Board of directors
The Board of Directors works with the Artistic Director, Linda Kuo, to provide leadership for the company.
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JENNIFER TUCKER / PRESIDENT
Jennifer is a former professional dancer with numerous New York, East Coast regional, and touring credits under her belt. In her young adult years, she was blessed to study dance under the mentorship of such greats as Anne Reinking, Gregory Hines, and Milton Meyers.
Ultimately, many life changes led her to return to school and she earned her undergraduate degree at University of Maryland, her nursing degree at the Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, and later her Master’s in Nursing at New York Universtiy. Her path eventually brought her to Hawaii where she continues to work as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner at The Queen’s Medical Center. In 2021, she completed a certificate program in Medicinal Plants through Cornell Universtiy.
Since relocating to Hawaii, Jennifer has studied hula under her Kumu, Auli’i Aweau, as a member of Na Wahine O Laakea Hula in Kaneohe. In 2019 she had the life-changing privilege of standing with the Kia’i (protectors) on Mauna Kea, and she is involved with local activism whenever possible.
The mission of Dancers Unlimited is a marriage of Jennifer’s passions: Performing Arts, Social Justice, Diversity/Inclusion/Equity, Sustainability, Aloha Āina, and holding reverence for cultural practices and heritage. She is beyond thrilled to support the vision of the creative director and the artists of DU.
WALDO TEJADA / VICE PRESIDENT
Waldo is an experienced marketer specializing in branding, digital marketing, social media strategies, sustainable practices, cultural and responsible products. A community-based business negotiator and promoter interested in socially responsible business and cultural enterprises. Extensive Management and customer service experience. Waldo has broad experiences in new marketing trends and is a dedicated entrepreneur. Waldo Tejada has balanced his entrepreneurial spirit with his artistic talent by creating five companies in the last two decades, directing fashions shows and participating in numerous plays and exhibitions, developing socially conscious and travel brands. For the past year, he's been the CEO and Creative Director of his latest enterprise: Remote Marketing Team (RMT.)
ROWENA CAPUNO / SECRETARY
Rowena Capuno is an educator dedicated to embedding empathy, healing, self-knowledge, and creativity in all learning spaces. She has over 12 years of teaching experience as an English teacher in New York City and Denver, CO. Rowena graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor of Arts and from Fordham University with a Master of Science in Teaching.
After 8 years of teaching in New York City public schools, Rowena began teaching at a charter school in Denver supporting English Language Learners in AP Literature and AP Language, and is now teaching AP Capstone classes (Research and Seminar) through the lens of social justice. She also serves as the 12th Grade Chair to help enact change through equitable liberatory student practices, student identity work, community building, and student agency.
Most recently, Rowena became a Moonshot fellow, an educational leadership program for BIPOC and female leaders who are reimagining education, designing innovative schools and programs, and disrupting the status quo. Through this experience and Rowena's own continued self-connection and exploration, professionally and personally, she learned of kapwa, her Filipino heritage's concept of a shared self--"I am because you are." This is at the heart of The Tree Collective, the project-based arts program for high schoolers that she is currently developing. The Tree Collective is rooted in identity development and connection--with self and others--through meditation and creation in various media, including writing, acting, dancing, and podcasts.
DAVE VUONG / TREASURER
Dave, Chinese-American, is the son of Vietnamese refugees (parents are ethnically Chinese but were born and raised in Vietnam) who fled Vietnam as a result of the Vietnam War, spent six months at a refugee camp in Malaysia before arriving in the United States in 1979. He grew up in the suburbs of Boston and is a graduate of Boston College with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management with a concentration in Accounting.
Dave is a certified public accountant and has spent over nine year working in public accounting and six plus years in accounting in the advertising, hospitality and tech industry. He has previously worked for Mayer Hoffman McCann, UHY LLP, KPMG, Symphony Talent, Time Out Group, Soho House and currently works at Spark Networks.
TAMMY SHAFFER / BOARD MEMBER
Throughout her 20+ years in the field of Client & Public Relations, Tamara has worked to brand, develop, coordinate and implement plans to design and increase business by capturing new opportunities for her clients. Taking the time to get to know her clients and to understand their vision for their product or services allows Tamara to ensure that the marketing fits them, their brand, and their goals.
Tamara’s blend of experience and her involvement in Strategic Marketing, Operations, Events & PR is what sets her apart from her peers. After living in San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles, Tamara returned home to Hawaii and co-founded the company brandHAWAII that is known today as MARA Consulting.
Tamara believes that traditional marketing and creative branding should speak to people and create an experience that stays with them. When Tamara isn’t working on organizational growth for her clients, you can find her spending time with her three sons or actively networking and volunteering in her community.
Tamara also sits on the Advisory Board for the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival and now brings her network, experience, and her passion for Dance and 'community' to the Dancers Unlinted Ohana.
KEHAULANI VOLHEN / BOARD MEMBER
Kehaulani Volhen is an Oʻahu native, born and raised on the Windward side. She has a BA in Business Administration from Chaminade University and is the Executive Administrator at the nonprofit KEY Project. She has had varied careers throughout her life spanning from high level customer service, human resources, operations management, event coordination, entrepreneurship, but she has always had a love for movement as a former dancer and fitness instructor. She spent five years (2017-2022) living in and exploring Europe, which has given her a broad perspective of culture and the world around us. She is married 22 years and has two amazing children. She loves reading, dancing, photography, and values family time more than anything.