Board & Staff
Led by a determined and agile team.
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet Board
Julie Bowman
President
Donald Grell
Vice President
Morgan Leitzel
Treasurer
Gregory Schroeder
Secretary
Marcia Dale Weary
Founder (1936-2019)
Matthew Foss
Matt Krise
Mimi Goodling
Alexander Langan, Esq.
Daniel J. Madio II
Kristen Olewine Milke
Donald Mowery
Aditya Sharma, MD, MBA, FACC
Jyoti Sharma, MD
Marissa Shollenberger
Teresa N. Slocomb
Nicholas Ade, CEO
Members Emeritus
Kris Olewine Milke
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
Artistic & Academic
Rose Taylor
Director of the Children’s and Primary Divisions & Director of Curriculum
Email: taylor@cpyb.org
Alan Hineline
Director of the Training and Pre-Professional Divisions & Resident Choreographer
Email: hineline@cpyb.org
Frederick Rocas
Men’s Program Coordinator
Email: rocas@cpyb.org
Wayne Ellis
DiscoverDance Coordinator
Email: ellis@cpyb.org
Brena Dejoie
Children’s Division Faculty & Enrichment Coordinator
Email: dejoie@cpyb.org
Operations
Brigette Battaglini
Director of Operations
Email: battaglini@cpyb.org
Derrick Duvert
Operations & Facilities Coordinator
Jodi Hardy
Front Desk Administrative Assistant
Development
Paige Ade
Director of Development
Email: pade@cpyb.org
Enrollment & Residential Services
Michelle Dvorak
Director of Enrollment & Residential Services
Email: dvorak@cpyb.org
Wayne Ellis
Residence Life Supervisor
Ariana Czernobil
Recruitment Coordinator
Niyuana Bush Heard
Residential Manager
Spencer Lampley
Residential Manager
Marketing
Rachael Kilmer
Marketing & Events Coordinator
Email: kilmer@cpyb.org
Alex Pryor
Social Media Coordinator
Email: pryor@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.
