CMDANCE | 421 South Monaco Pkwy | 303.883.6691
Founder/Executive Director
Caryn Carbonaro-Carrasco
caryn@cmdance.org
School Programming
Freeman Bacon
Coordinator | Head Instructor
freeman@cmdance.org

Lark Mervine
Dance Instructor

Elena Hofer
Preschool Dance Instructor

Ashley Nemeth
Preschool Dance Instructor

Dance Events
Freeman Bacon
Pre-Event Registration Manager | Web Manager
freeman@cmdance.org

Lucas Weismann
Event Manager - Hot Nights | Media
lucas@cmdance.org

Shiri Gutman
Event Manager - Rocky Mountain Balboa Blowout
Volunteer Coordinator
shiri@cmdance.org

Melissa Mullins
Graphic Artist

Gino Moraga
On-Site Registration Manager

Karen Gilmore
On-Site Registration Manager | Tango & Blues Instructor

Lark Mervine
Dance Instructor | Choreographer

Board Members
  • Jan Justis, MFA - School Program Advisor
  • Gino Moraga, MBA - Secretary/Registration Chair
  • Elizabeth Bonner - Treasurer
  • Steven Newcomb, BS Accounting - Financial
  • Carol Morris - Advisory Board
  • Harry Saito, MBA - Board Member at Large
  • Jennifer Honstein, JD - Board Member at Large
  • Brian Abe, MBA - Board Member at Large
Bios
Jan Justis, Advisory Board, earned a BA in Theater and Dance from Barat College in Lake Forest, IL. She also has a Masters in Humanities Theatre and History emphasis, from the University of Colorado at Denver. Currently residing in Salida, Jan serves on the board of Stage Left Theatre Company and Third Law Dance Company. She is also past president of the Colorado Dance Alliance, served on the arts advisory panel for the Colorado Governor's Commission on Education, and served on the Alliance for Colorado Theatre Board. Jan spent 26 years teaching dance and theater within Cherry Creek Schools in Colorado, and received the Richard K. Knaub Theatre Educator of the Year Award for 2010 from the Alliance for Colorado Theatre.