Courtney J. Boddie is a New York City-based executive leader, consultant, creative artist, facilitator, professor, advisor and mentor.  As Vice President of Education & School Engagement at New 42, Ms. Boddie oversees all the New Victory School programs serving over 200 NYC schools, after schools and summer programs. Under her leadership, recent arts access initiatives include Teach with GIVE, New Victory Arts Education Resource Library and Speak Up Act Out: Celebrating Student Voices. Notable Recognition: New 42: Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre (2025); amNY Metro & PoliticsNY Power Players in Education (2024), Crain’s New York Notable Black Leader and Executive (2021) and TYA/USA’s Community Impact Award (2019). 

Courtney is a co-chair for the Arts Advisory Committee of the Mayor’s Panel for Educational Policy. She is an alumnus of and adjunct faculty in the Educational Theatre Graduate Program at New York University. She is the Creator/Host of Teaching Artistry podcast, featuring conversations with artists and arts education leaders. She is an alumni Artist Fellow of and sits on the Curatorial Committee for the Hermitage Artist Retreat. In her 25+ year career, she has sat on several boards and presented at numerous local, national and international conferences. As a theater maker and improv performer, she is a founding member of a space between and an ensemble member of NYC Queer Playback Theater.

Christine Leahy is a Program Director at the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). She manages the peer panel review process for the agency’s Arts Education and Literature panels, and supports initiatives that serve those fields. These initiatives include investments in creative aging, equity in the classical music pathway, and targeted support for teaching artists, literary publishers and presenters. Christine formerly worked for the artist Jenny Holzer and in the Education department at the Williams College Museum of Art, and has written for The New York Times and National Public Radio.

Kimberly Olsen is an arts educator and advocate based in Long Island City, Queens. As Executive Director of the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable, Kim works with a large network of cultural organizations and arts educators to provide strategic field-wide leadership, create community-led learning spaces, and advocate for arts education in New York City and New York State. Kim serves on NYC Public Schools’ Arts Advisory Committee and was a Committee Member on Mayor Eric Adams’ Transition Committee on Arts, Parks, and Culture. She received special recognition for her advocacy and service to the arts education community by the Bronx Arts Ensemble (50th Anniversary Gala Honoree) and MuseumHue (2025 Advocate Award). Kim oversaw the creation and administration of the largest COVID-19 teaching artist emergency relief fund in the country, bridging public and private support to regrant over $1M to NYC teaching artists. In 2024, she was acknowledged as part of City & State’s inaugural Arts & Culture Power 100 list.

Prior to joining the Roundtable in 2017, Kim had a prolific career as a teaching artist working with students Pre-K to adult in over 50 schools across the tristate area with a focus on teaching theatre in District 75 schools. She currently teaches in the Graduate Program in Educational Theatre at the City College of NY and has worked with ArtsConnection, NY City Center, Queens Theatre, and McCarter Theatre Center. She holds a MS in Educational Theatre from the City College of NY and a BS in Childhood & Special Education from SUNY Geneseo where she also received her NY State Teaching Certification.

Educator, choreographer, and dancer Mary Suk holds a MA in Dance and Dance Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and a BA in English from Dartmouth College. She currently works as a Teaching Artist for New York City Ballet, Dancing Classrooms, and Franklin Furnace Archive among others. In addition to performing her own work at Joe’s Pub, Aaron Davis Hall, and The Joyce SoHo, as a dancer she has performed with Claire Porter and jill sigman/thinkdance. She has been an active member of jill sigman/thinkdance’s Social Justice Movement Lab for the past two years. Since 2013, she has served as Franklin Furnace Archive’s Financial Manager. She currently lives in Queens with her husband, three cats, and her dog.

Gregory Youdan Jr. (he/him) is a research scientist specializing in movement science and arts-based research. He is on faculty in the Dance Division at The Juilliard School, teaching Anatomy and Kinesiology for Dancers. Previously, Greg has served on the faculty at Columbia University, New York University, Hollins University, and CUNY Lehman College. He completed a dance research assistantship at Brown University. As a researcher, Greg has published in several academic journals, including Clinical Biomechanics, Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation, and Human Movement Science. He has presented scientific research at various academic conferences, including the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the Performing Arts Medicine Association. 

He was a 2021 National Association for Latino Arts and Cultures Advocacy Fellow and 2021 Latin Impact Honoree. He is a Latinx Dance Educators Alliance member and served on the steering committee to plan the inaugural Convivencia. Currently, Greg serves as the chair of the development committee for the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS) and is on the review board for the Journal of Dance Education. As a dancer, Greg performed with the NY Baroque Dance Company, Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble, David Parker and the Bang Group, and Heidi Latsky Dance, where he now serves as a board member. Greg is a Wertheimer Fellow through Mark Morris Dance Group’s Dance for PD® program and is a teaching artist in their Dance for PD en Español program. He holds dual master’s degrees from Teachers College, Columbia University, in Motor Control and Applied Statistics, and a BA in Dance from Hofstra University.