NEW BOARD LEADERSHIP

Verb Ballets welcomes Robert Shwab as our new board president for the 2020-21 season. He has served on the board of directors for the past 14 years and has helped to guide Verb Ballets through a name change, economic crisis, building a new facility, and much more. He was inspired by the strength and resolve of Verb dancers and staff in the face of the pandemic challenges and stepped up to help lead as president. Rob has a successful 30-year career as a leadership coach for practice and career advice, and retirement sales training. He came to Cleveland with Ernst & Young business consulting, then as COO of a dot com startup. He has worked with several investment and financial tech firms in consulting and sales roles including Ascensus, Mutual of America, and NEBS. He graduated from SUNY Purchase and further accreditation from the Wharton School. Now retired he is arbitrator for FINRA, a market strategy consultant for private equity firms, an adviser to a free speech organization, and a business writer. He is taking on new adventures in retirement with producing a screenplay with a modernist take on Madame Butterfly in collaboration with a film producer classmate from SUNY Purchase. Currently, he is in North Carolina searching out mountain bike trails. He will head back to Cleveland with his wife, TuYa, for cold weather hikes and to enjoy their four grandchildren.