Board of Directors

  • Would you like to help NYIBC make a difference in the lives and careers of international talented dancers?

    We are looking to expand our board and seeking passionate and qualified individuals to make this happen. If you are interested, please let us know. We’d love to hear from you. Learn more.

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  • James A. Goldstein is a lawyer practicing in New York City as counsel to Simon, Eisenberg & Baum, LLP. Since his graduation from the Law School of the University of Virginia in 1962, where he was a member of the editorial board of the Law Review, he has gained wide business experience as counsel to numerous publically traded and privately held corporations. He is an entrepreneurial investor and is one of the founders and a managing partner of 548 La Guardia Associates; Happ Realty, LLC; Very Nice Apartments, LLC; 126 Bay Ave LLC; and G & G 153 Realty, LLC,. He is currently a member of the board of New York International Ballet Competition, Inc. and has served as its treasurer since its inception in 1984.

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  • Susan Jannetta a graduate of North Carolina School of the Arts and Carnegie-Mellon University, danced professionally in Pittsburgh and New York City until an injury cut short her dancing career. In 1982, she received an MBA from Tulane University and started a career in advertising, working on such accounts as Lever Brothers, Nestle and Cover Girl. She then moved to Philip Morris and spent 20 years working in several units of the company as a marketing executive and general manager both in the US and abroad. She recently retired from her position as a Global Brand Director at Philip Morris International in Lausanne, Switzerland, and has returned to New York City.Susan joined the board of NYIBC in January 2006.

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  • Adina Newman is the Market Intelligence Strategist at Kaye Scholer LLP, working in their Finance Practice. Prior to joining Kaye Scholer, she founded her own strategic research and advisory firm, providing advice to Fortune 100 companies. She also spent a decade as the Director of Research for Robinson Lerer & Montgomery (now RLM Finsbury), a strategic communications firm in New York City specializing in M&A, corporate reorganizations, restructurings and crisis management. She holds an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law, a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. from Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts. Ms. Newman is a member of the Board of Directors of Stephen Petronio Company, a dance organization in New York, and Chair of the Dean’s Alumni Circle of Eugene Lang College. She is a former ballet dancer and hopes to increase the involvement of young people in supporting dance and the arts.

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  • Sheila Peluso is a Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., a private investment firm in Manhattan, since 2005. Prior to joining Cerberus, Sheila spent four years at Chadbourne & Parke LLP as an Associate in the Corporate and Private Equity departments. She is a graduate of Binghamton University and of Cornell Law School.

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