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.