Appointment Announcement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Appointment Announcement

Delaware - On January 2^nd, USA Dance President Ken Richards proposed, and the USA Dance Board of Directors approved the following appointments to National Director and Committee Chair level positions for the 2021 year:

Margot Garnick (New York), Membership Director

Patti Panebianco (New York), Collegiate Network Director

Phil Sisk (Virginia), Chapter Relations Director

Dean Abraham (Florida), Youth K12 Outreach Committee Chair

Ruslan Wilder (New Jersey), Marketing & Communication Committee Chair

The Board of Directors are excited to be working with these long time, dedicated members of USA Dance as they step into these critical leadership roles and dedicate their time toward rebuilding our organization over the next 12 months.

During the same meeting, the Board approved the proposed structure for the Professional Dance Council, as presented by Professional Vice President Vladimir Karpov. This new structure will build off the success of the previous council and expand to include areas covered under the Professional Division of the World DanceSport Federation including professional athlete development and Pro-Am competition opportunities. In addition to approving the structure, the Board ratified the following initial appointments to the new PDC for 2021:

Ann Durocher (Louisiana), Chair of the Organizers Committee

Donovan Kirrane (Massachusetts), Chair of the Professional Athletes Committee

Fiorenza Todaro (Alabama), Examinations Director & Professional Council Secretary

Irina Trebunskaya (California), Chair of the Officials Committee

USA Dance continues to seek volunteers for various committees. To volunteer for national level committees please complete the Google form available here: https://forms.gle/rnBRViWK7hc7EZqL9

For more information about USA Dance and these appointments, please contact President Ken Richards at president@usadance.org and Marketing & Communications Chair Ruslan Wilder at marketingcommunications-chair@usadance.org.

About the organization: USA Dance, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, is recognized by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) as a Recognized Sports Organization and is the national member body of the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognized International Governing Body for Dance with the mission to improve the quality and quantity of dance in the United States.