Board

New Ballet Ensemble & School is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and an Advisory Council. The Board is composed of community leaders, volunteers and professionals who believe in our mission and freely give of their time, resources and expertise. Among the responsibilities of the Board are approving the annual budget, setting policies and procedures, raising funds and awareness, and participating in developing programmatic and strategic plans.

Officers

Chairman:
Tim Mashburn, Associate Dean of Finance & Administration
College of Medicine, UT Health Science Center

Treasurer:
Samuel Hurst, Controller
HMS Host Memphis Airport

Governance:
Gail Milnor, Major Gifts Officer
American Red Cross Mid-South

Secretary:
Juliet H. Wischmeyer, Community Volunteer

Members
Greg Boller, Associate Professor of Marketing
University of Memphis

Valerie French, Senior Field HR Manager
HMS Host

Margaret Frazier Gardner, Fundraising Professional

Stephanie Green Cole, Attorney at Law
Private Practice

Carolyn Head, Dir. Finance and Administration
College of Medicine, UT Health Science Center

Loretta McCoy Hill, Retired Federal Employee (NLRB)

Margaret Johnson, Attorney at Law
The Law Offices of James Sanders

Palmer Jones, Communications Associate
CREDO Institute, Inc.

Aaron McDonald, Clinical Research Scientist
St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital

James Nelson, Special Assistant to the Mayor
City of Memphis

Deborah Northcross, Executive Director
Southeastern Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (Atlanta, GA)

Michael Overton, Partner/Creative Director
Inferno

Kerra Payton-Saine, North America Recruiter
International Paper

Ashley Tobias, Fundraising Professional 

Council of Advisors

JW Gibson, Shelby County Commission and Entrepreneur

Harry L. Goldsmith, Senior Counsel, Autozone

Grace Harwood, Community Volunteer and Yoga Instructor

Barry Lichterman, Philanthropist

Lester Lit, Philanthropist

Deidre Malone, Shelby County Commission 

Martha Ellen Maxwell, Retired Executive Director of Memphis Symphony

Nick Ringel, Makowsky Ringel Greenberg, LLC

Robert Rogalski, CFO Bridges USA

Linda Sklar, Memphis City Schools Optional Schools