Special Friends

THANK YOU SPECIAL FRIENDS

Nancy Blaugrund, Louise Campbell-Tolber, Ken DeBettignies and Miles Wolf for serving on the ALBUQUERQUE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

Lucy Higgins for serving on the SANTA FE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

Brian McGrath for serving on the FINANCE COMMITTEE.

John Burnham, Susan Dubin, Lon Erickson, Joelle

Mevi, and Charlie Wilson for your expertise on the INVESTMENT COMMITTEE. And thanks to Charles Thompson for your special project support this year.

Peter Frank for Chairing and Carol Cochran and Jim Goodwin for serving on the AUDIT COMMITTEE.

Ed Thorne and Ocean Munds-Dry for your insights on the STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE.

A special thank you to the Thomas R. Nickoloff Family Foundation and New Mexico PBS,

COLORES!, New Mexico Magazine, TOURISM Santa

Fe, Visit Las Cruces, and New Mexico Department of Tourism. Their premiere partnership of VASTNESS, A Socially Distanced Dance Film for a Global Pandemic presented by NDI New Mexico, enabled us to reach a much larger audience with a message of creativity and impact.

For helping with our Virtual Gala filming: Sarah Bradley, Principal, Nicole Mora-Atencio, Assistant Principal, and Trish Curran, PE Teacher at Enos Garcia Elementary School in Taos. Christy Sigmon, Principal at Janet Kahn School of Integrated Arts in Albuquerque. Jack Lain, Principal and Lara Becker, 4th Grade Teacher at El Camino Real Academy in Santa Fe. Tina Morris, Principal at Aspen Community Magnet School in Santa Fe. Laurie Ocompo, Principal at Parkview Elementary School in Socorro. Sherri Rodriguez at Tony E. Quintana Elementary School in Espanola. Barbara V. Lopez and City of Santa Fe Parks and Recreation. Brittany Snyder and the Santa Fe Fire Department. Robbin McClain and the Anderson Abruzzo

Albuquerque International Balloon Museum.

JJ Mancini, Danny McBride, and Mr. Sprinkles the Hot Air Balloon! Jen Tapia and the Santa Fe film office. Rebecca Cavalier and the ABQ film office. Garcia Automotive for donating the Glorieta Station venue space for our Albuquerque VIP Gala Donor car party.

For participating in our virtual Fall Founders’ Circle events, NDI New Mexico alumni Eli Barnes, Gabriella Ottersberg-Enriquez, Charlotte Martinez,

Jesse Martinez, Terrance Matthews, Tess Montoya,

and Hugo Pizano.

For helping us learn about Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility, many local friends and experts Including Dr. Estevan Rael-Galvez, Vanessa

Roanhorse, Michele Reeves, Trey Hammond, Tony Watkins, Angela Herrera, Dianna Dorn-Jones, Michelle Melendez, Joey Torres, Robin Hindsman Stacia, Dolores Roybal, Dianna Langenburg, Alana Tomasita Moriarty, Marcia Warren Edelman,

Everette Hill, and Ian Esquivel.

Event Week Celebration co-presenting partners

Thornburg Investment Management, New Mexico

School for the Arts, Performance Santa Fe, and National Hispanic Cultural Center. Ballet master class teacher Daniel Ulbricht. And for participating in our Dance On Film discussion about the Merrill Brockway Library, Catherine Oppenheimer, Nancy Zeckendorf, and Tom Maguire.

Thank you to New Mexico Dancewear for providing support to NDI’s Run for the Thrills Virtual Run.

Thank you to Jamai Blivin of Innovate+Educate for providing a marketing internship for social media alumni development.

All of our Public Elementary Classroom Teachers,

In-school Coordinators, and Administrations for their commitment and helping our virtual programs run smoothly throughout the year.

Thank you to our special master class teachers who provided excellent virtual learning opportunities from around the world this year: Monica Lima,

Mark Yonally, Natalia Bashkatova, Arleane Lopez, Omar de Jesus Roman, Daniel Fetecua, Dylis Croman, Jorge Villarini, Shelly Fofana, Matt Lopez, Olaya Muentes, Jessica Starr, Sebastian Villarini, Yanelis Rodriguez, Simona de Tullio, Jose Losada,

Jenny Sosa, and Laura Valentin.