In 1995, BalletMet asked Susan Douglass to join its Board and she said “Yes!”. BalletMet has been grateful to both Susan and Grant ever since. Susan and Grant and their family are incredible supporters of BalletMet. Susan has served as Board Chair twice, most recently helping BalletMet navigate through the pandemic. She has led capital campaigns, including the campaign that funded the purchase of BalletMet’s current home on Mount Vernon Avenue in 2005. Grant’s expertise has also served BalletMet well. His knowledge of the building and development industry was invaluable in deciding where to make BalletMet’s permanent home, determining how to create dance studios and a performance space in a former warehouse, whether to renovate or sell adjacent buildings and how to connect all the buildings on our dance campus. Just last season, Susan and Grant made Artistic Director Edwaard Liang’s vision to have actual trees as the scenery for the World Premiere of his ballet Seasons a reality. Susan and Grant are very special members of the BalletMet family and we thank them for helping make Swan Lake and so many other things possible for BalletMet and our community.