Ronald K. Alexander is a distinguished dance educator, arts administrator, and artist. He has danced with prominent ballet companies, including The National Ballet of Canada in Toronto, the Frankfurt Ballet and Hamburg Ballet in Germany, and the Metropolitan Opera Ballet in New York City. As a choreographer, Ronald has created works for a variety of institutions, including the Hamburg Ballet, Clark Center for the Performing Arts, the Ailey School and the Ailey Extension, Harlem School of the Arts, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Warner Theatre in Torrington, CT, and RestorationART, among others. In recognition of his lifelong contributions to the arts, Ronald was honored with a Legacy Award by Morehouse College in 2024 at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Chapel. He has also dedicated many years to serving on the Bessie Awards Nominating Committee for Dance.
From 1994 to 2002, Mr. Alexander was a certified dance instructor with the New York City Department of Education. He has held numerous administrative and artistic roles, including Chairman of the Dance Department at the Harlem School of the Arts under the leadership of Betty Allen, School Supervisor at the Dance Theatre of Harlem School under Arthur Mitchell, Principal of Contemporary Arts, and Director of Education at the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Youth Arts Academy under Dr. Indira Etwaroo. Mr. Alexander holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Dance from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, as well as a certificate in School Supervision and Administration from the City College of New York. He was featured in the 2011 Dance Teacher Magazine article "Five Teachers, Five Venues." Most recently, he received the 2022 Dance Magazine Teacher of the Year Award and is currently a faculty member at the Ailey School in New York.
Ronald has dedicated his life to making dance accessible to communities across NYC and the world.

Angela Glover Blackwell is Founder in Residence at PolicyLink, the organization she started in 1999 to advance racial and economic equity for all. Under Angela’s leadership, PolicyLink gained national prominence in the movement to use public policy to improve access and opportunity for all low-income people and communities of color, particularly in the areas of health, housing, transportation, and infrastructure. Angela is also the host of the Radical Imagination podcast and Professor of Practice at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley. Prior to founding PolicyLink, Angela served as Senior Vice President at The Rockefeller Foundation. A lawyer by training, she gained national recognition as founder of the Urban Strategies Council. From 1977 to 1987, Angela was a partner at Public Advocates. Angela is the co-author of Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America’s Future, and she authored The Curb Cut Effect, published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review in 2017. As a leading voice in the movement for equity in America, Angela serves on numerous boards.  She has been a member of the Harlem Stage board since 2016.From 1994 to 2002, Mr. Alexander was a certified dance instructor with the New York City Department of Education. He has held numerous administrative and artistic roles, including Chairman of the Dance Department at the Harlem School of the Arts under the leadership of Betty Allen, School Supervisor at the Dance Theatre of Harlem School under Arthur Mitchell, Principal of Contemporary Arts, and Director of Education at the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Youth Arts Academy under Dr. Indira Etwaroo. Mr. Alexander holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Dance from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, as well as a certificate in School Supervision and Administration from the City College of New York. He was featured in the 2011 Dance Teacher Magazine article "Five Teachers, Five Venues." Most recently, he received the 2022 Dance Magazine Teacher of the Year Award and is currently a faculty member at the Ailey School in New York.
Ronald has dedicated his life to making dance accessible to communities across NYC and the world.

Jenna Bond is a writer/producer and strategist shaped by the niche and obscure lives of the fading New York City. Her work ranges from screen projects RUN THE WORLD (Starz) and OUR SHARED FUTURE for the Smithsonian, to launching special projects, ghostwriting op-eds and managing change strategy for high profile leaders in arts and entertainment.

Her career includes Vanguarde Media, Clinton Foundation, Havas PR, Apollo Theater and Writers Guild of America, East. Jenna’s philanthropic commitment is rooted in the arts, previously leading young patron efforts for the Clinton Foundation, Evidence, A Dance Company and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Jenna is a graduate of Wellesley College, Columbia Business School and Upright Citizens Brigade. Passionate about providing strategic support to artists, she was most recently a 2022 Visiting Critic for the Wassaic Project.

She has served on the Harlem Stage Board since 2022.

JoAnn K. Chase is a citizen of the Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Indian Nation, and was born and raised in the community of Twin Buttes, North Dakota. She currently serves in the Biden/Harris administration as the Director of the American Indian Environmental Office, Office of International and Tribal Affairs. She is a social justice advocate and innovative strategist committed to building a more inclusive democracy. After serving as the Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians, this country’s oldest and largest organization representing tribal governments, JoAnn moved to New York City to launch her own consulting company, The Chase Group. She joined the Harlem Stage board in 2016 and served as chair of the Harlem Stage Spring Gala that year. She served as Board President from 2019 to 2021.

Jamie Cannon launched Wonderland, a NYC-based startup focused on how modern digital tools can empower a new generation of musicians to be successful on their own terms. Jamie was previously a 15+ year veteran of Microsoft in Seattle where he held leadership positions in product management and product marketing. Of note, Jamie worked directly with Bill Gates on competitive strategy and the current CEO, Satya Nadella, on a refreshed strategy for engaging consumers with Microsoft products. Jamie believes in the transformative power of art with an emphasis on the critical role unique and diverse voices play in sustaining a vibrant culture. He has served on the board since 2020 and as Board Vice President since 2022.

Hugh Dancy is recognized for his role as “Will Graham” in the critically-praised series HANNIBAL on NBC, which earned him two Critic’s Choice Award nominations. He appeared in Tanya Wexler’s HYSTERIA, LATE NIGHT opposite writer and co-star Mindy Kaling, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE directed by Sean Durkin; ADAM directed by Max Mayer, CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC opposite Isla Fisher, BEYOND THE GATES opposite John Hurt. In the West End Hugh started in San Mendes’s final production at the Donmar Warehouse, TO THE GREEN FIELDS BEYOND, and on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning productions of JOURNEY’S END and VENUS IN FUR, as well as the celebrated Off Broadway productions of Roundabout Theatre Company’s APOLOGIA and MCC’s THE PRIDE. He played Cal in the critically acclaimed Hulu series THE PATH, and can also be seen in the miniseries DEADLINE GALLIPOLI, and ELIZABETH 1 opposite Helen Mirren, for which he received an Emmy nomination. Hugh was most recently seen in the final season of HOMELAND, and opposite Audra Mcdonald in THE GOOD FIGHT.

From 2007 to 2012, Courtney F. Lee-Mitchell headed development for Cine Mosaic, the NYC-based production company founded by Lydia Dean Pilcher. Since 2012, Courtney has been developing independent film/tv projects with an emphasis on prominent roles for men and women of color. Courtney is a graduate of UCLA School of Law and Bard College. She has been a Harlem Stage board member since 2015 and served as Board Vice President from 2019 to 2021.  She has served as Board President since 2021.

Larry McRae served as vice chairman and corporate development officer at Corning Incorporated until his retirement on January 1, 2024. In this role, McRae implemented strategies related to Corning’s business portfolio, partner agreements, and mergers and acquisitions. He was also responsible for managing global Government Affairs. Previously, he served as executive vice president, Strategy and Corporate Development. In this position, he was responsible for developing strategic approaches for activities across Corning’s business units, from partner agreements to business-portfolio decisions. McRae joined Corning in 1985 and held a broad range of leadership positions in finance, sales, marketing, and general management across various Corning businesses. In 1990, he was named manager, International Sales, Corning Life Sciences. In 1993, he became business director for Revere Ware Corporation, a unit of Corning Consumer Products Company. He was appointed vice president of Corning Consumer Products Company and president of Revere Ware Corporation in April 1995. He then moved to Telecommunications Products, where he served as division vice president, Global Development, from October 1996 to January 2000. McRae led Corporate Development since 2000 and has served on Corning’s Senior Leadership Team (formerly its Management Committee) since 2007. He was named vice chairman in 2015. Previously, McRae was a senior accountant with Price Waterhouse. McRae holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Morgan State University and a master’s degree from Harvard University. He has served on the board of directors for Hemlock Semiconductor Group, Dow Corning Corporation, Samsung Corning Advanced Glass, LLC, and Instant Brands (formerly Corelle Brands). He currently serves on the board of Anchor Hocking.

IPG’s Global Chief Diversity and Social Impact Officer. In this role, she is responsible for advancing IPG’s diversity, equity and inclusion objectives and continuing to strengthen the company’s progress to being one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies.
Throughout her career, she has developed and executed measurable diversity initiatives that amplify employee voices, build diverse pipelines of talent, mitigate bias in hiring and performance reviews and strengthen community partnerships to reach new audiences.
She has been a Harlem Stage Board Member since 2024.

LaChanze Sapp-Gooding is an Actor, Singer and Author. She has been a Harlem Stage Board member since 2017.

Tamara Tunie is an Actor, Producer, Director and Entertainment Consultant. She has been a Harlem Stage board member since 2009, and served as Board President from 2011 to 2019.

Mark Thomas is a Strategic Account Executive with Johnson Controls International. Mr. Thomas is an active volunteer with the USO of Metropolitan New York and Management Leadership for Tomorrow. He is a graduate of Tufts University and Columbia Business School and enjoys competing in Olympic Distance triathlons. He has been a Harlem Stage Board member since 2018 and has served as Board Treasurer since 2019.

Blair Washington is head of the Minority Depository Institution Engagement Diverse Financial Institutions Group. He is an impact banker who is dedicated to creating bridges between corporate finance, wealth creation, social change, and economic development in marginalized communities.

Michael A. Young is the President of Vision Marketing. He has been a Harlem Stage board member since 2009 and has served as Board Secretary since 2013.