People

Staff and Artists

Cassie Meador
(she/her/hers)
Executive Artistic Director

Silvia Roberts
(she/her/hers)
Managing Director

Stephen Clapp
(he/him/his)
Director of Racial Equity
and Creative Producer

 

Maggie Waller
(she/her/hers)
Programs Coordinator and Takoma Park MOVES Lead Artist

Sam Horning
(he/him/his)
Operations Specialist

Headshot of Camille Cade with long black and blonde braids, wearing a purple plaid blazer and smiling softly at us.

Camille Cade
(she/her/hers)
Communications Specialist

 

Solomon Collins
(he/him/his)
Marketing & Communications Manager

Headshot of Judith Bauer in a blue geometric print blouse smiling warmly at camera with head tilted slightly.

Judith Bauer
(she/her/hers)
Dance On Lead Artist

Black and white photo of Corina Iona Dalzell doing an arabesque with one arm extending back as the other extends forward.

Corina Iona Dalzell
(they/them/theirs)
Youth Programs Lead Artist

Looking for Liz Lerman, Founder and Choreographer Emerita? You can find Liz here

Board of Directors

Deborah Riley Chair
Director Emerita of Dance Place;
Teaching Artist & Consultant

Elliot Maxwell Secretary
e-Maxwell & Associates

John Urciolo
Urciolo Properties, LLC

Soneela Nankani
Consultant in the Arts, Civic Engagement and Social Justice

Eleanor Kerlow Vice Chair
Eleanor Kerlow PR

Martha (Marti) S. Head 
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Elliot Rosen
Chairman Emeritus

 

Racial Equity Committee

Ronya-Lee Anderson

Chisao Hata

Cassie Meador
Dance Exchange Executive Artistic Director

Kevin A. Ormsby

Stephen Clapp
Dance Exchange Director of Racial Equity
and Creative Producer

Eleanor Kerlow
Dance Exchange Board Member

 

Creative Aging Advisory Board

Peter Whitehouse, MD-PhD
Transdisciplinary Professor, Case Western Reserve University and University of Toronto; Founder, Intergenerational Schools; artist

Judith Bauer
Dance On Commissioned Artist, Dance Exchange

Gay Hanna, Ph.D., MFA
President, Hanna Merrill Inc.; Founding Director, National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA)

Steve Lahn
Director of New Business Development, Advanced Nursing + Home Support

Andy Penn
President, Village of Takoma Park

Partnering Artists

Bimbola Akinbola

Ronya-Lee Anderson

Luisa Aviles

Judith Bauer

Clarence Brooks

Shawn Brush

Corina Iona Dalzell

Christina Catanese

Brit Falcon

Ami Dowden-Fant

Esther Geiger 

Ralph Glenmore

Chisao Hata

Becky Hill

Christine King 

Jennifer Lane

Elizabeth Johnson Levine

Dr. Jamē McCray

Airos Sung-En Medill 

Vinny Mwano

Thomas Tyger Moore

Kevin A. Ormsby

Juliana Pongutá Forero

Nelesi Rodríguez

Alivia Schaffer

Keith Thompson

Martha Wittman

Nik Zaleski 

 

Organizing with Artists for Change Fellow

Ibrahim Abdo (hosted in partnership with CEC ArtsLink)