The Board of Directors of Battery Dance, the Tribeca-based global dance institution in its 47th year, this month named Emad M. Salem its Executive Director. Salem was originally hired in 2011 as the Company’s Deputy Director for International Programs and has risen through the ranks, becoming COO and VP in 2016. As Executive Director, he will report directly to the Board of Directors and will lead the Company with support from its Founder and Artistic Director Jonathan Hollander.

Emad Salem was born in Cairo, Egypt, moved to the U.S. as a child, and holds degrees from American University and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) with an emphasis on International Affairs. He has guided Battery Dance in becoming one of America’s leading cultural ambassadors, personally traveling with the dance company to China, South Africa, Brazil and elsewhere. He has played a key role in setting the Company’s College Partnership Program in motion and supporting the Board in executing its five-year strategic plan.