The APAP Emerging Leadership Institute (ELI) is an intensive two and a half-day leadership seminar that happens before and during the annual APAP|NYC conference.
Learn more about ELI here.
Congratulations to the Class of 2025 of 44 early-career professionals who will learn about leadership and then take that knowledge and apply it first-hand. As part of the program, they will participate fully in the
APAP|NYC 2025 conference in New York City from January 10-14, 2025.
Adam Ercolani, Zoellner Arts Center at Lehigh University
Alex Woody, Midland Center for the Arts
Audrey Seraphin, New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA)
Calvin Johnson, IMG Artists
Carrli Cooper, TT Partners
Cheryl Edson, Duke Arts
Christina Alva, Green Music Center at Sonoma State University
Christopher Carvalho, White Bird Dance
Daniela Esteves, John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Deanna Nagle, Center for the Performing Arts at Pennsylvania State University
Emma McKenzie, Coppell Arts Center
Gauri Mangala, Broadway & Beyond Theatricals
Grace Atkins, Opening Nights
Grace Davidson-Thooft, Historic Holmes Theatre—DLCCC, Inc.
Hannah Feuka, Marquee Arts / Michigan Theater Foundation
Isaac Galliher, The Carson Center for the Performing Arts
Isabel Barone, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University
Jane Schiermeyer Hansen, Lied Center for Performing Arts
Jannet Galdamez, CONTRA-TIEMPO Activist Dance Theater
Jasmine Hirt, Germantown Performing Arts Center
Jimmy Cornn, Boyle County Performing Arts Center
Karina Zaidé Sainz , CONTRA-TIEMPO
Kristen Taylor, Taylor Made Inc
Laura Stellwagon, Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Lexis Hamilton, University of Wyoming - Buchanan Center
Lydia Jialu Li, A Todo Dar Productions
Mac Gittinger, Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center
Manon Manavit, Goddard Riverside Community Arts Program
Mari Takeda, Boulanger Initiative
Max Gustafson, Presidio Theatre
Melanie Katz, Skirball Cultural Center
Mikaela Boone, FringeArts
Purna Venugopalan, Nava Dance Theatre
Ricky Moats, Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Roshni Lavelle, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Samantha Whipple, Sheldon Theatre of Performing Arts
Shayna Super, ArtsQuest
Socks Whitmore, CIPA
Steven Palacio, MKI Artists
Tess Reinhold, Vilar Performing Arts Center
Tiffany Schmidt, KAMBARA+
Tyra Ike-Asogwa, INNERGY
Walter Yee, Celebrity Series of Boston
Yura Sapi, LiberArte Inc.
