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Our Mission
As a group we want to promote the diffusion of the Argentine Tango to the larger Portland urban area. In order to achieve our goal, we want to help improve the organization structure that currently sustains the Portland Tango Community. We believe in helping people improve their dance by facilitating the visit of very good teachers, helping the local teachers and providing financial support to students that might be in need. We also want to improve the communication tools that we already have.
Our goals
- Support educational and practice opportunities for those currently or potentially interested in Argentine Tango.
- Support our local Tango teachers whose livelihoods depend on their base of Tango aficionados.
- Provide a neutral and far-reaching information base for all Argentine Tango activities in the Portland area.
- Encourage an inclusive, open and supportive Tango Community, which has always been the characteristic of the Portland Tango Community from the very beginning.
- Help other organizations that serve our Argentine Tango Community.
- Help tango students who seek to perfect their dance skills by providing partial financial support for workshops or festivals happening in the Portland area.
Our Board of Directors
The Portland Tngo Association is managed by a Board of Directors. The Society is not a membership organization, and new Board Members are chosen by the existing Board. Board Members receive no financial compensation for their service.
Board Members are chosen for diversity (ethnicity, gender, and age) within the board, functional expertise, and a willingness to provide new ideas and lead and support the projects we create to help grow the Portland Tango Community throughout the year.
Luisa Zini Fortuna
Director - President
Scientist as a background she now works as a technical writer for a variety of companies. She is an avid tango dancer and her mission has always been to organize events to help everybody get into tango and improve thier dance.
Greg
Frost
Director - Treasurer
Excellent and thorough accountant in his working life, Greg provides his expertise to keep the Portland Tango Association in good standing with its obligations as a nonprofit organization.
Jerry Wallach
Director
Jerry has been an amazing driving force of the Portland Tango community for many years. His milongas were the pillar of the community and his qualities as a DJ stellar. He is now retired as a Milonga host but provides his great ideas and enthusiasm to help improve our community within PTA.
Rich Rodriguez
Director -Secretary
Rich has worked in the banking industry and he is an expert in fund raising and accounting. He just joined the PTA board.
Rachel Lidskog-Lim
Director
Rachel Lidskog-Lim is the owner of “Dance With Joy,” which perfectly describes her warm and genuine teaching style that encourages people of all ages and abilities to experience the joy of dance.
A professional dancer, singer, and choreographer, Rachel has been teaching dance as a certified dance professional for the latest twenty years.
