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NDI New Mexico Building our future Contents United Rentals is proud to support NDI New Mexico 10 Message from the Executive Director and Board Chair 11 Board of Directors & Emeritus Board 12 NDI New Mexico: Past, Present and Future 18 Honoring Estelle Yates 20 Evaluation & Impact 22 This Year at The Dance Barns & The Hiland The Dance Barns Powerful Partnerships 1140 Alto Street 26 Santa Fe, NM 87501 28 A Bright Future Ahead: The Campaign for Albuquerque Phone (505) 983-7646 Fax (505) 983-7666 35 Statewide Celebration Graduates The Hiland 44 NDI New Mexico Staff 4800 Central Avenue SE Giving the Gift of Excellence Albuquerque, NM 87108 46 Phone (505) 872-1800 Silver Sneakers Society Fax (505) 872-2669 49 58 Annual Fund Supporters www.ndi-nm.org 68 Gala & Special Event Sponsors 70 Volunteer Leadership Photo Credits: 72 Corporate Partners Kristin Macdonald, Insightfoto.com, Kate Russell Photography, 74 Special Friends Matt Oberer Photography. 84 Business Listings To purchase an advertisement or 88 Advertisers Index business listing, contact NDI New Mexico at 505) 983-7646 x 135. Program Books generously donated by 800-UR-RENTS NDI New Mexico unitedrentals.com 20th Anniversary | ndi-nm.org | 3 PROUD SUPPORTERS Teach Kids Rosemont Realty is proud to support NDI New Mexico and the invaluable service it provides our many communities throughout the state. We strive for excellence in our business and appreciate Excellence what NDI NM and their programs do to accomplish this with our youth in New Mexico. It gives us all something to celebrate. Congratulations NDI on 20 years of teaching discipline, confi dence and success! W r ru t DIRECTOR sponsor of the NDI Gala Adaptability | Innovation | Solutions Experience Community Banking Call, stop by, or visit our website today. Headquartered in Santa Fe, Rosemont Realty is a fully Kate Russell Photography integrated market leader in major commercial property All offi ces 505-992-2000 I www.fnb-sf.com acquisition and asset management, operating in over 23 states with a portfolio over 17 million square feet. Santa Fe I Eldorado I Los Alamos I Albuquerque Member FDIC www.RosemontRealty.com > We are pleased to welcome NDI board chair Beth Moise to the First National Bank of Santa Fe board of directors. NDI New Mexico 20th Anniversary | ndi-nm.org | 5 1182012_11517 Trim: 9x11.5 Live: 8.5x11 4c KLINGER CONSTRUCTORS Congratulates NDI-NM for Two Decades of Positive Development of New Mexico’s Children Klinger has been a proud NDI-NM Sponsor since 2002 When you shape young minds, you shape the future The work you’re doing today will make a difference for years to come — to your students, and to the world they live in. Wells Fargo is proud to acknowledge NDI New Mexico. wellsfargo.com © 2014 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. www.klingerllc.com Member FDIC. (1182012_11517) NDI New Mexico 1182012_11517 9x11.5 4c.indd 1 3/21/14 2:16 PM PQ_L203027 1a Santa Fe The Dance Barns Behind You 4C Ad.pdf 1 3/14/12 2:08 PM Comcast_ NDINWad2013_2_Comcast_ NDINWad2013_2 2/26/13 3:34 PM Page 1 Comcast proudly supportsNDI New Mexico to power dreams in our communities. Digital literacy is key to unlocking opportunity. It affords unlimited potential in a world where information technologies touch nearly every aspect of our lives. That’s why Comcast is committed to bringing the power of the Internet to more low-income families across New Mexico. Our Internet Essentials program offers affordable home Internet service, a low-cost computer, and free digital literacy training. Learn more: www.InternetEssentials.com Message from Our Board Chair NDI New Mexico Board of Directors Welcome to today’s performance and NDI New Mexico’s 20th Anniversary! In this milestone year we are celebrating our belief in children, our commitment to excellence, and our Core Four values: Work Hard, Do Your Best, Never Give Up, and Be Healthy! Since inception, NDI New Mexico has served 75,000 children with programs that engage and inspire them to be their best. For many children, our unique methodology of using the arts to teach life lessons has been a key to unlocking a path to learning and success. This year, NDI New Mexico programs have set the stage for improved health, academic achievement, self-confidence, and quality of life for 7,650 children, 425 teachers, and 68,000 audience members around the state. We wish to recognize all the people who have helped make the past 20 years so special and spectacular. Our public school teachers, principals and administrators have supported our weekly classes. Our instructors and musicians have created joyful classroom experiences and inspiring performances that will serve as memories for a lifetime. Our parents, families, and audience members have attended shows and cheered for the performers’ achievement and excellence. Our public officials have forged strong partnerships to make our programs accessible to our communities. Our donors and volunteers have generously given from their hearts to make it all possible. NDI New Mexico has helped my students This year we are also thrilled to announce the completion of the third and final phase of renovation at The Hiland Theater in Albuquerque. see the benefits of The neighborhood is already becoming more vibrant and alive with Beth Moise, Chair Cynthia Delgado Mayo Miller activity and the facility is filled each day with children and programs. diligent , and team work Our afterschool, weekend, and summer classes are open to all children Diane Doniger, Vice Chair Valerie T. Diker, Founding Chair Barbara Moore has enabled them to take in the community and we thank the many donors, public officials, Charles W. N. Thompson, Jr., Treasurer Diane Fisher Windle Priem families, friends, and staff who worked so hard to make it all possible. Leslie Nathanson Juris, Secretary David Foster Luci Tapahonso ownership of the fruits Catherine Oppenheimer, Co-Founder James E. Goodwin, Jr. Carrie Terrell of their concerted effort. We hope you are inspired by the enthusiastic smiles, energy, and Jacques d’Amboise, Co-Founder Medora Jennings Garrett Thornburg possibilities you see on stage today. Together we are helping prepare Nancy Blaugrund Katherine Jetter Meredith Tinsley children for a positive future. Here’s to the next 20 years! Julia B. Bowdich Gerald Landgraf Paul N. Weaver III -Sarah Saenz, Teacher, Louise Campbell-Tolber Linda DiPaolo Love Dolores Gonzales Yours in Teaching Children Excellence, Elementary, Albuquerque Russell Baker Beth Moise Executive Director NDI New Mexico Board Chair Emeritus Board Dianne Chalmers Jean Knapp David Chase Edward Lujan William Cowles Ambassador Frank Ortiz (in memoriam) Michael D’Alfonso Joseph L. Ponce Susan Dubin Frauke Roth Patricia Friedman Cindy Johns NDI New Mexico 20th Anniversary | ndi-nm.org | 11 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE Thank You to All of Our Board Members Dorathi Bock Pierre SCHOLARSHIP Norm Becker Lainie Grimmer John Silver Katherine Jetter Burrell Shirley Berger* Cindy Johns Joan Sobel Gerald Landgraf Dorothy Black Jean Knapp Paul Sowards Linda DiPaolo Love Lee Blaugrund Sam Leyba Kelly Stranahan Mayo W. Miller Richard Brenner Robert E. Linton Caroline Thompson Beth Moise Peter Brill Edward Lujan Eileen Wells Barbara Moore Jenne Britell Fran Mullin Robert P. Worcester Leslie Nathanson Juris Dianne Chalmers Suzanne Ortega Kathy Zangara Catherine Oppenheimer David Chase Ambassador Frank Ortiz * Nancy Blaugrund Windle Priem Kati Coppler Joseph L. Ponce Julia B. Bowdich Luci Tapahonso Tom Cordova Sandra Purrington Louise Campbell-Tolber Carrie Terrell William Cowles Katie Reed Jacques d’Amboise Charles W.N. Michael D’Alfonso Barbara Riley Cynthia Delgado Thompson, Jr. Michael C. Daly Elizabeth Romero Valerie T. Diker Garrett Thornburg Susan Dubin Jane Rote Diane Doniger Meredith Tinsley Greg Ellena Frauke Roth Diane Fisher Paul N. Weaver III Pam Fogel DeDe Schumacher David Foster *deceased Patricia Friedman Shahseen Shah James E. Goodwin, Jr. Mark Gelber Benny Shendo Medora Jennings Thank You Past Board Chairs Little is given to dreamers, Valerie T. Diker, Founding Chair David Chase much is given to builders, Jean Knapp Medora Jennings but most is given to dreamer-builders. Susan Dubin Cynthia Delgado Catherine Oppenheimer Gerald Landgraf The Dorathi Bock Pierre Scholarship provides the opportunity for 31 students to participate in NDI New Mexico in-school programs annually and honors the memory of dancer and dance aficionado, Dorathi Bock Pierre. Thank you to the 305 donors that have contributed to this scholarship fund in the NDI New Mexico endowment. If you would like to become number 306, please contact Aline Harris-Ellis at (505) 983-7646 x 121. Join John C. Herklotz in being a dreamer-builder. NDI New Mexico work HARD DO your best NEVER GIVE UP BE healthy By teaching the “Core Four” – work hard, do your best, never give up and be healthy - NDI New Mexico’s programs give students the skills and attitudes to overcome obstacles and gain the confidence, tenacity and hard work ethic necessary to succeed in life. Since 1994, NDI New Mexico has helped more than 70,000 of New Mexico’s underserved children by stepping up to meet head-on the educational, health, and other challenges they face. Our instructors and musicians are the “key 20 ingredient” that brings our mission to life, inspiring students and transforming YEARSof ordinary spaces through music and movement. Instructors also reinforce our most important message – that it takes NDI New Mexico energy and effort to achieve excellence! teaching children excellence continued... NDI New Mexico 20th Anniversary | ndi-nm.org | 15 SpotLIGHT ON SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO NDI New Mexico programs are growing in Southeast New Mexico! Thanks to generous funding from The S.P. and Estelle Yates Family Foundation as well as the J. F Maddox Foundation, we are serving more children than ever before and training staff dedicated to working in the region… and we’re just getting started.