Dance Parade strives to reflect the diverse talent and cultural aspects of the parade with its team. Our Board of Directors and Steering Committee oversee ten committees that plan parade and festival production, finance, education, development and media & promotion.
Steering Committee
Operating Committees
Parade Production:
Sayief Leshaw (Production Lead)
Erik Slavin (Programming Lead)
Sabrina McDonald (Team Coordination Lead)
Ali Coleman (Nightlife Outreach Manager)
Janelle Issis (Programming Lead)
Jour Morton (Outreach Coordinator)
Dana Humphrey (Grandstand Lead)
Jerry Goldman
Red Hayes
Silvian Martinez
Zahidel Alvarado
Frank Bator
Julia Johanson
May Kesler
Aaron Chase
Andrew Kemp
Bobby Speakerwire
Michelle Kirby
Carrie Hawks
Mango
Disco Mike Park
Wandalynn Miftahi
Alyssa Hampton
Daniel Kahn
Milly Rosario-Summers
Doris Martinez
Diane DeJesus
Phil Ribolow
Meke Brown
Zahidel Alvarado
Sharon Folkes
Zakeya Warren
Chinese Committee:
Kate Xie (Co-Chair)
Justin Wei (Co-Chair)
Yi Lu
Xie Zhu
Marketing:
Greg Miller
Alan Wright
Brian Austin
Jason Parrish
Rengim Mutevellioglu
Publicity & Promotions:
Rebecca Myles (Publicity & Promotions Lead)
Audrey Ross, Publicist
Dana Humphrey, Publicist
Svetlana Blasucci, PR Intern
Nhadyr Reyes Cardenas
Chauncey Dandridge, Social
Josef Pinlac, Social Media
Bojan Martinovski, Social Media
Celia Santos, Social Media
Ali Coleman
Shiela Jamison
Honorary Committee:
(Power Team & Grand Marshals)
Ronald K. Brown
Elizabeth Streb
Natasha Diggs
Eduardo Vilaro
Heidi Latsky
Rich Medina
Cheryl Fox
Lisa Lisa
Virginia Johnson
H.T. Chen
Dian Dong
David Dorfman
Princess Lockerooo
Liquid Todd
Sarina Jain
David Leventhal
Michelle DeBlassi
Dr. Valerie Feit
Mahayana Landowne
Kevin Farley
Erik Bryan Slavin
Bill T. Jones
Baayork Lee
Louis Mofsie
DJ Dara
Camille A. Brown
Mickela Mallozzi
Rafael Espinal
Doc Martin
Maurice Hines
Frankie Bones
Mestre Joao Grande
Rosie Mendez
Garth Fagan
Kwikstep
Rokafella
Carmen de Lavallade
Robert Battle
Mary Verdi-Fletcher
Rekha Malhotra
Savion Glover
Jawolle Willa Jo Zollar
Hex Hector
Jacqulyn Buglisi
Baba Chuck Davis
Louie Vega
Ashley Tuttle
Elisa Monte
Bill Shannon
Trevor Hochman
Peter Zehren
Samir Bitar
Mel Alvarez
Jonathan Peters
Charles Reinhart
“Billy Elliot” (Joseph Harrington)
Kat Wildish
Amy Marshall
Jellybean Benitez
Elizabeth Zimmer
Ellenore Scott
Don Campbell "Campbellock"
Morocco (Carolina Varga Dinicu)
Luis Salgado
Luigi
Kool Herc
Danny Tenaglia
Djoniba Mouflet