Who We Are
Meet Our Team
Meet
Dan Gordon - Executive Director
From growing up with a traveling anthropologist father and a mother devoted to performing arts and special education, Dan has naturally developed a passion for performing arts education and created Gordon Education Initiatives for the Performing Arts to produce educational media for kids with a focus on varying cultural expressions.
As an educator, Dan has taught performing arts and film classes for youth of all ages and demographics since 2002 in Houston, Los Angeles and New York City. He has taught in professional theatres, schools, museums, camps, juvenile probation departments and community centers. As a filmmaker, his documentaries focus on cultural arts communities and bridging divides.
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Dan is a graduate of Meadows School of the Arts at SMU where he received his BFA in theatre and he continued to complete a film certification program from CUNY's College of Technology and Brooklyn College.
Meet
Kathy Starr - General Manager
Kathy is the General Manager of Gordon Education Initiatives for the Performing Arts and manages day-to-day operations, bookkeeping, strategic planning, and community relationships.
As a life-long child advocate, Kathy studied early childhood education at the University of Houston and served multi-year terms as the chairperson on boards throughout Houston that championed arts education and kids with disabilities. Some of her favorite positions include 7 years as Cultural Arts Chair at Haude Elementary in Klein ISD, 4 years on the board of Class Act Productions and 4 years on the Klein Oak High School Theatre Booster Club. She managed accounts in publicity, events, bookkeeping and development.
She is a long-time volunteer for The River Performing and Visual Arts in partnership with Theatre Under the Stars where she facilitates weekly art projects for kids with special needs. Previously, Kathy owned and operated a business to assign care providers for the elderly, ensuring a safe environment and allowing them to stay in their own homes. Texas born and bred, Kathy is married and the mother of two daughters, Morgan and Maitland.
Executive Board Members
Jason Bernal
Superintendent of ResponsiveEd
Krista Calaway
Former Exec. Director of HISD Foundation
Kristen Golden
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General Counsel and Vice President of Strategy at Grid United
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Dan J. Gordon
Exec. Director of Gordon Education
Matt Heath
Community Ventures
Cindy Leong-Wu
Biomedical Consulting
Juliet McBride
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Partner in King & Spalding’s Government & Regulatory (Healthcare) Practice Group
Our Partners
Creative - Professional - Bilingual
Creating original educational content requires the collaboration of film/tv professionals, teachers, students, artists, parents, and kids. This process of working together is essential in ensuring that the media is of the highest quality so our programs remain a trusted brand among schools and families.
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