board member Alina Costica board president Alina Costica currently works in private equity at Kohlberg & Co. Previously, Alina was a financial analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Merrill Lynch. Alina received a B.S. in Finance and Management from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. Jonathan Fields special event chair Jonathan Fields grew up in Manhattan, where he often visited the various city museums. This exposure inspired a great love of the arts which he pursued at Lafayette College where he received his B.A. For many years, he worked for his family carpet firm, Edward Fields, Inc., where he was lucky enough to continue his involvement in the arts by working with well known artists on various projects. He and his wife Jackie Kelly are avid contemporary dance supporters; their favorite dancers are their daughters Olivia and Allegra. Terry Gemmill board member Terry Gemmill's early education was in the arts (dance, music, theater) beginning at the age of 3 when she entered Virginia Tanner’s Creative Dance Program. The majority of her working career has been dedicated to commercial real estate (30+ yrs.). In 2002, Terry moved from the west coast to the east coast to attend Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning as teaching assistant to Bob Abrams, founder of Colliers ABR Inc. She studied collaborative planning from 2002 – 2005 then blended planning with the art of public communication (film theory) continuing research at Cornell University's Film Department under the tutelage of Don Fredericksen from 2005 through 2011. While getting her degree in Urban Planning at the University of Utah, Terry served Utah Governor's Office of Planning and Budget before the Olympics. It was there she studied Envision Utah, one of the country’s first participatory planning organizations. She also served Utah Tomorrow’s Strategic Planning Committee coordinating between the Legislature, Judiciary, executive agencies, state departments, local governments, and the public at large. While at Cornell, Terry served the Mayor's Bureau of Planning in Rochester, NY and in that capacity created several programs including teaching neighborhood non-profits how to seek and secure grants. At the city, she served on multiple boards, became a volunteer mediator in 2008 and worked for 3 years as a program manager/developer for a community mediation center funded by New York’s Unified Court System. Terry has now moved to New York City, has a lot of energy and is continually adding to her non-profit skills through on-going training. Kathryn Kessel treasurer Kathy Kessel has more than 25 years experience in global compensation and human resources, most recently as Vice President Global Compensation at Pfizer Inc. Kathy's prior experience includes Standard & Poor's, Siemens Corporation, the HR consulting practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Morton International. Kathy holds a BS degree in Accountancy from Miami University in Ohio, and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management where she focused on International Business and Management Strategy. Kathy lives in New York City. Ronda Lee board member Ronda is an attorney licensed in Illinois and New York. Prior to her legal career, she was a performance management auditor for the state of Illinois and an instructor of rhetoric at the University of Illinois. Her passion is education, particularly for first generation college students. In Chicago, she mentored youth ages 13-18 in college and career preparation. She is a career coach volunteer for Summer Search NY and New York Needs You. She relocated to NYC to transition to nonprofit fundraising. She is completing the nonprofit fundraising certificate program at NYU. Bridgette Lin board member Bridgette Lin works as a financial services professional at PricewaterhouseCoopers, with accounting experience in the asset management industry. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she received B.A. degrees in Communication Studies and Philosophy, and a Masters degree in Accounting. Bridgette has always been an active supporter of the arts - from those first ballet & tap shoes at age 4, to studying piano & violin at age 5. Early exposure to classical arts developed into more than a decade's worth of piano and youth symphony orchestra experiences across her home state of Georgia. Early education also developed into a continuous, lifelong dedication to expanding her dance knowledge and performance experience in several different forms of dance training. Bridgette currently resides in New York City. Chandru Murthi board development chair Chandru Murthi has an M.S. in environment planning from the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn and an M.S. in industrial engineering from University of California, Berkeley. He earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering at the Indian Institute from Technology in Madras, India. In California, Chandru worked for Pick Systems designing and developing the internals of the computer software. About five years ago, Chandru developed an interest in the urban environment and his focus has been several projects involving "green buildings." Chandru has also directed several plays at the Phoenix theatre and Spotted Owl Productions in San Francisco and served on the board of several non-profit organizations in the San Francisco between 1990-1998. Márcio Noguchi director Márcio Noguchi is an Electronic Engineer by education, but working in Information Technology for 25 years. Currently working for Credit Suisse in the IT Global Architecture department. A true believer of giving-back, had been involved in various volunteering and philanthropic activities, including chairing the IT Americas Human Capital volunteering initiative. Marcio’s artistic side involves Origami, the art of paper-folding. Marcio had been a board member of OrigamiUSA since 2008. Elena Sefanov secretary Originally from Ukraine where she attended college and law school, Elena also graduated from Columbia School of Law. Elena Sefanov is a mutli-faceted, multilingual professional who has enjoyed success as an attorney working for law firms as well as corporations like American Express. Currently, she is the Senior Vice President in Heddings Property Group, a Manhattan based real estate agency. She speaks fluent Russian, Ukrainian, French and English, has traveled extensively, and formed friendships and associations around the world. Previously a professional dancer who performed ballet, modern and other forms of dance, Elena still dances recreationally. Outside of work, she is also an active mother and member of her community. Amanda Selwyn artistic director Amanda Selwyn founded Notes in Motion Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre in 2000 and in twelve seasons, has directed over 25 productions, developed a network of artists, and created the curriculum for Notes in Motion Outreach Dance Theatre’s arts-in-education programs. Amanda’s choreographic works include: Five Minutes, Passage, Undercurrent, Hearsay, Interiors, Disturbance, Salut, Tilt, Tidal, Shift, Siren, Contradicting Unity, Save My Spot, Hold On, Momentum, and Behind Us. She has choreographed dance for Chicago's Motivity, a collective of modern choreographers; for theatre productions including House on Mango Street, Free to be You an Me, Once Upon a Mattress, The Wiz, Little Shop of Horrors, and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory; and for her original theatre productions which include Herland, Yellow Feather, and Slitting the Clouds. In addition to her choreographic work, Amanda has directed off-broadway theatre in NYC at John Houseman Studio, 30th Street Theatre, Grove Street Theatre, Kraine Theatre, Center Stage, and the Producer’s Club. Amanda teaches dance and theatre to New York City children and has been on faculty at independent schools including The Brearley School, Brooklyn Friends School, Beit Rabban School, Solomon Schechter School, and the New Acting Company. She has taught dance composition and technique at the Berkshire Institute for Music and Art and taught dance and theatre in Israel at the Israel Museum, English Village, and the Arad Community Center. Amanda led the workshop “Accessing Inspiration for Dance-Making” at the NYC Arts-in-Education Roundtable's 2007 Face to Face conference and "Teaching a Choreographic Process" at the 2008 and 2011 conferences. She presented her choreography at NYU’s Women and Theater conference in 2003. She is the recipient of 2 grants from the Illinois Arts Council for the development of new works, a grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Community Arts Fund, 2 grants from the Bronx Council on the Arts, 2 grants from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Cultural Development Fund, and a grant from the Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation for her 2011 Season. In 2008, Amanda participated in the Choreographer's Lab program at Jacob's Pillow in Beckett, MA. Her work has been presented on Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out Stage, in the DUMBO Dance Festival, the APAP conference showcase at Dance New Amsterdam, the COOL NY Dance Festival, Movement Research’s Performance Series at Dance Theater Workshop, and on the Hudson River as part of Earth Celebrations. Amanda has a 500-hour yoga teacher's certification from Laughing Lotus Yoga Center in NYC and teaches yoga in studios and gyms in NYC. She has a Masters from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in performance studies and a B.S. from Northwestern University in theatre, women's studies, and dance. Judith E. Selwyn board member Dr. Judith E. Selwyn is a nationally known expert in the conservation of historic building materials. As President of Preservation Technology Associates, Inc. she has overseen the restoration of historic masonry for structures at Harvard, Yale, Wellesley College, Smith College, the U.S. Naval Academy and MIT. Her other projects include the Massachusetts State House, the Gardner Museum and Fanueil Hall, in Boston. Dr. Selwyn is a collector of American Arts and Crafts furniture and pottery. She resides in Chestnut Hill, MA with her husband, Lee. Judy is the mother of Mark, Jeremy and Amanda, and the grandmother of Robbie and Alex. Qian Qian Tang sponsorship chair Qian Qian Tang has been passionate about the arts since the age of three when she first put on a tutu and declared herself a ballerina. She is currently an associate with The Boston Consulting Group and holds a B.Sc in Chemical-Biological Engineering with a minor in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). |
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