board of directors

Mary Ann Amari, Co-chair, Secretary
Advertising Specialist at The Gates Rubber Company. B.F.A. degree in Theatre from Regis University/Loretto Heights College. Extensive experience in community theatre acting, designing props, etc. Participates in SOD's community and professional dance programs.

Celeste Grynberg, M.S.W, L.C.S.W., B.C.D.
Clinical social worker in private practice. Field work supervisor and consultant. Board member, Colorado NARAL Foundation and Stepping Stones to a Jewish Me.

Carol Proffitt
Retired educator/middle school principal in Adams District 50. Member of "Rockyettes", a volunteer dance troupe which performs for area retirement and health facilities and community organizations. Tutor for Colorado Children's Chorale.

Michael Ritchie, Co-chair. Treasurer
Architectural antiquities dealer. Renovator of historic homes in Denver. Neighborhood activist in Historic Curtis Park.

ex. officio:

Deborah Reshotko, Artistic Director
Member, Colorado Dance Alliance.

Philip Hiester, Past President
Member, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). Past Vice President, Local #7. Master electrician, Boettcher Concert Hall. Theatre technician.

advisory board:

Barry Gatz
Vice-President of Investments with UBS Financial Services, Inc. Past president of the Kiwanis Club and the Denver Kiwanis Foundation, Chairman of the Board of Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives, member of the board of directors and treasurer of CPEC Center for Tax Policy at the Daniels College of Business, Board of Trustees of Denver Ballet Guild Endowment Trust.

W. Edward Schenkein, MBA, CPA
Partner in Stark, Winter, Schenkein. Participant in Denver Chamber Foundation's Leadership Denver. Board member of Anti-Defamation League.

Phoebe Smedley
Past President and board member of Colorado Contemporary Dance and Colorado Dance Festival, Boulder. Past President of Carson-Brierly Dance Library and board member to present. Board member Central City Opera Association, Denver Art Museum docent, co-chair of DAM Associates, founder of concert series in Bow Mar.

Robert Zupkus
Zupkus and Angell, P.C.
In practice in litigation and business law since 1972. Previously trial attorney with the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. Currently teaches trial practice at the University of Denver School of Law. National speaker and has been published in Defense Counsel Journal and For the Defense.