BOARD & STAFF

Board of Directors
TONY WAAG – ATDF Artistic Director

DEBRA BEARD - Philanthropist

BRENDA BUFALINO – ATDF Artistic Mentor
HOAGY B. CARMICHAEL – ATDF Chairman
MERCEDES ELLINGTON - Choreographer/Director

CONSTANCE VALIS HILL Ph.D. - Jazz Tap Historian

PAMELA KOSLOW HINES- Producer

NANCY KREMSDORF - Tap Enthusiast
DONNA and HARVEY MANGER-WEIL – Entrepreneurs
CINDY ROUSH - Entrepreneur

Honorary
the late CHARLES “HONI” COLES
the late GREGORY HINES

the late BOBBY SHORT

Staff
TONY WAAG - Artistic/Executive Director
HJÖRDIS LINN-BLANFORD - Director of Operations &

Festival Manager
MARGARET MORRISON - ATDF Education Advisor
SUSAN HEBACH - ATDF Education Director of Year-round Youth Programs & the Tap City Youth Ensemble

COURTNEY RUNFT - Registrar - Education Assistant

MICHELE RIBBLE - ATDF Education Advisor
THELMA GOLDBERG - ATDF Education Advisor

ALICIA SMITH - Tap City Youth Program Coordinator

TONY MAYES - Technical Director

BRANDY BLAHA - Education Assistant

MARK KELLOGG - Art Director/Graphic Design

VALENTIN BURLACU - Multimedia/Website Design
AUDREY ROSS - Public Relations
JILL ALCOTT - Development Consultant

JANE PENN - Development Consultant

Partners
INTERNATIONAL TAP ASSOCIATION
NEW YORK COMMITTEE TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL TAP DAY
NEW YORK CITY LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

NYC & COMPANY

DANCE USA/DANCE NYC
YOUNG AUDIENCES

CHELSEA STUDIOS

CIRCUIT PRODUCTIONS, INC.

STEPPING OUT STUDIOS

DIVINE RHYTHM PRODUCTIONS

THE CHURCHILL SCHOOL

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