Ashland Regional Ballet - ARB Board of Directors

arb board of directors

President
William S. Harvey, CPA

Principal, Whitcomb & Hess, Inc. CPAs

Adjunct Instructor of Income Tax, Ohio State University, Mansfield

Treasurer of Board of Directors for BrainTree Business Incubator, Mansfield, Ohio

Finance Committee, Country Club of Ashland, Ohio

Ashland County Historical Society Endowment Committee

Adjunct Instructor of Accounting, Ashland University

Deacon Board Chair, Grace Bible Church, Lucas

Vice President
Becky A. Barnes

Ashland University Admissions

Lifelong resident of Ashland

Treasurer
Curt Schussler

Managing Director, Opus II Dance Studio since 1984

Technical Director/Stage Manager, Ashland Regional Ballet since 1989

Past Vice President, Ashland Regional Ballet

Lifelong resident of Ashland

Teri Augenstein

Past President, Ashland Welcome Wagon

Founding Member, Reading Enrichment Board at Trinity Lutheran Church

Past President, Ohio Child Conservation League - MAMA

Dr. Mark Ellis

Professor, The Ohio State University, Mansfield

Judge James D. Henson

Judge, General Division, Richland County Common Pleas Court since 1981

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Rehabilitation Service of North Central Ohio, Inc.

Advisory Board, Mansfield Playhouse

Member, Richland County Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, Mansfield Symphony Chorus, American Judicature Society, Kiwanis Club of Mansfield

Betsy Hire

Former Secretary and Fundraising Chairman of Friends of Ashland Regional Ballet

Becky Plank

Former Project Director of the Ashland County Council on Aging

Former City-County Council - sub committee for Bandshell Project

Woman of Achievement "Hope Award" in 1994

Participated in Leadership Ashland and the Citizens Police Academy

Recieved the Outstanding Agency Director Award from the United Way of Ashland County (2000)

Frederick Reeder

Professional singer, actor and director

Hellie Schussler

Former professional dancer, Dance Kaleidoscope, Indianapolis

Founding Artistic Director, Opus II Dance Studio 1982

Founding Artistic Director, ARB 1989

Current Executive Director, ARB

Former Adjunct Instructor in Dance, Ashland University

Former Board Member, OhioDance, serving the dance community in the state of Ohio

Former Choreographer, The Miss Ohio Scholarship Pageant (10 years)

Ashland County Woman of the Year, 1995 - Pioneer Spirit Award

Former Secretary, RDA/NE

Advisor
Douglas L. Brown

General Manager, Lippert Enterprises, Inc.

Graduate, Baldwin Wallace College, B.A. Business

Member, Grace Brethren Church

Ashland Jail Ministry Team

Lifelong Ashland resident

Advisor
Professor Murray Hudson

Professor, Theatre and Communication Arts, Ashland University

Former Vice President of Student Affairs, Ashland University

Former President, Ashland Symphony Orchestra

Former Vice President, Ashland Symphony Orchestra

Resident of Ashland since 1975

Advisor
Richard P. Wolfe, Attorney

Founding Board Member - Ashland Regional Ballet

Past President - Ashland Regional Ballet

Ashland City Law Director

Lifelong Resident of Ashland

Special Events Coordinator
Barbee Thomas

Secretary - Resources and Development
Shelley Bernhard

Manages family owned Holstein Dairy Farm in northern Richland County

Former Legal Secretary

Volunteer Harmony House Homeless Shelter

Mother of three children in the Crestview School District

Member - Adario United Methodist Church, chairperson for missions committee and teen class sunday school teacher