Maria Basile, Founder of sjDANCEco


Dance Faculty, San Jose State University

& DeAnza College
Resident: Santa Clara
Ph: 408-966-6430
Maria@sjdanceco.org
Joined 2003

sjdanceco staff

Gary Masters, Founder of sjDANCEco/Treasurer


Retired Associate Professor of Dance, San Jose State University
Resident: San Jose
Ph: 408-520-9247
Gary@sjdanceco.org
Joined 2003

Dan Nguyen


Joined 2016

Chloe Crotzer Administrative Director


sjDANCEco Administrative Director

and Festival/Event Coordinator
Ph: 408-520-9854
Chloe@sjdanceco.org
Joined 2017

Bambi Fleeman


Ballet Teacher

Resident: Palo Alto

Ph: 650-856-2232

bambiballet@gmail.com

Joined 2016

Melanie Doerner, Founder of sjDANCEco


Development Director for North Carolina Theatre
Resident: Raleigh, NC
Ph: 919-719-0800 x 8459
kopekm@hotmail.com
Joined 2003

Cindy Brain


Pilates Practioner & Educator
Resident: Los Gatos
cindybrainpilates@gmail.com
Joined 2016

Board of Directors

Thomas Hassing, President


​​Intellectual Property Law Attorney
Resident: San Jose
Ph: (408) 279-6498
Joined 2013

Maria West


Community Volunteer and

Part-Time Fitness Instructor
Resident: Monte Sereno
mariacwest@aol.com
Joined 2016

Donald Krenn


Senior Data Center Engineer
Resident: Cupertino

donksjdanceco@gmail.com 
Joined 2016