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OUR STAFF

Our teachers come from all over the world with very diverse backgrounds, but they all have one thing in common: a passion for teaching circus arts. They have a knack for imparting their wisdom and expertise to students in progressive and creative ways that keep in mind the whole individual, balancing the challenging training with personal growth to create both skillful artists and smart athletes.

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COACHING STAFF

All 40 /Coaching Staff 26 /Core Faculty 15 /Directors 9
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Aimee Hancock

Boot Camp Director, Core Faculty
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Ariele Ebacher

Core Faculty

Brooke Locke

Coaching Staff

Carolina Moraes

Coaching Staff
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Casey Haynes

Coaching Staff
photo of Catherine Jett, NECCA Coach, performing on Trapeze

Catherine Jett

Coaching Staff

Chelsea Barrett

Coaching Staff

Chris Gatti

Coaching Staff
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Elena Day

ProTrack Manager, Core Faculty

Elsa Hall

Coaching Staff
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Elsie Smith

Co-Founder, Director of Programming, Core Faculty
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Finn-Ann Cotton

Reserved Training Program Director, Coaching Staff

Hayley Brown

Coaching Staff
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Jamie Hodgson

Coaching Staff
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Jan Damm

Core Faculty
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Jenna Ciotta

Coaching Staff
photo of jess hill, a NECCA rope coach, performing on rope

Jess Hill

Coaching Staff

Jim Strong

Coaching Staff

Josephine Sommerville

Coaching Staff

Julia Langenberg

Marketing Director, Coaching Staff
photo of Katie Schmidt, NECCA Coach, performing on dance trapeze

Katie Schmidt

Youth Camp Program Director, Core Faculty

Lauren Uvino

Coaching Staff

Leah Leor

Levi Helton

Coaching Staff
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Margaret Butterfield

Coaching Staff

Megan Gendell

Coaching Staff

Megan Gimnig

Coaching Staff
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Meghan Shumway

Coaching Staff
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Molly Graves

Core Faculty
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Naomi Ullian

Coaching Staff
photo of rachel hipzer, flying trapeze and handbalancing coach

Rachel Hipszer

Flying Trapeze Director, Coaching Staff, Reception & Registration
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Rachel Rees

Coaching Staff
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Sandra Feusi

Core Faculty

Sarah Tapper

Coaching Staff
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Serenity Smith Forchion

CO-Founder, Producing Director, Youth & Performance Troupe Director, Core Faculty
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Tony Duncan

Core Faculty
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Victoria Quine

Beta Night Director, Core Faculty

Violet Defiant

Coaching Staff

Zane Defiant

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Zeb Galipeau

Core Faculty

ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM

The admin team works tirelessly behind the scenes to make NECCA everybody’s home for circus.

Andy Schmitz

Facilities Manager, Rigger
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Elena Day

ProTrack Manager, Core Faculty
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Elsie Smith

Co-Founder, Director of Programming, Core Faculty
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Erika Radcliffe

Designer, Coaching Staff

Jenna Struble

Executive Director

Julia Langenberg

Marketing Director, Coaching Staff
photo of Katie Schmidt, NECCA Coach, performing on dance trapeze

Katie Schmidt

Youth Camp Program Director, Core Faculty
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Lorq Nichols

Reception & Registration
photo of rachel hipzer, flying trapeze and handbalancing coach

Rachel Hipszer

Flying Trapeze Director, Coaching Staff, Reception & Registration
headshot of serenity smith forchion, co-founder of NECCA

Serenity Smith Forchion

CO-Founder, Producing Director, Youth & Performance Troupe Director, Core Faculty
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Victoria Quine

Beta Night Director, Core Faculty

Vida Cripps

Reception Manager

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

To contact the Board, please email info@necenterforcircusarts.org and it will be forwarded to their personal email.

Cynthia Platero

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Elizabeth Wohl

Jerry Stockman

Jim Verzino

John Hatton

Maggie Luther

Patrick Noyes

Scott Kaltenbaugh

Valentine Talland

OUR FOUNDERS

Elsie and Serenity are identical twins specializing in aerial acrobatics whose teaching & performing resumes include a broad spectrum of circus and performing companies in the US and beyond.

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NECCA’s Founders: Elsie Smith & Serenity Smith Forchion

DONATE TO NECCA!

NECCA is a nonprofit that’s committed to the people it serves and the community within which it thrives. We rely on our many generous donors to continue to be a place that’s accessible to everyone, where creativity and artistry soar, and where the seemingly impossible becomes possible—every single day. Please consider joining others in supporting our work. Thank you!

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NECCA Testimonials

“This [NECCA] is a good business plan. This creates jobs, economic development, opportunity, but most importantly, it changes kids’ lives.”

PETER SHUMLINGovernor of Vermont

“NECCA is an unbelievably fantastic resource that has given my daughter strength, confidence, agility, artistry, and a close family of like-minded souls. Not sure where she would have found her place if not for NECCA.”

JULIA L.NECCA Parent

“I have not felt this beautiful since my surgery. Just as cancer teaches you that you can live through stresses you never imagined, this program teaches you that your body can fly and do things you never imagined.”

ANONYMOUSCancer Survivor

“The kids had a total blast. . .we really appreciate NECCA reaching out to us so that we can all work together to serve our kids better. They were so centered, and grounded, and ready to get back to academics when they came back to school – and that’s exactly what we had hoped for them!”

SARAH HUNTERINSPIRE for Austism
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