OFFICERS

Ayisha Morgan-Lee, Board Chair
Founder/CEO/Artistic Director, Hill Dance Academy Theatre (View Biography)

Joan Myers Brown, Honorary Chair
Founder/Artistic Advisor, Philadanco!, The Philadelphia Dance Company (View Biography)

Cleo Parker Robinson, Vice Chair
Founder/Artistic Director, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (View Biography)

Lula Washington, 2nd Vice Chair
Co-Founder/Artistic Director, Lula Washington Dance Theatre (View Biography)

Dora Rae Vactor, Secretary
Cleveland Dance Movement (View Biography)

Malik Robinson, Treasurer
Executive Director, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (View Biography)

Omar Ingram, Co-Executive Director 
The International Association of Blacks in Dance (View Biography)

Natasha Moreland Spears, Co-Executive Director 
The International Association of Blacks in Dance (View Biography)

DIRECTORS

Charles Augins, Director, Dance Program
Duke Ellington School of the Arts (View Biography)

Debbie Blunden-Diggs, Chief Artistic Administrator & Producing Director
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (View Biography)

Marlisa Brown-Swint, Director of Operations
Philadanco!, The Philadelphia Dance Company (View Biography)

Beverly Harper, Founder/President
Portfolio Associates, Inc. (View Biography)

Gary Memi, VP, Productions Talent
MSG Entertainment (View Biography)

Kitt Miller, Digital Marketing Consultant
Amplify Digital (View Biography)

Mercy Nabirye, Founder and Director
Kauma Arts (View Biography)

Sidney A. Robbins, Esq., CEO/Owner
Law Offices of Sidney A. Robbins, LLC (View Biography)

Abdel Salaam, Executive Artistic Director, Choreographer
Forces of Nature Dance Theatre (View Biography)

Aseelah Shareef, Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Karamu House (View Biography)

Katherine J. Smith, Performer and Dance Instructor
Duke Ellington School of the Arts (View Biography)

Tamica Washington-Miller, Associate Director
Lula Washington Dance Theatre (View Biography)

Ann Williams, Founder/Artistic Advisor
Dallas Black Dance Theatre (View Biography)

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER EMERITUS

Denise Saunders Thompson
President/CEO Emeritus (View Biography)

HONORARY LEGENDARY BOARD MEMBER

Carmen de Lavallade
Dancer, Choreographer, Professor, Stage and Film Actress (View Biography)

EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS