Jill Catherine CV www.jillcatherine.org
CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL DANCER + DRUMMER + ADMINISTRATOR
National Dance Training (+ongoing) West African Dance (Hawaii, New York, California, Seattle) 2002+ Brazilian Dance (New York, California, Seattle) 2014+ Cuban Salsa and Folkloric Dance (New York, California) 2013+ Hula and Tahitian Dance (Hawaii) 2017+
International Dance Training Bharatanatyam Classical Indian Dance (Chennai, India) December 2013 Cuban Salsa and Folkloric Dance + Drum (Havana + Santiago, Cuba) July 2017
Drum Training West African Drumming (Hawaii, New York) 2002 Afro-Cuban Drumming (Santiago, Cuba) 2017
Dance Companies Wacheva Dance & Drum 2004-2014
Performance Venues Syracuse University, Ithaca College, Canisius College, Hamilton College, Cazenovia College, SUNY Cortland State College, SUNY Oswego State, Onondaga Community College, Finger lakes Community College, North Country Community College, Saranac Lake Community College, Elmira College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Jefferson Community College, Lehman College, Wells College, LeMoyne College, Utica College Hudson Valley Community College, Keuka College, Onondaga Hill Middle School, Stonehedge Elementary School, Gillette Road Middle School, Danforth Middle School, Deryder Elementary School, Fitzugh Elementary School, Kingsford Park School, Union Springs Middle School, Diven Elementary School, Millard Hawk Primary School, West Genesee High School, New Haven Elementary School, Granby Elementary School, Lanigan Elementary School, Onondaga Road Elementary School, Madison Central School, Utica Central Schools, MUSE Conference, Santa Cruz Ethnic Dance Festival Oswego Harborfest, NYS Fair, Ithaca Festival, Westcott Cultural Fair, Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival, Open Hand Theatre, Onondaga Dance Institute, Mayfest,, Syracuse Juneteenth, Everson Museum of Art, Island Health Fitness, Sacketts Harbor
Performance Links Four Seasons to Joy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh_DVlVEh5g It Begins with a Question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCnCAy10nXU
UPDATED 2.3.18 Traditional West African Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_FrgtpypmY&list=PLBq1qELyh- LL_x1aYqmBJ8ja1zKw-SveL&index=1
Teaching Weekly Dance Class (Oahu, Hawaii) 2018+ Dance Class, Performing Arts Abroad, (Nairobi, Kenya) 2018 Weekly Dance Class (Wacheva Dance & Drum Center) 2009-2014 Weekly Women’s Drumming (Wacheva Dance & Drum Center) 2009-2014 Dance + Drum Workshops (New York, Hawaii) 2014-2018
Cultural Arts Administration Co-Founder Wacheva Dance & Drum Cultural Arts (New York) 2003-2014 Co-Director Wacheva Dance & Drum Center (New York) 2009-2014
PERFORMER (SOLOIST) + SPEAKER + FACILITATOR
Speaking, Performing (Soloist), Retreat Facilitation Keynote Speaker, Leadership Greater Syracuse, 2018 Speaker, TEDx Syracuse University, 2018 Speaker + Performer, Women of Strength Conference, 2017 Speaker + Performer, Syracuse University Athletics, 2017 Speaker + Performer, Penn State, 2017 Facilitator, SOULscape Syracuse University Student Development, 2015-2018 Performer, Oiselle Event @ U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials (Oregon), 2016 Performer, MUSE Conference, 2016 Keynote Speaker + Performer, Syracuse University Gamma Phi Beta Wellness Week, 2017 Keynote Speaker + Performer, St. Lawrence University National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, 2016 Keynote Speaker + Performer, Colgate University National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, 2016 Keynote Speaker + Performer, Binghamton University National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, 2016 Speaker, Wellesley College Life Skills Event, 2016 Facilitator, Wellesley College Office of Religious & Spiritual Life Professional Development, 2016 Speaker, Port-Byron Central Schools Wellness Fair, 2016 Speaker, Oneida Nutritionist Association Professional Development, 2016 Speaker, Cicero-North Syracuse Professional Development Nurses & Coaches, 2016 + 2015 Speaker, Lake Effect Half Marathon, 2016 & 2015 Keynote, Monroe Valley Community College National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, 2015
UPDATED 2.3.18 Keynote Speaker and Performer, Amherst College National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, 2015 Speaker + Performer, Annual Erin Leah Robarge Conference by Upstate NYED Service, 2010, 2014, 2015 Speaker, Tri-Delta Cornell University Fat Talk Free Week, 2015 Speaker, Mind Matters Cornell University, 2015 Speaker, Ophelia’s Place Seminar Series on Body Image and Eating Disorder Awareness, 2015 Facilitator, Dimensions Syracuse University Student Development, 2015 Speaker, SHAPES Syracuse University National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, 2015 Keynote Speaker & Performer, Easter Seals Vermont Professional Development, 2014 Keynote Speaker & Performer, HeadStart Syracuse Professional Development, 2014 Keynote Speaker & Performer, Families Together CNY Professional Development, 2014 Speaker, Liverpool High School Assembly, 2014 & 2004 Speaker + Performer, Nature-Tyme Wellness Series, 2014 Facilitator, Syracuse University Student Leadership Institute, 2012, 2013, 2014 Facilitator/Outdoor Guide, America’s Adventure, 2001
COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE + CONSULTING
Director of Communications + Education, Ophelia’s Place, 2016-2018 Consulting, Syracuse University, Office of Health Promotions, 2015-2018 Consulting, Iliff School of Theology, Office of the President, 2016 Consulting, Wellesley College, Office of Religious & Spiritual Life, 2016 Consulting, Wacheva Cultural Arts, 2014-2016 Director of Communications, Syracuse University’s Division of Student Affairs, 2011-2014 Communications Assistant, Syracuse University’s Athletics Communications, 2008-2011 Consulting, YMCA of Greater Syracuse, Office of Fitness/Wellness, 2008
SPOKESPERSON, MENTOR, EDUCATOR
Spokesperson + Educator, Ophelia’s Place, 2014-2018 Mentor + Educator, Upstate New York Eating Disorder Service, 2015-2018 Mentor, KMB for Answers, 2015-2016 Mentor, Soulful Sit-Downs @ Syracuse University, 2015-2016
GRANT WRITING
Allyn Foundation, $30,000 awarded, 2018 Onondaga County Grant, $30,000, 2018
UPDATED 2.3.18 Hilda Davis Grant, $15,000 awarded, 2018 New York Foundation of the Arts, $7000 awarded, 2015 Lerner Center for Public Health, $3,500 awarded, 2015 Jubiliation Foundation, $10,000 awarded, 2015 UNSAAC Grant, $60,000+ awarded, 2010-2015 CNY Community Foundation, $3,000 awarded, 2011 CNY Arts, $3,000 awarded, 2004, 2005 & 2011 CNY Community Foundation, $12,000 awarded, 2009 Syracuse University, $20,000 awarded, 2009 Chancellor’s Feinstone Grant for Multicultural Initiatives, $1,500 awarded to Jill Catherine, 2014
FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION
Annual Giving, $10,000 Ophelia’s Place, 2018, 2017, 2015 Annual Giving, $10,000+ Wacheva Cultural Arts, 2010-2015 Annual Giving, $5,000 Ophelia’s Place, 2014 Capital Improvement, $40,000 Wacheva Cultural Arts, 2010
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
Kenya, Ivory Coast, India, Turkey, New Zealand, Italy, Belize, South Africa
TRAININGS & CONFERENCES
The Body Positive Psychotherapy 10 CE hour online course, 2015 Conversations About Race & Ethnicity Facilitator, Syracuse University & InterFaith Works, 2013 Creating Change on LGBT Equality, 2013 Search Marketing Expo Digital & Social Media, 2013
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s degree in communications and sports information (Ithaca College) 1999 Women’s volleyball team + NCAA Final Four participant (Ithaca College) 1995-1997
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AWARDS
Foundation Award for Outstanding Staff Ally, Syracuse University LGBT Resource Center, 2014 Hall of Fame Inductee, Liverpool High School Athletics, 2002
PRESS
• Syracuse Women Magazine Cover, http://www.44hearts.org/stories/syracuse-woman- cover/ • Syracuse Woman Magazine Story, http://issuu.com/syracusewomanmag/docs/swm_dec15issue?e=3224176/31774576 #search • Ch. 9 Bridge Street Eating Disorder Awareness, http://theusdaily.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=3765527&type=EntertainmentTv • Time Warner News Feature, http://www.twcnews.com/nys/central- ny/news/2015/08/1/cafe-407-serves-up-more-than-healthy-food.html • Teen Talk Podcast, 2014, Part 1 http://www.teentalkradio.org/mp3/2014-Oct-31- Wellness-and-Body-Image.mp3; Part 2 http://www.teentalkradio.org/mp3/2014-Nov- 17-Wellness-Body-Cafe407-part-2.mp3 • Syracuse University Newhouse Feature, http://newhouse.syr.edu/news- events/news/trf-senior-travels-india-document-following-your-heart-through- adventures • Syracuse University News Feature http://news.syr.edu/when-your-heart-speaks-film- screening-and-performance-84538/ • Ch. 9 Bridge Street Mind-Body Connection, http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20141106/2229153/Jill-Catherine-on-Bridge- Street.htm • Syracuse Post-Standard Faith Series, http://topics.syracuse.com/tag/Daily%20Inspiration/posts-26.html • Syracuse Women Magazine Feature, http://issuu.com/syracusewomanmag/docs/swm_nov2011final/48?e=3224176/3140 513
REFERENCES
UPDATED 2.3.18 Georgia Popoff, Artistic Colleague and Mentor 315-382-0973, [email protected]
Mary Ellen Clausen, CEO of Ophelia’s Place, Former Supervisor 315-451-5544, [email protected]
Holli Zehring, Director of Ophelia’s Place, Former Supervisor 315-451-5544, [email protected]
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