Ballet Arizona’s 2023-2024 Season

Contemporary Council

Contemporary Council Officers

Anya Borshch

Anya Borshch

Chairwoman

Anya Borshch

Anya Borshch

Chairwoman

Chairwoman

Anya Borshch

Chairwoman

Kristin Heggli
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Kristin Heggli

Vice Chair

Kristin Heggli
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Kristin Heggli

Vice Chair

Vice Chair
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Kristin Heggli

Vice Chair

Norma Gutierrez
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Norma Gutierrez

Secretary

Norma Gutierrez
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Norma Gutierrez

Secretary

Secretary
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Norma Gutierrez

Secretary

Serena Remy
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Serena Remy

Treasurer

Serena Remy
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Serena Remy

Treasurer

Treasurer
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Serena Remy

Treasurer

Contemporary Council Members

Julie Anderson
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Julie Anderson

Julie Anderson
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Julie Anderson

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Julie Anderson

Rochelle Belsito
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Rochelle Belsito

From: Phoenix, Arizona

Rochelle Belsito
Rochelle

Rochelle Belsito

From: Phoenix, Arizona

Rochelle

Rochelle Belsito

From: Phoenix, Arizona

Jamie Brooke Forseth

Jamie Brooke Forseth

Jamie Brooke Forseth has held leadership roles across U.S. public finance, defense, and diplomacy.  Today she is head of research and business strategy at Tower Bay Asset Management, an alternative asset manager specializing in the $4 trillion U.S. municipal bond market. Her prior public finance roles include head of research at a credit hedge fund and lead strategist on Goldman Sachs’ municipal bond trading desk. She previously served as the director of global strategy and senior advisor to the Secretary of the Air Force at the Pentagon and the Ambassador’s personal chief of staff at the U.S. Embassy in Finland.

A native Arizonan, Forseth danced at Ballet Arizona while a student at Arizona School for the Arts. She went on to earn five degrees in five years from Arizona State University (bachelor’s degrees in violin performance, political science, English literature, and integrated Polish studies as well as a Master’s degree in political theory). She also holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management. She has performed solo violin for a U.S. President, Secretary of State, and Supreme Court Justice, but today is most at ease in the audience of performing arts organizations like Ballet Arizona.

Jamie Brooke Forseth

Jamie Brooke Forseth

Jamie Brooke Forseth has held leadership roles across U.S. public finance, defense, and diplomacy.  Today she is head of research and business strategy at Tower Bay Asset Management, an alternative asset manager specializing in the $4 trillion U.S. municipal bond market. Her prior public finance roles include head of research at a credit hedge fund and lead strategist on Goldman Sachs’ municipal bond trading desk. She previously served as the director of global strategy and senior advisor to the Secretary of the Air Force at the Pentagon and the Ambassador’s personal chief of staff at the U.S. Embassy in Finland.

A native Arizonan, Forseth danced at Ballet Arizona while a student at Arizona School for the Arts. She went on to earn five degrees in five years from Arizona State University (bachelor’s degrees in violin performance, political science, English literature, and integrated Polish studies as well as a Master’s degree in political theory). She also holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management. She has performed solo violin for a U.S. President, Secretary of State, and Supreme Court Justice, but today is most at ease in the audience of performing arts organizations like Ballet Arizona.

Jamie Brooke Forseth

Jamie Brooke Forseth has held leadership roles across U.S. public finance, defense, and diplomacy.  Today she is head of research and business strategy at Tower Bay Asset Management, an alternative asset manager specializing in the $4 trillion U.S. municipal bond market. Her prior public finance roles include head of research at a credit hedge fund and lead strategist on Goldman Sachs’ municipal bond trading desk. She previously served as the director of global strategy and senior advisor to the Secretary of the Air Force at the Pentagon and the Ambassador’s personal chief of staff at the U.S. Embassy in Finland.

A native Arizonan, Forseth danced at Ballet Arizona while a student at Arizona School for the Arts. She went on to earn five degrees in five years from Arizona State University (bachelor’s degrees in violin performance, political science, English literature, and integrated Polish studies as well as a Master’s degree in political theory). She also holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management. She has performed solo violin for a U.S. President, Secretary of State, and Supreme Court Justice, but today is most at ease in the audience of performing arts organizations like Ballet Arizona.

Dani McCune

Dani McCune

Bio coming soon!

Dani McCune

Dani McCune

Bio coming soon!

Dani McCune

Bio coming soon!

Tracy Olson
Tracy-Olson

Tracy Olson

Tracy Olson
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Tracy Olson

Tracy-Olson

Tracy Olson

Kathryn Preston

Kathryn Preston

Bio coming soon!

Kathryn Preston

Kathryn Preston

Bio coming soon!

Kathryn Preston

Bio coming soon!

Charlotte Rheingold
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Charlotte Rheingold

Charlotte Rheingold
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Charlotte Rheingold

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Charlotte Rheingold

Jordyn Siegfried
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Jordyn Siegfried

Jordyn Siegfried
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Jordyn Siegfried

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Jordyn Siegfried

Eleanor Umphres

Eleanor Umphres

Eleanor is an attorney and Captain in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps, serving as Area Defense Counsel on Luke Air Force Base.  She achieved a BA in International Affairs and Politics in Bruxelles, Belgium; a master’s in Social Work from Columbia University; and a J.D. from Georgetown Law.

Eleanor was trained classically at the Dallas Metropolitan Ballet.  She spent summers at the School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre in New York, San Francisco Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet.  She danced professionally with the Sacramento Ballet from 2004-2006 and is thrilled to support Ballet Arizona as a member of the Contemporary Council.

Eleanor Umphres

Eleanor Umphres

Eleanor is an attorney and Captain in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps, serving as Area Defense Counsel on Luke Air Force Base.  She achieved a BA in International Affairs and Politics in Bruxelles, Belgium; a master’s in Social Work from Columbia University; and a J.D. from Georgetown Law.

Eleanor was trained classically at the Dallas Metropolitan Ballet.  She spent summers at the School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre in New York, San Francisco Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet.  She danced professionally with the Sacramento Ballet from 2004-2006 and is thrilled to support Ballet Arizona as a member of the Contemporary Council.

Eleanor Umphres

Eleanor is an attorney and Captain in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps, serving as Area Defense Counsel on Luke Air Force Base.  She achieved a BA in International Affairs and Politics in Bruxelles, Belgium; a master’s in Social Work from Columbia University; and a J.D. from Georgetown Law.

Eleanor was trained classically at the Dallas Metropolitan Ballet.  She spent summers at the School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre in New York, San Francisco Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet.  She danced professionally with the Sacramento Ballet from 2004-2006 and is thrilled to support Ballet Arizona as a member of the Contemporary Council.

About the Contemporary Council

The Ballet Arizona Contemporary Council, Ballet Arizona’s junior board was formed by young leaders in Phoenix to reach a new population of community members and cultivate a passion for art and dance.

The Contemporary Council believes that one performance can change lives. The Council supports Ballet Arizona to foster the growth of a new generation of patrons of the ballet through creative fundraising, education, volunteering, and awareness.

To support this mission, The Contemporary Council creates exciting engagement and fundraising events for Ballet Barre Young Professionals’ Group. Check out our upcoming events, we would love to see you at our next event!

We are currently accepting new members! For more information, please contact Elyse Salisz at esalisz@balletaz.org

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