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Certified Instructors
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Elizabeth Lowe Ahearn
Founding Director and Certified Instructor
Extension: (410) 337-6399
E-mail: elizabeth.ahearn@goucher.edu
Elizabeth Lowe Ahearn dancer, choreographer, dance educator, Romana's Pilates Level 5 and Pilates Guild® Certified Instructor is Chair of the Dance Department at Goucher College, Director of The Pilates Center at Goucher College and on faculty at Carver Center for Arts and Technology. She also serves as a permanent guest faculty member at Virginia School of the Arts and recently served as a guest artist at the University of Central Oklahoma. Elizabeth received her B.F.A. and M.F.A. from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, under the direction of Larry Rhodes. Originally from Oklahoma, she received her early training from Yvonne Chouteau, Joy Feldman, Conrad Ludlow, Edward Villella, and Bojan Spassoff. She continued her studies in New York with Bettijane Sills, Sarah Stackhouse, Rachel List, Larry Clark, Valmai Stretton, Linda Tarnay, Gus Solomons Jr., Milton Myers, and Rosanna Seravalli. Elizabeth has performed with the METROPOLITAN BALLET COMPANY, BALLET OKLAHOMA, THE SECOND AVENUE DANCE COMPANY in New York City, KINETICS DANCE THEATRE, SURGE DANCE COMPANY OF BALTIMORE and THE ORDINARY/EXTRAORDINARY DANCE THEATRE. Her repertory has included experimental, contemporary, and classical works by choreographers such as Mark Morris, Agnes de Mille, Conrad Ludlow, Robert Gladstein, Daniel Levans, Mel Wong, Arnie Zane, and Bill T. Jones and has allowed her to perform both in the United States and abroad. Her choreography has been presented on both the East and West Coasts, including Washington, District of Columbia, New York, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Virginia, and New Jersey, as well as Canada. Most recently, she performed in the Eleanor King Centennial Concert, a culmination of two years of research and rehearsal of the late Eleanor King's work. Prior to her move to Baltimore, Elizabeth was an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. In 1995 she completed her teacher certification in Authentic Pilates® under the tutelage of Romana Kryzanowska, Sari Mejia Santo and The Pilates Studio® in New York City. She was the first certified instructor to teach in the state of Maryland and soon therafter, in 1996, she founded the Pilates Center at Goucher College. In 2004 she received her Level 5 IITP Pilates Teacher Certification from Romana's Pilates. Elizabeth also serves as an ACE certified professional by the American Council on Exercise and is a member of the Pilates Method Alliance and the Pilates Coalition. She currently teaches composition, ballet, Authentic Pilates® Method of Body Conditioning and modern dance at Goucher College.
Julia Clime
Certified Instructor
Extension: (410) 337-6531 extension 1
E-mail: julia.clime@goucher.edu
Julia Clime has studied dance at the Academy of Maryland Youth Ballet and Goucher College where she received a B.A. in both Dance and French. While attending Goucher, Julie was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and won several academic scholarships and awards. She has performed with the Maryland Youth Ballet, Kimberly Mackin Dance Company, Howard County Ballet, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore Opera Company and Central City Opera. In 2002 she received her M.A. in Francophone studies from the University of Leeds in Leeds, England. Julia began her Pilates training with Elizabeth Ahearn and Lynne Balliette at Goucher College in 1997. She continued her training in New York City with Master Instructors Romana Kryzanowska, Sari Mejia Santo, and Bob Liekens, completing her Pilates apprenticeship in December 1999. She has taught as a certified Instructor of Authentic Pilates ™ since 2000 throughout the Baltimore, Maryland area and in Leeds, England. In 2004 Julia received her Level 5 IITP Pilates Teacher Certification from Romana’s Pilates. In addition, Julia has been accredited through ACE to provide continuing education to ACE certified fitness professionals.
Stephanie Lawson
Certified Instructor
Extension: (410) 337-6531 extension 6
E-mail: stephanie.lawson@goucher.edu
Originally from Vermont, Stephanie Lawson has always enjoyed dancing, biking, hiking, and any outdoor activity. She came to Goucher College to learn more about dance and discovered her joy in learning about the body and its capabilities. Stephanie graduated in May 2006 with a B.A. in Biology and a concentraton in Dance Science. Stephanie completed the Romana's Pilates teacher certifiation program studying under Sari Mejia Santo and Daria Pace. She continues to dance and is extemely grateful for the knowledge she acquires everyday working with the wonderful clients and staff at Goucher College.
Laura Ward Moran
Guest Instructor
Laura received her B.A. from Goucher College in 1999 in Dance Education with Secondary Certification. She holds a Maryland teaching certificate for grades K-12 and is certified in the Language of Dance Fundamentals as developed by Ann Hutchinson Guest. While a student at Goucher she received several scholarships including The Friends of Goucher Dance, Bond Dance Award, Summer Studies in Dance and in 1999 her choreography earned her a Phi Beta Kappa award. Since graduation she has developed and taught a dance program at Parkville High School, developed an integrated arts curriculum for Harford County Public Schools, served on the faculty of St. Paul’s School for Girls and St. Paul’s Lower School. In 2001 she opened her own studio in Harford County, The Maryland School of Ballet and Modern Dance, where she houses a youth performing company, The Maryland Dance Project. Her intensive training in Pilates began in 1997 at Goucher College under the tutelage of Elizabeth Ahearn and Lynne Balliette. During her apprenticeship she had the opportunity to study advanced work with June Hines in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In February 2002 she completed her Authentic Pilates® certification from the Pilates Studio® in New York with master instructors Romana Kryzanowska and Sari Mejia Santo. She currently teaches Authentic Pilates® for The Pilates Center at Goucher College.
Michelle Mulreaney
Certified Instructor
Extension: (410) 337-6531 extension 3
E-mail: ashley.mulreaney@goucher.edu
Michelle Mulreaney has 3 major loves- Pilates, Dance and the French language. Throughout her college career, she was lucky enough to study all three. She began her college career at Hofstra University on Long Island, NY. After two years, she returned home to Towson, MD to attend Goucher College. She has enjoyed dancing in the works of Gloria McLean, Lance Westergard, Larry Keigwin, Juliet Forrest, and Tiffany Mills. It was her love of dance that lead her to the Pilates Method, and it was at Goucher where she was first introduced to the Romana's Pilates technique. After graduating from Goucher in 2007, she decided to move to Aix-en-Provence, France and begin her Pilates training while fine-tuning her French skills. While in France she worked directly with Sonia Hererria, but also with Philippe Taupin in Paris. Then, in October of 2008 she finished up her training at the Romana's headquarters in NYC. After 700 hours of training, Michelle received her Level 5 IITP Pilates Teacher Certification from Romana's Pilates in January 2009. She belives that her training is unique and rich because of the wide spectrum of instructors and trainers she has worked with; each teacher provides a special insight into the technique and that is what she focuses on as a teacher. Michelle is currently teaching back at home, Goucher College, with a great team of instructors.
Barbara Palmer
Certified Instructor
Extension: (410) 337-6531 extension 5
E-mail: bpalmer@goucher.edu
Barbara Palmer started studying the Pilates Method under the guidance of Elizabeth Ahearn in 1996. With Elizabeth’s encouragement she decided on a career change and entered the Authentic Pilates teacher certification program in 2002, where she apprenticed under Romana Kryzanowska and Sari Mejia Santo. She earned her certification in 2003 from the Pilates Studio of New York. In 2004 she received her Level 5 ITTP teaching status from Romana’s Pilates. She has been teaching Pilates at Goucher College since 2003.
Lindsey Puclowski
Guest Instructor
Originally from Hanover, MA, Lindsey Puclowski came to Baltimore as a student at Goucher College, where she graduated in 2005 with a B.A. in Dance and a B.A. in Psychology. She began studying the Pilates method as a student at Goucher in order to strengthen her dancing, and has been captivated ever since. In 2004, Lindsey trained intensively in New York City with master instructors Romana Kryzanowska and Sari Mejia Santo, completing a rigorous apprenticeship of over 650 hours. Officially certified by Romana's Pilates, she has been teaching authentic Pilates at Goucher College since September 2004. At Goucher, she has danced in works by choreographers Michael Uthoff, Christopher D'Amboise, Kim Epifano, Robert Moses, and Charla Genn. She continues to dance and also continues studying Pilates in New York.
Amanda Pugh
Certified Instructor
Extension: (410) 337-6531 extension 2
E-mail: amanda.pugh@goucher.edu
Amanda Pugh, born in Baltimore, Maryland, has studied classical ballet since the age of four. She began studying dance under the tutelage of Kim Pugh, ballet teacher and choreographer at the Maryland School of Ballet and Modern Dance; as well as Marcia Dale Weary of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. Amanda has performed principal and soloist roles with the Harford Ballet Company, the Maryland School of Ballet and Modern Dance, Art of the Solo by Mino Nicholas, and the Baltimore Ballet. In 2008, she earned a B.A. in Dance Performance and minor in music from Goucher College. At Goucher, she performed in works by fellow students, faculty, and guest artists. Her most notable roles include “Electra” in Doris Humphrey’s Libation Bearers (2006), soloist in Nilas Martins’ Shades of Vivaldi (2006), and the leading Nymph in Vaslav Nijinksy’s L’Apres Midi d’un Faune, restored by Ann Hutchinson Guest and Claudia Jeschke. Amanda has received the Rosenberg Scholarship in Dance, the Global Citizen Scholarship for academic merit, the Goucher Dance Department Friends Scholarship, the Goucher Dance Department Freshman Award, and has been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Amanda has also studied the cello since the age of nine and has performed solo and ensemble works with Goucher Chamber Music Ensemble, Goucher Chamber Symphony Orchestra, and student recitals. Amanda completed her Level 5 IITP Pilates Teacher Certification under master teachers Sari Mejia-Santo and Romana Kryzanowska in New York in 2008. She currently teaches Romana’s Pilates full-time at the Pilates Center at Goucher College and dances professionally with the Baltimore Ballet.
Amelia (Amy) Riley
Director and Certified Instructor
Extension: (410) 337-6531 extension 7
E-mail: amelia.nelson@goucher.edu
Originally from the Pittsburgh area, Amy studied dance at the Point Park College Conservatory and the Civic Light Opera Academy of Musical Theater. She spent her summers taking dance classes from the Chautauqua Ballet Company at the Chautauqua Institution in New York, and was selected for a full ballet scholarship to the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts at Mercyhurst College. Amy began studying Pilates at Goucher College while completing her dance major and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 2001 with concentrations in dance history & criticism and arts administration. She went on to receive her Master’s degree in Public Administration from American University in Washington, DC, where she served as a graduate research assistant. Continuing with her Pilates Method training, she then moved to New York City to complete a 700-hour teacher certification program with Joseph Pilates’s heir, Romana Kryzanowska, before returning to Goucher College to teach at the Pilates Center.