September 2021
Annual Meeting
In light of national conditions due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, on-site aspects of the NASD Annual Meeting scheduled for September 16-18, 2021 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin were cancelled. We miss the opportunity to have connected in person but look forward with anticipation to welcoming and working with members and friends at the 2022 NASD Annual Meeting in Snowbird, Utah.
New Officers
Subsequent to action by the Membership and the Board of Directors conducted via electronic means, we are pleased to announce the election, re-election, or appointment of the following individuals to office in NASD:
President (Note: succession to office upon completion of term as Vice President)
Larry A. Attaway, Butler University
Vice President
Mary Lisa Burns, New World School of the Arts
Member, Board of Directors
Nora Ambrosio, Slippery Rock University
Chair, Commission on Accreditation
Janet Lilly, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Member, Commission on Accreditation
Catherine Horta-Hayden, Towson University
Member, Committee on Nominations
Julianne O’Brien, Chapman University
Member, Committee on Ethics
Elizabeth Gillaspy, Texas Christian University
Appreciation to Immediate Past Office-Holders
The Association wishes to express its deepest thanks to those individuals who completed terms of office in September 2021:
President
Sharon Story, Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education
Member, Committee on Nominations
Maura Keefe, University of Maryland, College Park
Member, Committee on Ethics
Michelle Manzanales, Ballet Hispánico School of Dance
NASD is indebted to all of these exceptional individuals for their dedication and volunteer spirit, without which the Association’s work could not go forward.