Faculty

Shelli has an extensive background spanning over 35 years within the entertainment industry as a professional dancer, keynote speaker, business entrepreneur, and three-time author of Making The Move, Brain Snacks, and Making It Werk. She has vast experience in representing producers, directors, choreographers, educators, and dancers as an agent and manager; she is the first agent in history to develop a teaching division within a talent agency. Shelli is a partner with Independent Artist Entertainment (IAE) and represents talent from their bi-coastal offices. Shelli is an advocate for the Arts, a proud member of the Television Academy, a judge for the Emmys and College Television Emmys, quoted within numerous published industry periodicals, and featured by the Americans for the Arts.

Degrees

M.S., Management and Leadership, Western Governor’s University
B.A., Performing Arts: LEAP, Saint Mary's College of California