Board of Directors
Marguerite D'Aloia - Chair
Professional tap teacher and stage performer
Marguerite D’Aloia taught Tap, Ballet, Jazz and Tumbling for over 17 years before deciding to specialize in Tap. She has taught in various studios in New Jersey and most recently at Broadway Dance Center in Manhattan. Marguerite has appeared in many off Broadway productions as well as T.V., movies, commercials and industrials. Marguerite has been teaching Tap at Groove With Me since 1997. From 2007 to 2012, Marguerite served as the Chairwoman of Groove With Me's Board of Directors and became chair once again in the fall of 2015. Currently, Marguerite teaches 3 classes each week.
Rachel Lurie - Principal
Lurie Information Consulting, LLC
Currently the records manager for a New York hospital, Rachel Lurie has a solid background in the financial-services industry where she worked as a compliance officer. In that capacity she managed a broad array of projects in the development of global corporate transaction monitoring. Her educational background includes a Master of Library Science degree from Rutgers University and an Advanced Certificate in Information and Library Science from Pratt Institute. Rachel is also an AIIM, ERM (Electronic Records Management) Practitioner, and has completed the KM Essentials program at the International Knowledge Management Institute.
Sylvie Henry - Treasurer
Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter
Sylvie Henry has over 20 years experience as a financial manager in the nonprofit industry. Sylvie is the Director of Finance of the Housing Division of Met Council on Jewish Poverty, responsible for the finance of over 20 buildings with 1600 apartments for the low income elderly. Sylvie previously was the VP of Finance for the New York Association for New Americans. At NYANA, she started as a payroll bookkeeper and then worked her way up to her senior financial position. She is an accounting graduate of Baruch College.
To top it off, while working full time, Sylvie is the proud mother of two children and has been married for 20 years.
Katharine Gill
Bloomberg
Kate has over 15 years of experience in senior leadership roles at financial services firms ranging from start ups to global organizations. Kate holds an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business, a Master's degree from California State University, Fullerton and received her undergraduate degree from Syracuse University. Kate lives in New York City with her daughter and their dog Pippo.
G. Shireen Hilal - Secretary
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Shireen Hilal is a strategy and operations professional with experience creating, adapting, and expanding critical business initiatives to improve profitability and efficiency. She is currently managing operations and strategy for Frankfurt Kurnit, a preeminent, national entertainment law firm, as the Chief Operating Officer. She was previously an operations professional at two national consulting firms and, prior to that, a commercial litigator (most recently at Willkie Farr & Gallagher). Shireen received her undergraduate degree from New York University and her law degree from Fordham University School of Law.
Renee Calabro
Edelman
Renee has over 17 years of experience in public relations. Most recently she was head of communications at Deutsche Bank. Earlier in her career she worked at some of the world’s top communications firms including Edelman and Abernathy MacGregor. Renee holds a BA in English from Connecticut College. She lives on the Upper East Side.
Allan Forsyth
Writer
Allan Forsyth joined Groove With Me after reading about Abby Rosin’s Mont Blanc award in May of 2000. Allan became Groove With Me’s first board chairman in 2001 and served for the next six years, retiring in 2007 but continuing as a board member. A Princeton graduate and an Army veteran, Allan spent three decades as a senior editor and managing editor at various book publishing houses. Then he moved to the non-profit world, joining the boards of his children’s schools and summer camp, where he served as communications chair for three multi-million dollar fundraising campaigns. When his kids went to college, he found Groove With Me.
Lisa Marchese
American Express
Lisa Marchese is Executive Vice President, Head of Strategy and M&A at American Express. In this role, Lisa leads teams whose global responsibilities include the coordination of acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, partnerships and divestitures for the Company, as well as the development of business unit and corporate strategies through consulting engagements across all lines of business and functions. Lisa holds a MBA from Columbia University and graduated from Barnard College with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. When not traveling the globe, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband and three children.
Steve Wolinsky
Jewish Care Association
Steve Wolinsky is a consultant for the investment management industry specializing in merger and acquisition integration, back office operations and IT programs. He worked at JP Morgan Chase for 25 years, where he was a senior vice president, managing back office services for investment managers. Previously, he managed the back offices of Latin American branches and capital market businesses in London. He was also the founder and CEO of a web-based transaction platform for real estate closings. Steve is a graduate of Brown University. He is married, with 3 grown children and 4 grandchildren.
Professional tap teacher and stage performer
Marguerite D’Aloia taught Tap, Ballet, Jazz and Tumbling for over 17 years before deciding to specialize in Tap. She has taught in various studios in New Jersey and most recently at Broadway Dance Center in Manhattan. Marguerite has appeared in many off Broadway productions as well as T.V., movies, commercials and industrials. Marguerite has been teaching Tap at Groove With Me since 1997. From 2007 to 2012, Marguerite served as the Chairwoman of Groove With Me's Board of Directors and became chair once again in the fall of 2015. Currently, Marguerite teaches 3 classes each week.
Rachel Lurie - Principal
Lurie Information Consulting, LLC
Currently the records manager for a New York hospital, Rachel Lurie has a solid background in the financial-services industry where she worked as a compliance officer. In that capacity she managed a broad array of projects in the development of global corporate transaction monitoring. Her educational background includes a Master of Library Science degree from Rutgers University and an Advanced Certificate in Information and Library Science from Pratt Institute. Rachel is also an AIIM, ERM (Electronic Records Management) Practitioner, and has completed the KM Essentials program at the International Knowledge Management Institute.
Sylvie Henry - Treasurer
Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter
Sylvie Henry has over 20 years experience as a financial manager in the nonprofit industry. Sylvie is the Director of Finance of the Housing Division of Met Council on Jewish Poverty, responsible for the finance of over 20 buildings with 1600 apartments for the low income elderly. Sylvie previously was the VP of Finance for the New York Association for New Americans. At NYANA, she started as a payroll bookkeeper and then worked her way up to her senior financial position. She is an accounting graduate of Baruch College.
To top it off, while working full time, Sylvie is the proud mother of two children and has been married for 20 years.
Katharine Gill
Bloomberg
Kate has over 15 years of experience in senior leadership roles at financial services firms ranging from start ups to global organizations. Kate holds an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business, a Master's degree from California State University, Fullerton and received her undergraduate degree from Syracuse University. Kate lives in New York City with her daughter and their dog Pippo.
G. Shireen Hilal - Secretary
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Shireen Hilal is a strategy and operations professional with experience creating, adapting, and expanding critical business initiatives to improve profitability and efficiency. She is currently managing operations and strategy for Frankfurt Kurnit, a preeminent, national entertainment law firm, as the Chief Operating Officer. She was previously an operations professional at two national consulting firms and, prior to that, a commercial litigator (most recently at Willkie Farr & Gallagher). Shireen received her undergraduate degree from New York University and her law degree from Fordham University School of Law.
Renee Calabro
Edelman
Renee has over 17 years of experience in public relations. Most recently she was head of communications at Deutsche Bank. Earlier in her career she worked at some of the world’s top communications firms including Edelman and Abernathy MacGregor. Renee holds a BA in English from Connecticut College. She lives on the Upper East Side.
Allan Forsyth
Writer
Allan Forsyth joined Groove With Me after reading about Abby Rosin’s Mont Blanc award in May of 2000. Allan became Groove With Me’s first board chairman in 2001 and served for the next six years, retiring in 2007 but continuing as a board member. A Princeton graduate and an Army veteran, Allan spent three decades as a senior editor and managing editor at various book publishing houses. Then he moved to the non-profit world, joining the boards of his children’s schools and summer camp, where he served as communications chair for three multi-million dollar fundraising campaigns. When his kids went to college, he found Groove With Me.
Lisa Marchese
American Express
Lisa Marchese is Executive Vice President, Head of Strategy and M&A at American Express. In this role, Lisa leads teams whose global responsibilities include the coordination of acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, partnerships and divestitures for the Company, as well as the development of business unit and corporate strategies through consulting engagements across all lines of business and functions. Lisa holds a MBA from Columbia University and graduated from Barnard College with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. When not traveling the globe, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband and three children.
Steve Wolinsky
Jewish Care Association
Steve Wolinsky is a consultant for the investment management industry specializing in merger and acquisition integration, back office operations and IT programs. He worked at JP Morgan Chase for 25 years, where he was a senior vice president, managing back office services for investment managers. Previously, he managed the back offices of Latin American branches and capital market businesses in London. He was also the founder and CEO of a web-based transaction platform for real estate closings. Steve is a graduate of Brown University. He is married, with 3 grown children and 4 grandchildren.
ARTISTIC CHAIR |
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Lauren Lovette
New York City Ballet Groove With Me's Artistic Chair Lauren Lovette—principal dancer at New York City Ballet, choreographer, and Harlem resident—has been involved with Groove With Me since February 2018. She was named Artistic Chair of the Board of Groove With Me in December 2018. Her commitment to GWM has included mentoring students, teaching class, and bringing students to see NYCB perform; she also, as a national ambassador of the athletic brand Puma, brought them on as a sponsor of the organization. In September 2018, in honor of the “life-changing” scholarships she herself was given that gave her the opportunity to study dance, and her time mentoring the next generation of dancers, GWM renamed its scholarship fund in her name. The Lovette Scholarship Fund helps address gaps in funding when GWM students earn places in pre-professional dance training but not the financial aid to fully cover their program and all its attendant costs. |
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Gregory Hines
Dancer Tap dancer, actor, director, musician. Gregory Hines began dancing as a child and went on to launch a successful Broadway, television and film career. His notable movies include The Cotton Club and White Nights. |