Board & Staff

Led by a determined and agile team.

Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet Board

Matthew Foss
President

Matthew Krise
Vice President

Morgan Leitzel
Treasurer

Donald Grell
Secretary

Marcia Dale Weary
Founder (1936-2019)

Hugh Aberman
Julie Bowman
Mimi Goodling
Robert Hervey
Steven H. Kaufman
Alexander Langan, Esq.
Daniel J. Madio II
Kristen Olewine Milke
Donald Mowery
Gregory Schroeder
Aditya Sharma, MD, MBA, FACC
Jyoti Sharma, MD
Marissa Shollenberger
Teresa N. Slocomb

Nicholas Ade, CEO

Members Emeritus
Andre de Ribere (1915-2011)
J. Robert Gregor (1925-2018)
David D. Hukill, Esquire (1933-2022)
Kenneth L. Laws (1935-2021)

Administrative Staff

Nicholas Ade
Chief Executive Officer
Email: ade@cpyb.org

Artistic & Academic

Rose Taylor
Director of the Children’s and Primary Divisions & Director of Curriculum
Email: taylor@cpyb.org

Alan Hineline
Director of the Pre-Professional Division & Resident Choreographer
Email: hineline@cpyb.org

Frederick Rocas
Men’s Program Coordinator
Email: rocas@cpyb.org

Wayne Ellis
DiscoverDance Coordinator
Email: ellis@cpyb.org

Operations

Brigette Plummer
Director of Admissions and Operations
Email: plummer@cpyb.org

Juan Agudelo
Operations Coordinator
Email: agudelo@cpyb.org

Development

Paige Ade
Senior Development Manager
Email: pade@cpyb.org

Marketing

Email: marketing@cpyb.org

Customer Support

Melanie McGrath
Customer Support Representative
Email: mcgrath@cpyb.org

Alexandra Perry
Customer Support Representative
Email: perry@cpyb.org

Our Artistic Leadership

Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet’s faculty brings a broad range of experience and consists of former professional dancers and alumni of CPYB.