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
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
Operations
Brigette Battaglini
Director of Admissions and Operations
Email: battaglini@cpyb.org
Juan Agudelo
Operations Coordinator
Email: agudelo@cpyb.org
Development
Paige Ade
Senior Development Manager
Email: pade@cpyb.org
Customer Support
Email: info@cpyb.org
Suzanne Cavataio
Administrative Support Professional
Sydney George
Administrative Support Professional
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.
