Workshop/Session Speakers and Presenters

Guest Artist/Speakers
1. Lydia Coco (Ballet Virginia International; former principal dancer, Alvin Ailey American Dance
Theatre)
2. Valerie Winborne (Virginia Beach City Public Schools; director, V2W Experience Dance! Theater
Company; dancer, choreographer, repetiteur, actor, dance movement therapist, master dance
educator and presenter; formerly toured with Urban Bush Women)
3. Ben Cook (Actor, dancer, singertelevision/film; Broadway credentials--Newsies, Ragtime, Billy
Elliot, and Tuck Everlasting; television credentialsLaw & Oder, Veep, 30 Rock, and House of
cards)
4. John (Zie) Kuubeterzie (AFRIMUDA, founder; Cape Coast, Ghana)
5. Rodney Williams (Longwood University; City Dance--Richmond, VA; dancer, dance educator,
choreographer, composer, and singer)
6. Jill Cook (American School Counselor Association; assistant director)
7. Sean Slade (ASCD; director of outreach)
8. Gayanne Grossman (Mulhlenberg College; physical therapist; IADMS board member)
9. Kristin Brittle (Southeast Dairy Council; manager of school health and wellness)
10. Roseann Liberatore (Southeast Dairy Council; manager of school health and wellness)
11. Julane Hill (Nebraska Department of Education, coordinated school health director; Society of
State Leaders of Health and Physical Education board member)
12. Glenn Cook (Freelance photographer, writer, editor; recent photo gallery shows in Greater
Washington D.C)
13. Bernie Wolff (Freelance photographer, stage and lighting designer)
14. Kate Alie (Virginia Department of Health; obesity prevention program coordinator)


Honored Presenters

1. Mary Ann Laverty 15. Cheryl Stafford
2. Beth Fath Wright 16. Kate Taft
3. Teresa Osborn 17. Alexandra Pooley
4. Lacreacia Sanders 18. Michelle Strong
5. Karen Smith 19. Carisa Armstrong
6. Gladys Keeton 20. Christine Bergeron
7. Ann Moffett 21. Judy Clark
8. Kimberly Schroeder 22. Sharon Rae
9. Jenee Marquis 23. Morgan Sanchez
10. Autumn Mist Belk 24. Christa Davis
11. Lisa Moya King 25. Tarin Hampton
12. Gayle Kassing 26. Fran Meyer
13. Keisha Breaker 27. Sandy Weeks
14. Melinda Tremblay