Board of Directors
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Lauren has been a member of the Western US Region of IDTANA since 2005, receiving her ADCRG in 2017. She is honored to serve as the Western US Region representative to the IDTANA Scholarship Committee and the IDTANA Ethics Board. In addition to Irish dance, Lauren is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild, having appeared in nationally syndicated television programs including TNT’s Leverage, NBC’s Grimm, and TNT’s The Librarians. One of the highlights of her Irish dance career has been establishing new Irish dance schools and assisting in the training of new teachers, including the Western USA, Bermuda, Alaska, and Hawaii. She judged Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne in Glasgow, Scotland in 2024, and the North American Irish Dance Championships in Washington, DC and the Australian National Championships in Brisbane, QLD in 2025.
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Angela, who lives in Wenatchee, Washington, has served on numerous non-profit boards including Wenatchee Parent Child Preschool, EAT (a local food sustainability group), John Newbery Elementary PTA, Wenatchee Irish Dance, and various homeowner associations, filling positions including president and secretary. Angela has been involved in the local Irish Dance community since 2004 when her oldest daughter began Irish step dance. She has been affiliated with An Daire Academy since 2006, acting as the location coordinator in Wenatchee, Washington from 2008-2013, and serving as an assistant instructor since the fall of 2012, earning her TMRF certification in 2018.
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Originally from Portland, Oregon, Sue now makes her home in Kennewick, Washington. After working in marketing for twenty years at a high-tech firm, she left the formal working world to focus her time on raising her daughter. Sue has worked for the Kennewick School District and the local Boys and Girls Club. She owns a dance studio in Richland, Washington, and turns all manner of glass items into dance competition trophies, weddings keepsakes and other artistic items.
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Sandra has worked in the accounting field for more than 65 years. She started The Bookkeeping Company in 1990 doing the bookkeeping and payroll herself. She quickly realized that the small business market was increasing and had a growing need for the type of services she offered, so she expanded her services to include tax preparation. Sandra has a strong background in accounting for the construction industry and is passionate about the success of small businesses. She is proficient in all aspects of accounting, payroll, and taxes. She is a member of many organizations and serves on the board of her church, Mt. Hood Repertory Theatre Company, and Stumptown Stages.
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Jim began dancing in his native Portland, Oregon, going on to become the first World-qualifier in Oregon. After touring with, and choreographing for, the show Dancing on Common Ground, Jim became a member of the Western US Region of IDTANA in 2003, earning his ADCRG in 2010 and his BG in 2024. A former Vice-President of the North American Feis Commission, Jim serves as a CLRG Representative for the Western US Region and CLRG liaison to South America for the Overseas Committee. One of the highlights of his career in Irish dance has been working with Dr. John Cullinane to research and publish rare and extinct Irish figure dances. He judged Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne in Glasgow, Scotland in 2024, and the North American Irish Dance Championships in Washington, DC and the New Zealand National Championships in Auckland, NZ in 2025.
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Becky has been involved in Irish Dance in one form or another for the last 14 years. Her family started with Dance in San Jose, California with the Kennelly School, continuing with An Daire Academy once they moved to the Portland area in 2003. Shortly after joining the school, Becky was "volunteered" to chair a local feis and found she was hooked! Even after all her dancers retired from Irish dance, she continued in her role as co-feis chair, and for the last 11 years has helped run four different feiseanna in Portland, Vancouver, Seaside and Honolulu.
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Amanda is originally from San Jose, California where she lived until 2003 when she moved with her family to Hillsboro, Oregon. She has been involved in Irish dance since the age of 10 and was a Preliminary Championship dancer when she retired from competition in 2013. During her career as a dancer, she had the privilege of competing on teams at the Irish Dance World Championships twice: once in 2009 and again in 2012. Today she continues to be an active part of Irish dance by coordinating stages at several feiseanna every year. Amanda now works as an American Sign Language Educational Interpreter in Vancouver, Washington, where she lives with her husband and daughter.
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