About Us
Joan Boada - Founding Director
A native of Havana, Cuba, Mr. Joan Boada received his impeccable training and foundation of classical repertory from the prestigious Escuela Nacional de Ballet in Cuba. After graduation, he moved to Paris to train with Gilbert Mayer, Jacques Namont, and Manuel Legris. He danced with seven companies (including Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Ballet National de Marseille Roland Petit, The Australian Ballet, and Royal Ballet of Flanders) before joining San Francisco Ballet as a principal dancer in 1999. During his long performing career, he danced coveted roles in full length classics ballets including Don Quixote, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, The Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadere, Eguene Oneguin, and Cinderella. He excelled in classical, dramatic, and neo-classical roles, created by some of the most celebrated choreographers including Balanchine, Robbins, and Ashton. Boada’s honors include an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for ensemble performance, and various awards and medals in the highest ballet competitions in Varna, Paris, Osaka, and Shanghai. After retiring from San Francisco Ballet in 2017, he began his teaching career and worked with reputable ballet programs for pre-professional and professional dancers in California, Florida, Washington D.C., and Virginia. His recent roles included Ballet Master and Assistant Choreographer with Compañía Nacional de Danza in Madrid, Spain, and Artistic Director of Kirov Academy in Washington, D.C. Currently, Boada is the Associate Director of Boston Ballet II.
Keren Dolan - Founding Director and Co-Chair
Dr. Keren Dolan’s earliest foray into the non-profit world was as a Sponsorship Coordinator for Friends of the Orphans, an organization serving orphaned and abandoned children in Latin America and the Caribbean. She has since pursued a career as a functional clinician. Dr. Dolan is a Maryland Licensed Nutritionist (LDN), a Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS®), a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition (FACN), a Registered Herbalist (RH) American Herbalists Guild, and a Holistic Aromatherapist. Dr. Dolan holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Virginia and a M.S. in Therapeutic Herbalism and D.C.N. (Doctor of Clinical Nutrition) from Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH). Dr. Dolan serves as adjunct faculty in the Nutrition and Herbal Medicine Department at MUIH and has a functional nutrition practice in Herndon, Virginia. She also serves as the Secretary and a Director of the American Herbalists Guild. A native of Washington D.C., and 17-year resident of Fairfax County, Virginia, Dr. Dolan recognizes the power of the arts to serve as yet another healing force in community. As the proud mother of three young artists, she is committed to creating opportunities for families to participate in the arts in a manner that is enriching and accessible for all ages and stages.
Busy Graham - Founding Director
Ms. Busy Graham has devoted most of her life to the arts and education, from music teacher to artist representative to nonprofit administrator and arts advocate. In 1995, while serving as the Director of the Institute of Musical Traditions, Busy founded Class Acts Arts (now Artivate) with the goal of bringing high-quality and culturally diverse traditions of music, dance, storytelling and theater to schools and under-resourced communities throughout the National Capital Region. In 1999, she launched Project Youth ArtReach, serving youth and women in corrections. After leaving Class Acts/Artivate in 2005, Busy founded Carpe Diem Arts with a focus on community building through the arts, creating cross-cultural, multi-generational opportunities to participate in the visual, literary and performing arts. She has received numerous awards in recognition of her work on both sides of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, including Maryland’s Sue Hess Award as "Arts Advocate of the Year," and the “Lifetime Impact Award” from Montgomery County. She believes that the arts matter—in our towns, our schools, our communities, in the life of every citizen—and that through creative partnerships, we can make the power of the arts accessible and beneficial to all.
Tom Dolan - Co-Chair
Tom Dolan is Chief Executive Officer of Medlearn Media. His 15-year management and leadership track record includes experience in the clinical field, where he specialized in software sales and support through complementary products and services. Prior to Medlearn, Dolan spent 11 years at RURO, Inc. During his tenure, he served as Vice President of Sales, Chief Operating Officer and, finally Chief Executive Officer. He drove the company’s transition to cloud services, led ISO 9001 certification of its procedures, and led the market-facing and operational portion of the company’s business-to-business initiatives. He led the company’s triple-digit revenue growth, including rebranding and developing new product strategies, and established key business partnerships with large pharmaceutical firms, hospital systems and clinical networks. Dolan’s international successes include several multi-million-dollar contract awards and subsequent on-time solution deployments in Europe and the Middle East, and the establishment of profitable satellite operations in China. Dolan has played the bass since he was a teenager and has carried an endorsement by G&L since 2003. His repertoire is broad, eclectic, and he has performed with various culturally-diverse bands from the Virginia State Theater to Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. Dolan is passionate about the arts and non-profit service and serves on the board of the Snyder Robinson Foundation. He was raised in Silver Spring and Wheaton, Maryland, and has lived in Fairfax County for nearly two decades.
Juliet Campana Boada - Vice-Chair
A native Virginian, Juliet Campana Boada’s career in the performing arts began when she trained and competed as a figure skater. She graduated from Boston College with a degree in Marketing and a minor in Communications and has supplemented her degree with courses in Accounting, Economics, and Psychology from Harvard Extension School. Most recently, Ms. Campana has been back in the arts working as an office manager and admin in thue fine arts scene of Northern Virginia. With nearly 15 years of experience in marketing, Ms. Campana has also worked as Admissions and Communications Director for a ballet organization, which included extensive managing of social media, press, families and students; all while directing studio operations and coordinating with administrative and artistic staff. Having lived and traveled abroad extensively, Ms. Campana is excited to be a part of an organization that will support and unite artists from around the globe.
Ryan Winkel - Treasurer and Director
Mr. Ryan Winkel is the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis for Onboard where he helps boards around the world function at a higher level so every organization can make a bigger difference in the world. Born and raised a Hoosier native, he earned his B.S. in Business Management from Indiana Wesleyan University and M.S. in Finance at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. Ryan has spent the last ten years in public company and private equity finance leadership positions overseeing accounting and FP&A functions ranging from budget and financial planning, mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy and development, to internal and external reporting packages. Prior to this Ryan spent nearly a decade in the investment industry focused on building relationships to help individuals and organizations own their financial futures in a variety of brokerage and portfolio management roles. The unique combination of investment banking and corporate finance has enabled Ryan to tackle some of the biggest challenges an organization can face in a collaborative and ethical manner. These efforts have lead to organizations being able to consistently deliver on their missions while avoiding the pitfalls to which many organizations fall prey.
Enjoy Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker with a Celtic and Bluegrass twist! An enchanting blend of classical ballet, a bagpipe processional, Irish stepdance, and live music.
Be amazed!
Sat, December 7, 2024 3:30 PM and 7:00 PM
Sun, December 8, 2024 3:30 PM
700 Bennett Drive Herndon, VA 20170