Damian Woetzel

Ballet dancer and Aspen Institute Director

Damian Woetzel has taken on multiple roles in arts leadership since retiring in 2008 from a 20-year career as Principal Dancer with New York City Ballet. He is the director of the Aspen Institute Arts Program; the artistic director of the Vail International Dance Festival; the founding director of the Jerome Robbins Foundation's New Essential Works (NEW) Program; and works with Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Connect Program in New York City Public Schools. Mr. Woetzel has served on the Harvard Task Force on the Arts and the Artists Committee of the Kennedy Center Honors.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Board Memberships

Campaign for Creative Schools fueling arts-education funding in public schools 2014-2018.

• Honorary Chair

Positions

Science Festival Foundation World Science Festival, annual science festival held in New York

• Advisor

Government Positions

President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Advisory Committee to the White House on Cultural Issues

• Private member

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State & NY Senator; 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate

• 3 contributions · 7,500 USD (Feb 21 '06→Jun 25 '16)

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

• 9 contributions · 2,762 USD (Jan 31 '08→Oct 23 '12)

Hillary Victory Fund

• 1 contribution · 2,700 USD (Jun 25 '16)

Obama Victory Fund

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Oct 13 '08)

Sean Maloney former Democratic US Representative from NY-18

• 3 contributions · 750 USD (Jun 6 '12→Oct 28 '12)

Gabby Giffords US Representative from Arizona

• 1 contribution · 250 USD (Feb 9 '06)