance in 2002, after having previously served on its Board of Trustees for two years. Ms. Lockhart spent 23 years as a labor relations specialist with New York State United Teachers. Following that, she co-owned, along with her husband, a retail store in Rochester, NY for 33 years, during which they spearheaded many community outreach initiatives. She has served as an NEA panelist and on the Dance/USA Board of Trustees, to which she was recently elected Vice Chair. Ms. Lockhart is the recipient of numerous honors, most recently the Rochester Women’s Network Vital Women, Vital Roles recognition award. ^{photo: Rochester Women’s Network}
	JANELLE OTT LONG Break-Out Session Speaker (SPECIAL SESSION: Navigating the National Endowment for the Arts Application Process) Janelle Ott Long is a Dance Specialist at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Prior to joining the NEA, Janelle was employed at Dance/USA. Janelle is originally from Ohio and she is a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College where she majored in business and minored in dance. She received her M.A. in Arts Management at American University, where she is an adjunct faculty member and teaches a course on Cultural Policy.
	JESSICA ROBINSON LOVE Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: To Fuse or Not? Fusion and World Dance) Jessica Robinson Love is the Executive and Artistic Director of CounterPULSE, an organization that provides space and resources for emerging artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. During her ten-year tenure she has ushered the organization through a merger and relocation, increasing its size more than ten-fold. She conceived and led CounterPULSE's Performing Diaspora initiative, a statewide residency, symposium, festival and commissioning program to support artists who are using traditional art forms as a basis for experimentation. She has served as adjunct faculty and guest lecturer at New College of California, California College of the Arts and JFK University, and was the inaugural recipient of the Bay Area National Dance Week Dancers' Choice Award for her service to the dance community. ^{photo by Frances Nkara}
	JACEK LUMINSKI Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: International Perceptions of American Dance) After graduating from the pedagogy department of dance at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Jacek Luminski established the Silesian Dance Theatre in Bytom (Silesia), the premiere contemporary dance company of Poland and an institution dedicated to the development and promotion of dance nationally and internationally. As executive and artistic director of the Silesian Dance Theatre, he designed educational and community outreach programs to promote dance and audience development. Supported by the EU, the Silesian Dance Theatre cooperated with six European dance schools under Luminski’s guidance, developing the country’s first accredited university dance curriculum. Luminski has received numerous awards for his outstanding achievements in developing a unique style, technique and form of dance theatre. He serves as Adjunct Professor of Dance Theatre and the Dean of the Department at the State Drama School in Krakow; currently he is working under Professor Anya Peterson Royce on PhD in anthropology of the performing arts from Indiana University, Bloomington.
	MOLLY LYNCH Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: Dancepreneur: Enter the Creative Economy ) Molly Lynch is an award-winning choreographer and artistic director. She was the Artistic/Executive Director for Ballet Pacifica from 1988-2003. She is currently a Professor of Dance in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine. Ms. Lynch is also the Founder and Artistic Director of the National Choreographers Initiative, an internationally known project to nurture the development of new choreography. She has also choreographed for Sacramento Ballet, Nashville Ballet, BalletMet (Columbus, Ohio), Festival Ballet Theatre, Dance Collage (Hermosillo, Mexico), ABAP (Manila, Philippines), and Singapore Dance Theatre.
	ROBERT LYNCH Plenary Speaker Robert Lynch is the president and CEO of Americans for the Arts, the national organization dedicated to advancing the arts and arts education in people's lives, schools and communities. In 2005, he created the Americans for the Arts Action Fund and its connected political action committee to engage citizens in advocating for the arts and arts education. Under his 25 years of leadership, the services and membership of Americans for the Arts has grown to over 50 times its original size in 1985. Bob currently serves on the board of the Craft Emergency Relief Fund, the Arts Extension Institute, and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst College of Humanities and Fine Arts Board. He is a member of the Executive Committee for United Voices for Education and is on the Advisory Council of the National Museum for Children in the Arts.
	ALASTAIR MACAULAY Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: Writing About Dance – Past Relic or Persistent Craft?) Alastair Macaulay has been the chief dance critic of The New York Times since 2007. In 1983, he was the founding editor of the British quarterly Dance Theatre Journal; in 1988 and in 1992, he served as guest dance critic to The New Yorker; in 1988, he began to review dance, then also music, then also theater for The Financial Times, serving as its chief theater critic between 1994 and 2007. Between 1980 and 2002, he taught and examined dance history extensively at a number of British dance institutions. In 1988, the National Resource Centre for Dance (UK) published his Views and Reviews of Frederick Ashton's Choreography; in 1998, Sutton Books (UK) published his short biography Margot Fonteyn; in 2000, Faber published his book of interviews Matthew Bourne and his Adventures in Motion Pictures. Faber plans to publish the second edition of this later this year. He is preparing a book on Merce Cunningham for Farrar Straus Giroux. ^{photo by Andrew Crowley}
	JOHN MALASHOCK Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Thriving Outside America’s Cultural Hotspots) John Malashock founded Malashock Dance in 1988 after a distinguished performing career with Twyla Tharp Dance in New York – where he was featured in numerous television specials, appeared in the Academy Award winning film Amadeus, and toured worldwide. He has created over 60 original choreographic works for his Company and has collaborated on projects with the La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego Symphony, San Diego Opera, and La Jolla Music Society. He has won four Emmy Awards for his dance films, which have been broadcast by PBS stations nationwide. John has served as a faculty member at the American Dance Festival, and has taught throughout Europe, Asia and Central America. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Dance/USA.
	JULIANA MASCELLI Break-Out Session Speaker (SPECIAL SESSION: Navigating the National Endowment for the Arts Application Process) Juliana Mascelli is a Dance Specialist at the National Endowment for the Arts. After graduating from the George Washington University with a double major in English and Dance, she worked for the International Women’s Forum. Before joining the Arts Endowment as a Program Assistant in Dance and Media, Juliana interned at Dance/USA.
	ANGELA MATTOX Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: Overcoming Borders) Angela Mattox relocated to the Bay Area from New York to join the curatorial team at YBCA in 2003 and was instrumental in revitalizing the performing arts program. From 1999–2003, she served as program coordinator at Arts International, a New York-based organization dedicated to the development and support of global cultural interchange in the arts. In this capacity she coordinated such national grant programs as the Artists Exploration Fund, the California Presenters Initiative and The Fund for US Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions. Currently she is serving as a hub site for the National Dance Project and is a member of both the Japan Foundation's Performing Arts Japan committee and Headlands Center for the Arts Program Advisory Council. She has served on panels for Multi-Arts Production Fund, Mid-Atlantic Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission and Western Arts Alliance. She received her BA degree through the World Arts and Cultures program of UCLA. ^{Photo by John Lee}
	GLENN MCCOY Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: International Export Strategy for American Dance) Glenn McCoy’s career in the performing arts spans more than 25 years of operations management and marketing in ballet and opera. He first joined San Francisco Ballet in 1987, and during his 23-year tenure he has held the positions of company manager, general manager, and managing director before being elected to the position of executive director in April 2002. McCoy has overseen the production of more than 50 new repertory and full-length ballets for San Francisco Ballet, more than 30 domestic and international tours. McCoy is a past Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of Dance/USA. He is a native of New Bern, North Carolina and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in theater and communication arts from Appalachian State University in North Carolina. ^{Photo © David Allen}
	NATACHA MELO Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Networking the Next Generation of Leaders Around the World) Natacha Melo is a contemporary dance performer and cultural promoter in Uruguay and Europe, where she works with several dance companies from Belgium, Germany, France and The Netherlands. In 2001, she launched the South American Dance Network to promote integration and collaboration among the various protagonists of the regional contemporary dance scene. Partnering with Brazil's Idança.net, the Network created the social network movimiento.org, with a focus on promoting dialog about dance, reaching more than 2,800 members in less than two years. Natacha has been co-producer for eight South American Dance Meetings and has participated in numerous regional events, linking and integrating the network’s platform with topics such as cultural policy, creation, production and management, international communication technologies, arts education and art and social change.
	REX MOSER Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: The Value of U.S. Embassies to American Dance Artists) Rex Moser serves as the Cultural Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota. Before joining the foreign service, he directed education programs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. He began government service in 1986, managing the development and presentation of exhibitions of contemporary art that represented the U.S. at international festivals such as the Venice Biennale, Sao Paolo Bienal and similar events in Sydney, Istanbul and Cairo. His foreign experience has seen him managing cultural and educational exchanges in India, Pakistan, the Dominican Republic before taking up his current post in 2009. His recent collaborations with dance have including hosting the Trey McIntyre Project and Doug Varone and Dancers in the DR and Urban Bush Women in Colombia. He’s currently trying to raise funds to present more dance in the Andean region.
	DEAN MOSS Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: The Contemporary Evolution) Dean Moss, Director - Gametophyte Inc., is a director, choreographer and media artist. He served as the Curator of Dance and Performance at The Kitchen from 1999-2004, continuing as a curatorial advisor until 2009 . He taught for a year as a Guest Professor at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (2003-04) and recently for two years (2007-09) as a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University. He is currently developing a new performance work with Korean sculptor Sungmyung Chun titled “Nameless forest” for The Kitchen in 2011.
	TOM MOSSBRUCKER Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: Ballet’s Broad Strokes for the Future) Tom Mossbrucker is the founding artistic director along with Jean-Philippe Malaty, of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. The company has steadily gained notoriety with its rich repertoire of works by both established and rising choreographers and its engaging ensemble of dancers. In just fourteen seasons, the company has commissioned 22 new works and has appeared at the Joyce Theater, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, American Dance Festival and in over 100 cities nationwide. ASFB is also a year round presenter of dance in both Aspen and Santa Fe. The company has affiliated schools in both Aspen and Santa Fe, as well as an after-school Folklorico outreach program. As a dancer, Tom danced for 20 years with the Joffrey Ballet.
	CARMEL MORGAN Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: Writing About Dance – Past Relic or Persistent Craft?) Carmel Morgan began her dance training in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she became a founding member of the Tennessee Children's Dance Ensemble, the country's only professional modern dance company using artists 8-17 years of age. She also danced in Memphis, Tennessee, with the modern dance collective Project: Motion, and the improvisation troupe Breeding Ground. In addition, Ms. Morgan served on the Board of Directors of Dance Works, Inc. and the Bravo Leadership Council. She began working as a freelance dance critic for Ballet~Dance Magazine, an online publication available on the criticaldance.com website, in February 2007. Since arriving in Washington, DC in 2007, she has become the assistant editor of the local dance journal Bourgeon and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Dance Critics Association. When she's not dancing or writing about dance, Ms. Morgan works as an appellate attorney for the U.S. government.
	KAJO NELLES Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: International Perceptions of American Dance) Kajo Nelles is the Director of NRW Landesbüro Tanz since 2006 and the Director of Internationale Tanzmesse NRW since 2002. After an early career as a social worker, James Saunders, a US born artist and soloist with the Tanzforum Köln and the Frankfurter Ballet, introduced him in 1983 to contemporary dance. Together with James, Nelles founded the Tanzprojekt Köln in 1984, an important performance space for contemporary dance in Germany. It operated a school for professionals and non-professionals as well as hosted festivals and performances. Nelles also worked as the producer of James Saunders’ work until his death in 1996. In 2001, he produced Company’s Jant-Bi’s “Le Coq est Mort”, in collaboration with German choreographer Susanne Linke and toured with this work worldwide. As Director of the Internationale Tanzmesse, Nelles travels extensively to meet artists from around the world, serving on numerous juries and working as a collaborator with many national cultural institutes. He also serves on the Board of Directors of iDAS nrw, a new dance service provider for artists of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).
	HAROLD NORRIS Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: Overcoming Borders) Harold Norris established H-Art Management in July 2002 as a full-service agency for touring performing arts companies in America and abroad. Successful artists and collaborations that H-Art has overseen since the company began include: SITI Company at the Dublin Theatre Festival, Batsheva Dance Company in collaboration with David Eden Productions, Rennie Harris Puremovement, the 50-State 50th-Anniversary tour of the Paul Taylor Dance Company/Taylor 2, the 11-city tour of the St. Petersburg Capella Choir also in collaboration with David Eden Productions, Rubberbandance Group from Canada, The Civilians’ Gone Missing, Universes’ Slanguage, and Ilkhom Theatre from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, performing Imitations of the Koran. For over nine years Harold worked with Rena Shagan Associates, pairing major presenters with some of the country's most accomplished dance and theater troupes. He currently serves on the Board of Dance/USA, Western Arts Alliance, and on the Dance/NYC Advisory Committee. Harold is a past Vice-President of North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents (NAPAMA) and has served on the Arts Presenters Conference Committee and co-chaired the 2006 Midwest Arts Conference. He has lectured at the Theater Instituut Nederland on the U.S. touring theater market and has been a Mentor for Pentacle’s Help Desk. Early in his career, Harold worked with Stage One, the Louisville Children's Theater, first as Tour Coordinator/Company Manager and then as founding director of the troupe's immensely successful national touring program. He attended Oklahoma State University as a theater/music major. Harold also worked for U.S. Senator David Boren in his Washington, DC office.
	PENNIE OJEDA Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: International Perceptions of American Dance) Pennie Ojeda is Director of International Activities at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Ms. Ojeda has been involved in international work at the NEA since 1991. In her current position, she is responsible for developing and managing international initiatives in cooperation with other government agencies or private institutions. Among the NEA's primary international activities are Big Read partnerships with Russia and Egypt and International Literary Exchanges with Mexico, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, and Russia. Additional partnerships involve programs with Russia, Japan, Central Europe, Eurasia and countries of the European Union. Ms. Ojeda has been a part of the NEA staff for more than 20 years and has served in other positions, including Senior Assistant to the Deputy Chairman for Programs and Acting Director for Multidisciplinary and International Projects. She has managed the grant review process for a broad range of multidisciplinary and international arts projects and worked in program development related to community based arts organizations and international exchange programs. Before joining the Arts Endowment, Ms. Ojeda was on the staff of the Peace Corps in Washington, DC. She served as Desk Officer for the Africa Region and subsequently as an agency Planning Officer covering programs in all regions. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Brazil working in community development and education. Ms. Ojeda has a BA from Chatham College in art history and Spanish literature.
	HAKEEM ONIBUDO Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Networking the Next Generation of Leaders Around the World) Hakeem Onibudo is a performer, choreographer/director and professional host who began teaching dance in 1995, forming the company Impact Dance. His work has enabled him to work with children, young people, amateurs, semi-professionals and professionals in projects varying from school workshops, TV performances and theatre productions. He is the creator of the unique street-style dance class XPRESS YO'SELF, which has been running at Danceworks for 14 years. His most recent work was Smash performed at Breakin' Convention 2009 at Sadler’s Wells. Hakeem is currently performing in the highly acclaimed Into the Hoods with the company Zoonation. Hakeem has also recently been made an ambassador for the British Council Cultural Leadership International Development Programme in recognition of his work as a cultural leader.
	DOROTHY GUNTHER PUGH Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: Ballet’s Broad Strokes for the Future) Dorothy Gunther Pugh founded Ballet Memphis in 1986, and just completed the company’s 23rd season with 16 professional dancers and an operating budget of $3.3 million. The company has received grants and high praise from many organizations including the Ford Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Dance Project. It has performed to excellent reviews at The Joyce Theater and the Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse (New York City), Houston’s Dance Salad, the Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur (Canada) and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Pugh received the Gordon Holl Outstanding Arts Administrator’s Award, a fellowship from the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and served on the National Endowment of the Arts Dance Panel. Pugh began her ballet training with Edith Royal and later studied with Louise Rooke and Memphis Ballet. After graduating cum laude from Vanderbilt University, she studied with Raymond Clay and Donna Carver and performed with Dance Concert Theatre, before completing teacher-training courses at the Royal Academy of Dance in London and with New York ballet master David Howard. Pugh is a native of Memphis. ^{photo by Murray Riss}
	ARIEL RICHMOND-PARKS Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: All-Star Dance Marketing (or Twittering in Times of Uncertainty) Ariel Richmond-Parks specializes in corporate communications, social media, technology project management and strategic planning and currently serves as Creative Director of Accolade Arts Associates, a full-service agency specializing in marketing, corporate communications, and technology services. Ariel comes from a varied background in multimedia/web production, project management and nonprofit management for Rock.com Music Network, Education Development Center, Inc., and the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Research in Cognitive Science. She has also studied at both Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania.
	COOKIE RUIZ Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: The Current Funding Climate) Cookie Ruiz has more than 25 years experience in the areas of strategic planning, program development and non-profit fund-raising/management, which includes work with the United Way and the American Red Cross. In 2002 she was awarded the professional designation of Certified Fund Raising Executive (C.F.R.E.) by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Her community honors include Austin Business Journal’s “Profiles in Power” award, Austin Community Foundation’s Beverly S. Sheffield Award/Excellence as Nonprofit Executive, The American Red Cross “Clara Barton Medal of Honor,” Volunteer of the Year for the Austin Independent School District, the Lone Star Girl Scout Council “Women of Distinction” Award and is a former President of The Junior League of Austin. Ms. Ruiz is a member of the Mayor Lee Leffingwell’s Citizen Cabinet and is a graduate of Austin’s City Works Academy. Ms. Ruiz is the immediate past Chair of the national Board of Trustees of Dance/USA, the Chair of the “CreateAustin” city-wide cultural planning process, a member of the national Board of Directors of the Performing Arts Alliance (Washington DC), a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), the Board of Directors of Texans for the Arts, the Board of Directors of GENAustin, the Board of Directors of Con Mi Madre, the Community Advisory Board of KMFA, and a Community Advisor to the Young Women’s Alliance (YWA). In 1996 Ms. Ruiz joined the staff of Ballet Austin as development director, became general manager in 1997 and executive director in 1999. ^{Photo by Thomas McConnell}
	CARLOTA SANTANA Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: Defining The "Other”) Carlota Santana started Flamenco Vivo 27 years ago, along with Roberto Lorca. Mr. Lorca's untimely death left Ms. Santana to carry on the work of developing Spanish/dance flamenco into a mainstream art form here in the USA. The Company boasts of successful annual touring seasons, an innovative arts-education program supported by the USDOE and numerous community based projects. Ms. Santana was dubbed "the Keeper of Flamenco" by Dance Magazine for her contributions to the field and for her support for the next generation of flamenco artists.
	ELEANOR SAVAGE Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: The Current Funding Climate) Eleanor Savage is a Program Officer at the Jerome Foundation, a foundation that supports emerging artists in the creation and production of new work. She previously was the Associate Director of Event and Media Production at the Walker Art Center for sixteen years. In addition to her professional work, Savage founded and was Program Director of the Naked Stages program for nine years; this program supports the creative development of emerging performance artists. Savage also produced and curated many community-focused events through Intermedia Arts, Walker Art Center and KFAI radio. She is a civic-minded media artist and has produced video work with many Minneapolis and New York performers and choreographers, including Cheryl Dunye, Christian Marclay, Bill T. Jones, Morgan Thorson, Hijack, Shawn McConneloug, Pauline Oliveros, Holly Hughes, and Split Britches.
	JOHN MICHAEL SCHERT Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Thriving Outside America’s Cultural Hotspots) John Michael Schert gives his skills as both Executive Director and artist for Trey McIntyre Project. Working across the U.S. with companies and choreographers ranging from ABT to Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, John Michael is grateful to use his insight and knowledge of this art form to help develop and create TMP. His extensive touring and many connections amongst dance makers and presenters have allowed him to utilize Mr. McIntyre's reputation to successfully promote this company nationally and abroad.
	JOHN SCOTT Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: The Contemporary Evolution) John is a Dublin-born Choreographer who has performed for Yoshiko Chuma, Anna Sokolow and with Meredith Monk in Quarry. John founded the Irish Modern Dance Theatre in 1991 and brought Meredith Monk, Seán Curran, John Jasperse, Sara Rudner, Thomas Lehmen and Deborah Hay to Ireland. He has performed in France, Sweden, UK, Ireland, Bulgaria, Italy and Estonia and is the Founder of DANCE IRELAND and the DUBLIN DANCE FESTIVAL as well as serving as a Board member.
	JAMES SEWELL Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Thriving Outside America’s Cultural Hotspots) James Sewell studied at the School of American Ballet and with David Howard in New York City. He began performing with ABT II, was a lead dancer with Feld Ballets/NY and has performed as a guest artist with the New York City Ballet, Zvi Gottheiner and Dancers, and Denishawn. As artistic director of James Sewell Ballet, he has choreographed more than 70 ballets for companies in the United States and around the world. Projects include work for the New York City Ballet’s Choreographic Institute, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Minnesota Opera, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Guthrie Theater. Mr. Sewell received a Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship, a Choo-San Goh Award for Choreography, and a McKnight Artist Fellowship for Choreography.
	SYDNEY SKYBETTER Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Performing Arts Infrastructure) Sydney Skybetter is a choreographer, curator, and consultant for performing arts organizations. After studying at the Interlochen Arts Academy, Columbia and New York University, Sydney performed with Christopher Williams and the Anna Sokolow Foundation. Sydney has consulted for the National Ballet of Canada, David Dorfman Dance, and the Jerome Robbins Foundation, and is a Partner with Design Brooklyn, which provides web and online infrastructure solutions for the arts. He is a Producer with the Dance[NOW] NYC Festival, a teacher for the NYU Tisch Dance Department, a lecturer on Dance History for the LEAP Program at St. Mary’s College and serves on the Board of Directors of the Gotham Arts Exchange/Zia Artists, the New York Dance and Performance (“Bessie”) Awards Committee, and the Board of Trustees of Dance/USA. He received his Masters in Dance Performance and Choreography from New York University, where he was a Graduate Assistant in Dance History. www.skybetter.org
	JUDITH SMITH Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: Defining The "Other”) Judith Smith, Artistic Director of AXIS Dance Company, has earned an international reputation in the field of physically integrated dance. Judith is a founding member of AXIS and upon taking over artistic leadership of the company in 1997, began commissioning works by some of the nation’s best choreographers and launched Dance Access Community Education/Outreach Program. Judith and lectures nationally and has been on the faculty of Florida Dance Festival and Bates Dance Festival. She serves on the advisory board of the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, The National Art and Disability Center, Dancers’ Group and Bates Dance Festival. In 2006, Judith participated in the Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders in the Arts and Dance/USA’s Leadership for Artistic Directors. Judith received the Alameda County Arts Leadership Award in 2009, KQED’s Local Hero and the Homer Avila danceAble awards in 2005 and Artship Foundation’s Local Hero award in 1999.
	ELLEN SORRIN Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: Planning for the Future: The Importance of New Works) Ellen Sorrin is Director of The George Balanchine Trust as well as Managing Director of the New York Choreographic Institute (an affiliate of New York City Ballet). In addition, she is a member of the ballet advisory committee of The Jerome Robbins Trust. She was, until June of 2004, the Director of Education at New York City Ballet and Director of Special Projects from 1988-1996.
	MEGAN V. SPRENGER Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: All-Star Dance Marketing (or Twittering in Times of Uncertainty) Megan V. Sprenger is choreographer, dancer and arts administrator. She has worked in the marketing department at Dance Theater Workshop since 2003 and is currently the Director of Marketing. She is responsible for creating, overseeing and enacting a marketing plan that articulates Dance Theater Workshop’s institutional goals in recognition of the long-term health and institutional visibility of the organization. Ms. Sprenger is the Artistic Director of mvworks, a New York City based dance company founded in 2005. mvworks strives to engage viewers in dance through an intensely kinetic movement style that is driven by clear emotional intent. mvworks’ first two evening-length works, No Where and …within us., were commissioned by Performance Space 122, and the company was a 2009 Guest Artist at Anderson University. Ms. Sprenger is a board member of SYREN Modern Dance. For more information visit: dancetheaterworkshop.org and mvworks.org
	KEN TABACHNICK Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: The Value of U.S. Embassies to American Dance Artists) Ken Tabachnick is the newly appointed Dean, School of the Arts, Purchase College SUNY and a consultant with extensive experience in all aspects of the performing arts. He has worked with companies around the world, most recently as the General Manager of New York City Ballet, where he was responsible (amongst other things) for all operations, strategic planning, and touring.
	JUSTIN TERNULLO Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: All-Star Dance Marketing (or Twittering in Times of Uncertainty) Justin Ternullo is a co-founder of Design Brooklyn, a media services and consulting company with an emphasis in the performing arts. He has created print/online presences for organizations across the country, and enjoys transforming the way people perceive his clients. He is a graduate of Purchase College, has danced for Julian Barnett and Oliver Steele (among others) and proudly represents the 11211.
	PAULA TERRY Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: Defining The "Other”) Paula Terry directs the AccessAbility Office at the National Endowment for the Arts, an advocacy/technical assistance office that encourages and assists arts programming involving older adults, individuals with disabilities, and people who reside in institutions. Her office provides guidance and technical assistance to the Endowment's staff, panels and grantees concerning a wide variety of access issues. Most recently, her office worked with nine other public and private agencies to convene the “National Summit on Careers in the Arts for Individuals with Disabilities” at the Kennedy Center in July 2009. The Endowment has received many awards in recognition of this work, including the National Business & Disability Council’s Award for “creating the Careers in the Arts for People with Disabilities partnership.” In 2006, Paula received recognition on behalf of the Endowment from The Kennedy Center and Christopher Reeve Foundation for excellence in accessibility leadership. Paula received a B.S. degree and did graduate work in the fine arts at Louisiana State University and Garrett University, Evanston, Illinois.
	ALEXANDRA TOMALONIS Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: Writing About Dance – Past Relic or Persistent Craft?) Alexandra Tomalonis has been a dance critic for 30 years, writing frequently for The Washington Post, Dance Magazine, and other publications. She is the editor of DanceView magazine, and its online reviews supplement, www.danceviewtimes.com, and the author of Henning Kronstam: Portrait of a Danish Dancer, University Press of Florida, 2002. Ms. Tomalonis also teaches ballet history, aesthetics, and related courses at the Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington, DC, and has taught ballet history and aesthetics at area universities.
	MELIA P. TOURANGEAU Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Business Ventures - Changing the Landscape) Following an extensive national search for an executive to lead the Utah Symphony \| Utah Opera (USUO), Melia P. Tourangeau was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in February 2008 and officially took the reins of the organization in late April 2008. USUO is the only combined 52-week orchestra and opera organization in the United States. Prior to joining USUO, Ms. Tourangeau was President and CEO of Grand Rapids Symphony where was responsible for the overall financial, operational and administrative management of the organization. Under her leadership, GRS balanced the budget, increased community support and celebrated its 75th Anniversary season and debut at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Ms. Tourangeau received her Bachelor of Music degree in 1994 from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music with a major in piano performance and a minor in musicology and a Master Degree in Public Administration with an emphasis on non-profit leadership at Grand Valley State University in April 2007.
	MUNA TSENG Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: The Contemporary Evolution) Muna Tseng founded Muna Tseng Dance Projects Inc. in New York in 1984. Productions in 16 countries include 98.6 and SlutForArt (BESSIE Award 1999), The Silver River, After Sorrow, The Idea of East, The Pink, Water Trilogy, Post-Revolutionary Girl, Earth Mysteries. Has received multiple choreographic fellowships from National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts. Honors include "Distinguished Services in the Arts" New York City Council President and "Artist of National Merit “ Smithsonian Institution. ^{Photo by Steve Sigoloff}
	ISAO TSUJIMOTO Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: Cultural Exchange and Diplomacy ) Isao Tsujimoto is the Director-General of the Japan Foundation, New York and concurrently the Acting Director of the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP), New York. Past titles he held at the Foundation included a directorship of its Los Angeles office and the Japanese Language Center, 1996-2000. Mr. Tsujimoto was councilor of the Cultural Affairs Department in the Foundation’s headquarters in Tokyo, where he initiated the establishment of a new fund, the “Japan-China Exchange Center,” in 2005. The Japan Foundation is a Japanese public organization founded in 1972 with the goal of promoting international cultural exchange and global peace. The Foundation supports programs in abroad in the areas such as arts & cultural exchange, Japanese studies, intellectual and grassroots exchange, and Japanese language education.
	SEPTIME WEBRE Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: Ballet’s Broad Strokes for the Future) Septime Webre was appointed artistic director of The Washington Ballet in June 1999 after six years as artistic director of American Repertory Ballet in New Jersey. Much in demand as a choreographer, he has created works that appear in the repertoires of many companies in North America, including Pacific Northwest Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Ballet Austin, Atlanta Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, and Colorado Ballet, among many others. As a dancer, Mr. Webre was featured in works by George Balanchine, Paul Taylor, Antony Tudor, Alvin Ailey, and Merce Cunningham, as well as in principal and solo roles from the classical repertoire. A former member of the Board of Trustees of Dance/USA, Mr. Webre serves on the board of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, and has been honored by Young Audiences of the District of Columbia and has received a number of fellowships for his choreography. Mr. Webre is the seventh son in a large Cuban-American family, and he graduated from the University of Texas with a B.A. in History/Pre-Law.
	LOIS WELK Break-Out Session Speaker (MANAGEMENT: Thriving Outside America’s Cultural Hotspots) Lois Welk currently serves as Director of Dance/USA Philadelphia. In 1972, she founded the American Dance Asylum Inc. (ADA) and co-directed it with Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane from 1973-1979. She has been a member of the dance faculty at 171 Cedar Arts Center and Alfred University and has taught for various arts-in-education programs across New York State. Her work at Cedar Arts Center earned her a New York State Governor’s Arts Award in 1998. From 2003-2006, Ms. Welk served as Artistic Director of The Yard Inc. In 2005, she was appointed the Director of the New York State DanceForce.
	ANDREA LODICO WELSHONS Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: All-Star Dance Marketing (or Twittering in Times of Uncertainty) Andrea Lodico Welshons is the Managing Director of KEIGWIN + COMPANY. She joined K+C as the company’s first-full time administrative staff member in 2008 and since the start of her tenure, Andrea has expanded and enhanced K+C’s fundraising and marketing efforts. She has also managed the company's acclaimed seasons at The Joyce Theater in 2009-2010 and is currently overseeing K+C's first strategic planning process. Andrea was first introduced to the world of dance administration in 2003 with an internship at the Paul Taylor Dance Company. After graduating Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. in American Studies and Dance from Connecticut College in 2004, she moved to New York City to pursue work in development and arts administration. Prior to joining K+C, she worked as a grant writer New York City Center, the Paul Taylor Dance Company, and City Parks Foundation, where she also held the position of Director of Membership.
	ASHLEY WHEATER Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: Planning for the Future: The Importance of New Works) Ashley Wheater was born in Scotland and raised in England. He was trained at the Royal Ballet School. Mr. Wheater began his professional career with the Royal Ballet and, on the advice of Nureyev, joined London Festival Ballet. In 1982, he joined the Australian Ballet. In 1985, Mr. Wheater joined the Joffrey Ballet where he worked with Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino. In 1989, he joined San Francisco Ballet; in 1997, he was appointed Ballet Master, and in 2002 was named Assistant to the Artistic Director. During his career, he has worked with or performed the works of William Forsythe, Eugene Loring, Mark Morris, Laura Dean, Sir Frederick Ashton, John Cranko, Helgi Tomasson, James Kudelka, and David Bintley, as well as all the full length ballets. In 2007, Mr. Wheater was appointed Artistic Director of the Joffrey Ballet, where he serves today. Recognizing his love for the art of ballet, and his passion for new creative work, he has introduced numerous Joffrey premieres and two world premieres to the repertoire. In 2008, Mr. Wheater was the recipient of the Boeing Game-Changer Award in recognition of his commitment to outreach to Chicago communities by promoting diversity through the many forms of dance.
	DAMIAN WOETZEL Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: Planning for the Future: The Importance of New Works) Damian Woetzel, former principal dancer with New York City Ballet, is the artistic director of the Vail International Dance Festival, the founding director of the Jerome Robbins Foundation's New Essential Works (NEW) Program, a cultural producer for the World Science Festival, and he also works with Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Connect Program in the New York City Public Schools. Woetzel holds a Master in Public Administration degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. In November 2009, President Obama appointed Woetzel to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. ^{photo by Erin Baiano}
	LARRY WOHLERS Break-Out Session Speaker (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: Cultural Exchange and Diplomacy) Larry Wohlers is the Senior Advisor for International Activities at the Smithsonian Institution. Over a 33-year career in the State Department, Larry Wohlers has held a series of senior public diplomacy positions, including chief of staff to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Public Affairs Minister-Counselor in Moscow, and Public Affairs Counselor at the US Mission to the EU. He has also run public diplomacy sections at the consulate in Osaka, Japan and at embassies in the Central African Republic and Madagascar. His 1997 essay on public diplomacy received a National Defense Foundation prize and was part of the National War College's curriculum on diplomacy for a number of years. He is currently a senior advisor for international activities at the Smithsonian Institution.
	NANCY WOZNY Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: Writing About Dance – Past Relic or Persistent Craft?) Nancy Wozny is a contributing editor at Dance Magazine, Houston Magazine, and Dance Source Houston. In addition, she covers the arts at Culturemap, Houston's newest mapazine. She has contributed to The Houston Chronicle, Pointe, Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher, and other publications. She's a 2005 NEA Fellow of the Institute for Dance Criticism, a 2004 recipient of the Gary Parks Memorial Award for Dance Critics, a two-time recipient of Artists Project Grants from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County, and a 1994 Research Fellow at the Leonard Bernstein Center for the Arts and Education. She is a certified practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method and has written extensively on somatics and dance. Nancy has recently been asked to serve as a Scholar in Residence at Jacob's Pillow. ^{photo by Barbara Kuntz}
	CATHY ZIMMERMAN Break-Out Session Speaker (ARTISTRY: The Contemporary Evolution) Cathy Zimmerman is Co-Director & Producer for MAPP International Productions, a nonprofit arts organization that fosters cross-cultural collaborations and conversations among innovative performing artists and a multitude of communities and audiences. MAPP works with artists who reside in many parts of the world to create, premiere and tour performing arts projects, providing resources for challenging artistic voices to be fully heard and bringing together arts, humanities and public dialogue. MAPP not only places live work on the stages of performing arts venues, it also creates opportunities for discussion, learning and civic engagement that encourage understanding and appreciation of different cultures and perspectives. MAPP is a founding member and general manager of The America Project Working Group and The Africa Contemporary Arts Consortium.
	JAWOLE WILLA JO ZOLLAR Break-Out Session Speaker (AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: Entering Community) Jawole Willa Jo Zollar is the founding artistic director of Urban Bush Women, a 2008 United States Artist Wynn Fellow and recently appointed Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. She was born and raised in Kansas City, MO, and trained with Joseph Stevenson, a student of the legendary Katherine Dunham. Zollar received a BA in dance from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and an MFA in dance from Florida State University. In 1980, she moved to New York City to study with Dianne McIntyre at Sounds in Motion and then founded Urban Bush Women in 1984. In addition to creating 33 repertory works for Urban Bush Women, Jawole has created choreography for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet Arizona, Philadanco, University of Maryland, University of Florida, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Virginia Commonwealth University, Towson University, and others. ^{Jawole Willa Jo Zollar © Crush Boone}