Panelists
2016-2017 Dance Levels 1 and 2

September 17, 2015
9:00 AM - to conclusion
Teleconference (How to participate)

Chair: Gaylen Phillips
Program Manager: Sarah Stage

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Tenaj Davis

Miami-Dade County

President, Florida Dance Educators Organization and Educator, Miami–Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), Miami, Florida
Former adjunct professor at Miami-Dade College and Barry University; commercial dancer working out of Los Angeles, taught and performed throughout United States and internationally, featured in national and international publications
Served as Dance Liaison Board Member, Florida Alliance for Arts Education; past President Dade Association of Dance Educators (DADE); Task Form Member, Polk County Public Schools Lead Reviewer and Writer: Race to the Top Performing and Fine Arts Assessment Project 2011 – 2014; Member of the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS) Dance Writing Team 2009-2010
Research Doctorate, Educational Leadership and Administration, General; Minor Degree in Curriculum Development, Nova Southeastern University; M.A., Educational Leadership from Barry University; B.F.A, Dance, California Institute of the Arts

Orange County

Grants Manager, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Previously Director of Grants Management, Lawrence Hall Youth Services; Researcher,Nuestra Musica: Latino Chicago, SmithsonianFolklife Festival; Grants Officer, America’s Families United; Founder, Puerto Rican Organization for the Performing Arts
B.A., Theater and BA, Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago; M.S., Community Psychology, Springfield College; 18 PhD courses, Performance Studies, Northwestern University

Gadsden County

Director and Founder, Legacy School of Performing Arts Training Institute, Quincy, Florida
Member of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC); Florida Music Educators Association (FMEA); American Choral Directors Associations (ACDA); Gold Key International Honor Society, and W.E.B DuBoise Honors Scholar
Named one of the National Hook Up of Black Women's 2013 "Persons of the Year" by the Gadsden County Chapter
B.A., Music and Music Education, Cum Laude and M.M., Music Education, Magna Cum Laude, Florida State University

Palm Beach County

Founding Chair and Professor of Dance, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Palm Beach, Florida
Previously, Executive Director, Klein Dance Inc. and Klein Dance Company; Dance Teacher, Palm Beach Community College; taught dance technique and dance appreciation courses at Florida Atlantic University
Current board member, Florida Dance Education Organization and the CedC Leadership Team at the Palm Beach Cultural Council
Ph.D. in Global Leadership, Lynn University; MFA, Theatre, Florida Atlantic University

Miami-Dade County

Grants Manager, Miami City Ballet, Miami, Florida
Grants Manager, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation
Twenty years volunteering in nonprofit organizations, including nine years as a grant panelist and eight years as a Board member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, University of Minnesota; awarded the Certificate in Fundraising Management from the Indiana School of Philanthropy; received the Certified Fundraising Executive Credential from the Association of Fundraising Professionals

Leon County

Assistant Professor, Dance History, Florida State University and curates Field Studies, an annual dance showcase that allow performers the space to develop projects with live audiences for peer review, Tallahassee, Florida
Previously taught at CUNY Queens College, UC Riverside and Saint Elizabeth High School in Oakland, California
M.F.A, Experimental Choreography, University of California, Riverside; Ph.D., Critical Dance Studies, University of California, Riverside