Director of Dance & Fine Arts Department Chair, St. Pius X High School
Affiliations – Member of NDA and NDEO
Volunteer – Hands On Atlanta, Genesis- A New Life Shelter, Sheltering Arms
Former High Museum Community Outreach Committee member and former volunteer for the High Museum of Art
Former volunteer for Wiley Road Union Mission
Lisa Martin received her dance training with the Gainesville Ballet and danced professionally with Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre. She has been a dance educator for seventeen years.
Kathleen Everett, Artistic Director
Owner and Director, Decatur School of Ballet
Owner, The Dance Emporium
Affiliations – Parent volunteer at Paideia School; Board member with Decatur Business Association
Ron Everett, Business Manager
Owner and Business Manager, Decatur School of Ballet
Owner, The Dance Emporium
Affiliations – Parent volunteer at Paideia School; Board member with Decatur Business Association; Board member with Decatur Arts Alliance; member of Oversight Committee for Decatur High School Master Plan
Laura Bevins, President Elect & Board Development Chair
Partner/Vice President, HLM Financial Group
Affiliations: Former Board Member and Treasurer, Decatur Business Association; Former Treasurer, Westchester Elementary PTO; Westchester Neighborhood Association; Former Board Member and volunteer of Atlanta Pride and Christmas in Decatur
Cheryl Parlato, Secretary
Regulatory Manager - Retired, BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.
Affiliations – Volunteer, Decatur Cooperative Ministries, Hagar’s House Shelter for Homeless Women with Children
Volunteer – Druid Hills Night Shelter for Men
Former/Charter Member – City of Decatur Waste Management Advisory Board
Former Volunteer, Gainesville (GA) Ballet Company - Board of Directors, Fund raiser, Ballet Guild President, Concert Coordinator
Denise Mummert, Treasurer
Principal, Windham Brannon, PC
Affiliations – Immediate Past President, Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants (formerly served as President, Treasurer, Board Member, Member Services Committee Chair, Communications Committee Chair, President of Educational Foundation, Chair of Educational Foundation Endowment Fund and Investment Committee); Governing Council Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Georgia Society of CPAs Distinguished Member Award - 1994
YWCA of Greater Atlanta Outstanding Volunteer Award - 1987
Former Board Member – Atlanta Bach Choir
Former Board Member – Midtown Atlanta YWCA
Former Officer - Zeta Tau Alpha Alumnae, Themis Chapter
Tap and ballet student at Decatur School of Ballet
Jason Conn, Marketing and Promotions
Vice President of Sales with HLM Mortgage Company
Past-President, Decatur Business Association
Past Board Member, Leadership DeKalb
Treasurer, Decatur Rotary Club
Past Chair of United Way Campaign Cabinet, DeKalb County
Beverly Herbert, Audience Development
Retired DeKalb County biology teacher
Substitute Teacher at Decatur High School
Decatur High School Parent Volunteer
Shirley Langford, Development
Stay at home mom of a toddler who loves to dance at home
BS in Communications
Masters in Library Media Technology
Participant in fund raisers for local pediatric cancer foundations
Experience in news room production from five years of employment at CNN
Brian O'Connor, Development
Information coming soon
Sermerlyn Wallace, Special Projects
Retired Assistant to the Chairman, Macy's South, Atlanta, GA
Member, Westminster Presbyterian Church where volunteer activities include Youth Committee, Children's Committee, Property Committee, Events Committee, Sunday School Teacher, Senior Ministry
Camp Westminster Master Plan Committee
Decatur City Dance Parent Volunteer Co-Chair
Parent Volunteer Coordinators:
Debbie Cushing - Apprentice Ensemble
Information coming soon
Carol Napier - Junior Ensemble
Attorney, Health care law, Employed by the federal government
Mother of two beautiful daughters who have grown up dancing at Decatur School of Ballet
Chaired missions and outreach at her church (Glenn Memorial UMC)