Michelle VanHuss is Director of Touring and University Initiatives with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC). Celebrating its 50th anniversary, DCDC is a nationally recognized, touring repertory contemporary dance company rooted in the African-American experience. She holds a BFA in Dance from New World School of the Arts/University of Florida and Master of Public Administration from Wright State University. She was a 2016 Dance/USA Institute for Leadership Training Mentee and a 2017 Arts Midwest David A. Fraher Future Leader Award recipient. Michelle also serves as a member of the Centerville Arts Commission in Centerville, Ohio, Ohio Arts Council grant panelist, and Miami Valley High School Theatre Awards adjudicator.