Meet the Board

Our Board of Directors is composed of community members with a strong commitment to promoting dance in Steamboat Springs and surrounding areas.

SDT is actively recruiting members of the community who are passionate about dance to serve on the board and/or our sub-committees in Marketing, Events Planning, and Scholarships. Please email us today with a letter of interest if this speaks to you.

Pam was born in Los Angeles, California to parents who originated from Oahu, Hawaii. She is Chinese, Hawaiian, Japanese and Russian. Ever since her childhood, she has loved music, dance and drama. She plays flute, piano, some guitar and ukulele. She was in a hula troop during her high school years and often performed at parties and luaus. She also played Bloody Mary in the high school production of South Pacific. She worked for Mattel Toys for 25 years with 18 of those years on the iconic Barbie Brand before moving over to Hot Wheels and Nickelodeon.

After working days, nights, holidays and weekends for the past 13 years, she has finally Settled into a Monday through Friday position. This has provided her the time to Volunteer and take time to smell the roses. She is anxious to begin work as a new Board Member and hopes to bring some new and creative ideas to raise funds, recruit new members, increase financial development and maintain sustainability of the organization. She looks forward to a new adventure with the Steamboat Dance Theater and can’t wait to get to work. Let the show begin!

Kelsey has lived in Steamboat Springs since 2009, and it was only a year after moving here that she found Steamboat Dance Theatre. Throughout the last 10 years, Kelsey has been a member of Steamboat Dance Theatre as a dancer, a board member, and is currently serving as the Treasurer for the organization. SDT has been such an amazing way to stay connected to the local dance community for Kelsey, and over the years, she’s made wonderful friendships and connections within the program. Professionally, Kelsey is the Director of Marketing for Steamboat Sotheby’s International Realty. When she’s not hard at work, she enjoys spending plenty of time with friends, skiing, hiking, fishing, and camping with her husband, Chad, and their two dogs.

Melanie is a Colorado native. She was raised in the Yampa Valley and is proud of her Steamboat heritage. She has always enjoyed watching the annual concert, and decided to start dancing in 2016, to show her children that even when something is intimidating, you can do anything you put your mind to. Though she has never studied dance, her level of kitchen dancing is pretty impressive! Formerly having worked at Elevation Dance Studio, she experienced firsthand the impact of the scholarship program on a daily basis and decided to join the board to take her passion for dance to another level, and give back to the organization. She has established many friendships in SDT and is happy to be stepping up to help further the organization’s success. She is a wife and mother of 2 children, 6 dogs, 10 chickens, and 9 goats.

Tiana has deep rooted ties to dance in the Yampa Valley. She moved to Steamboat Springs at 16 years old and began teaching Jazz at Ballet Northwest (Julie Sneden-Carlson). After high school graduation, she pursued professional dance training in college and performed with the theatrical Hip Hop Company, Motion Underground (Boulder, Colorado). Upon returning to Steamboat Springs after college, she continued to teach for nearly 25 years in Routt County and the Front Range. Tiana previously held positions as VP of Steamboat Dance Theatre, SDT Annual Concert Artistic Director, Choreographer, and Dancer. She served as the Program and Competition Director for Elevation Dance Studio for 13 years. Tiana brings a unique perspective not only as a former professional dancer but also as a community member and parent of a pre-professional ballet dancer.