Faculty
Management Staff
Board of Directors

Joy of Motion is funded in part by the
D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities,
an agency supported in part by the National
Endowment for the Arts.

faculty

Joy of Motion Dance Center’s (JOMDC) stellar faculty consists of over 100 dance educators, many of whom are working professional dancers and winners of numerous awards and accolades. Faculty members have taught and performed throughout the world, and bring their collective experience to our programming. Week after week, the faculty of JOMDC inspire students to discover new levels of personal best in physical and artistic well being.

management staff

Douglas E. Yeuell, Executive/Artistic Director

programs and services

Heidi L. Schimpf, Director of Programs and Services
Quynn Johnson, Program Manager, Education and Outreach
Rachel Pearl, Program Manager, Education and Production
Helen L. Hayes, Program Director, Youth Dance Ensemble
Zahra Carpenter, Studio Manager, Atlas Performing Arts Center
Jennifer Hall, Studio Manager, Bethesda
Caroline Besley, Studio Manager, Friendship Heights

Development

Polly Thibodeau, Director of Development

Marketing and Public Relations

Orit Tamir-Chaflawee, Marketing and Public Relations Manager
Travis Curry, Marketing Assistant

Finance

Amy McPherson, Chief Financial Officer
Tristan Pierce, Business Manager

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board of directors

advisory council

Rima Faber, Ph.D.
Founder and Current Program Director
National Dance Education Organization

Board emerita

Michelle Ava
Founder
Joy of Motion Dance Center

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