The Board & Our Mission

Our Mission: to provide the Hampton Roads community and surrounding regions professional dance and dance education, advancing the discipline, tradition, and integrity of historical dance pieces, as well as promoting creativity via future works and the next generation of dancers.

2009-10 Officers and Board of Directors

Deborah Thorpe, President, info@trdance.org
Chair, Dance Department of The Governor's School for the Arts; Horizons Circle for Children's Hospital

Kathryn Shelton, Treasurer, kathryn.shelton@norfolk.gov
Senior Business Development Manager, City of Norfolk
   
Helene Uhlfelder, PH.D., Secretary, hfuhlfelder@cox.net 
American Managment Association; OD Network;APA (American Psychological Association); Virginia Arts
Festival Board (2000-2002)

Kathy Lasakow, kblasakow@gmail.com
School Administrator, TRDance Center;Faculty,The Governor's School for the Arts; Faculty,
Old Dominion University

Todd Rosenlieb, Artistic Director, trosenlieb@aol.com
Director, TRDance Center & Pilates Center;Faculty,The Governor's School for the Arts, Board Member,
Downtown Norfolk Council

Ricardo Melendez, ricar70666@aol.com
Faculty,The Governor's School for the Arts;Artist,Theatre Workshop Group;Associate Artistic Director for Todd RosenliebDance

Lorraine Graves, lagraves1313@aol.com
President, Norfolk Commission on the Arts & Humanities;Faculty,The Governor's School for the Arts

Paul Lasakow, paul.lasakow@gmail.com
Executive Director, Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts

David Lawson
Vice President - Industrial Products, Norfolk Southern Corporation

Kyle Taylor, GDWHANDS@aol.com
Massage Therapist

Susan Hunter, PH.D., shunter@quincy.edu
Dean, Community Health, Quincy Community College

Lisbet Hanson,MD.,lhansonmd@aol.com
private practice

Manuela Mourao, PH.D.,mmourao@odu.edu
Associate Professor of English, Old Dominion University

Ed Jacobs, PH.D., ejacobs@odu.edu
Associate Professor of English, Old Dominion University

Allison Whitmore, allisonwhitmore@cox.net
Interior Design;Volunteer, The Williams School

Chip Gallagher, cgallagher@mac.com
Department Chair, Musical Theatre,The Governor's School for the Arts

Anne Vogt, anne.vogt@norfolk.gov
Director of Major Gifts, Norfolk Zoo

Gray Lawson, graylawson@cox.net
Volunteer