•Expanded number and scope of company benefits. Benefit receipts grew approx. 10-fold from 2002 to 2008.

•Developed innovative partnership with Cleveland’s Museum of Natural History: Presented new ballets in Museum auditorium. This raised Verb’s profile among Museum patrons.

1. •    Won grants from National Endowment for the Arts, Cleveland Foundation, and George Gund Foundation.
   

•Increased personal donations from major donors by fostering relationships with them. Identified and cultivated

several new Board Members and donors, including one who commissioned and paid for a new work.

•Represented Verb via speaking engagements, public and social appearances, and at fundraising events.

•Broadened audience by combining anchor modern works with work by contemporary / emerging artists.

•Choreographed and staged over 24 new ballets from 2002 – 2008, including new Cortez works each season.

1. •Acquired, presented and maintained repertory works from choreographers such as Martha Graham, Paul Taylor, Heinz Poll, Antony Tudor, David Parsons, and Sean Curran.
   

•Held auditions, taught and evaluated company dancers. Managed dancer contract negotiations. Scheduled and directed company rehearsals. Conceived and coordinated productions with theatre staff.

•Developed "Integrated Curriculum Residencies" where local students created dances to explore themes being taught in other subjects.

ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP

Conceived, developed, and implemented the artistic vision of Verb Ballets. Garnered national exposure for Verb, twice hailed by Dance Magazine ("25 to Watch"; "Great Tiny Troupes").