Key Personnel

Dawn Shegonee: Artistic Director

Shegonee co-founded Call for Peace Drum & Dance Company in 1990 and has served as Artistic Director since then. Shegonee has also worked as Arts and Education Coordinator for the Bayview Foundation since 1990, Call for Peace Youth Program Director since 1993 and Call for Peace the Next Generation Artistic Director since 2004. Since 1990, she has brought Call for Peace to audiences all over the world, including Germany, Russia, Israel, Egypt, the United States and, most recently, to the Fourth Global Summit for the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome, Italy. She has brought youth performers to the Wisconsin Youth Art Month, 4_h World Congress, WHA Volunteer-A-Thon, Wisconsin Alliance for Arts Education Conference, Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at the Madison Civic Center, the Madison Children’s Museum and more. She has over 14 years experience working with both youth and adults in the arts and education.

Art Shegonee: Ambassador
Shegonee co-founded Call for Peace Drum & Dance Company in 1990 and has served as its Ambassador since then. Shegonee was also instrumental in developing the Call for Peace Talking Stick/Talking Circle program that has been presented at schools, community centers and organizations throughout the Midwest. Additionally, he is a Native American ambassador to Wisconsin Indian Summer and is a traditional dancer in pow-wows throughout Wisconsin. Shegonee has served as the Affirmative Action consultant for Tellurian UCAN, and as director of the former Native American Resource Center. He is also a certified instructor of Nonviolent Crisis Intervention for the National Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc., a former member of the EOC Citizen Ad Hoc Committee on community race and ethnic relations and a member of the Greater Madison Leadership (LGM). He has been a cultural consultant, teacher and presenter at over 300 schools throughout Wisconsin and neighboring states.

Teri LeSage: Grants Administrator/Program Director
LeSage is a graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has worked in non-profits and with "at-risk" populations since 1998. Her work has included director positions at The Salvation Army of Brown County, the Boys & Girls Club in Green Bay and at the Bayview Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin. LeSage also has fundraising, marketing and administrative experience, including grant writing, special events planning and coordinating, database development, website design and creation and newsletter composition and layout. She has served as a committee member on many local community boards, including the Green Bay Drug Alliance, Start Smart, Ethnic Fest and more. LeSage joined Call for Peace Drum & Dance Company as volunteer Secretary in 2000 and as Grants Administrator/Program Director in 2004.



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