Dance: FY 2018 Grants Panelists

Art Works - Panel A June 14, 2017

Brea J. Cali Senior Director Welmont Savannah, GA

Philip Chan Arts and Culture Director IVY Brooklyn, NY

Renae Williams Niles Chief Operating Officer USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance University of Southern California Culver City, CA

Ed Noonan (Layperson) Retired Arts Administrator Professor, City Commissioner Helena, MT

Helanius Wilkins Choreographer/performance Artist/Scholar/Assistant Professor of Dance University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO

Art Works - Panel B June 16, 2017

Yolanda Cesta-Cursach Curator of Performance Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Chicago, IL

Sarah J. Dash (Layperson) President and CEO Alliance for Health Reform Silver Spring, MD

Virginia A. Johnson Artistic Director Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc. New York, NY

Benjamin Levy Founder LEVYdance, Inc. San Francisco, CA

Sydney A. Skybetter Choreographer Public Humanities Fellow and Professor Brown University Providence, RI

Trent D. Williams, Jr. Assistant Professor of Modern Dance and Choreography University of Florida Gainesville, FL

Art Works - Panel C June 16, 2017

Bonnie A. Brooks Director and Lead Curator The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Columbia College Chicago Chicago, IL

Jeffrey H. James (Layperson) Retired Arts Administrator Hartland, VT

Nicholas C. Leichter Choreographer/Teacher Director of Dance Nicholas Leichter Dance Brooklyn, NY

Adam Sklute CEO and Artistic Director Ballet West Salt Lake City, UT

Art Works II - Panel A Nov 14, 2017

Sherwood Chen Artist San Jose, CA Reginald J Harris (Layperson) Mental Health Therapist Cincinnati, OH Mary Pat Henry Artistic/Executive Director Wylliams/Henry Dance Theatre Mount Pleasant, SC Erika  Randall Associate Professor, Department Chair Theatre & Dance University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, CO Marisa Cristina Santiago Company Manager Arts Administration Brooklyn, NY Charles Daniel Santos Executive Director/Artistic Director Texas International Theatrical Arts Society Dallas, TX

Art Works II - Panel B Nov 14, 2017

Michele Kumi Baer Program Associate, Thriving Communities The New York Community Trust Brooklyn, NY Douglas Scott Artistic/Executive Director Dance Force, Inc. Atlanta, GA Kim L Jones Associate Professor of Dance/Freelance Choreographer/Master Teacher University of North Carolina at Charlotte Huntersville, NC Arnie Malina (Layperson) (Retired) Perf. Arts Consultant/Arts Patron Burlington, VT Joel Valentin-Martinez Distinguished Senior Lecturer of Dance & Dance Program Director Theatre Department Northwestern University Chicago, IL Tamica F Washington-Miller Board Member International Association of Blacks in Dance, Inc. Redlands, CA

Art Works II - Panel C Nov 17, 2017

Andrew Chiang Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, NJ Marla Brattain Hansen Professor Idaho Dance Theatre Inc. Boise, ID Emily Johnson Choreographer/Director Catalyst Dance New York, NY Roko Kawai (Layperson) Senior Director of Institutional Giving Girls, Inc. Oakland, CA Gregory A. King Assistant Professor Theatre and Dance Kent State University Main Campus Kent, OH Carter Alexander Associate Artistic Director Ballet Arizona Dallas, TX