Board of Directors
Jacques d’Amboise
Founder
Ellen Weinstein
Artistic Director
Leslee Asch
Executive Director
Tracy Straus
Associate Artistic Director
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Elliott K. Slade III
Chairman
Margaret Cuomo Maier
Ketty Maisonrouge
Kathy Mele
Susan Newhouse
Vice Chairs
Richard DeScherer
Secretary
Robert D. Krinsky
Treasurer
Christopher d’Amboise
Jacques d’Amboise
Lauren B. Cramer
Valerie T. Diker
Robert I. Freedman
Lauri Levitt Friedland
John Fullerton
Dufftin Garcia
Barbara Handler
Ed Hynes
Jaynne C. Keyes
Ann M. Martin
Blythe Masters
Victoria J. Mericle
Jenny Morgenthau
Jacynth Orridge
Arnold S. Penner
Nili de Rothschild
Andrew Shiva
Helen Stambler Neuberger
Eva-Maria Tausig
Donald G. Tober
Mabel S. Weil
Ellen Weinstein
Judy Weston
Christopher J. Williams
- Annually, NDI's programs impact over 35,000 public school students, their parents, teachers and local communities through classes, assemblies, residencies and performances.
- The majority of NDI dancers come from low-income communities.
- NDI dancers represent a diverse population: 32% are Latino, 24% Asian, 23% Caucasian, 19% African-American, and 2% other non-white minority groups.


