Jennie Scholick ‘09
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Jennie Scholick ‘09
Tags Arts Administrator, Arts Educator
Me in 50 words or less: I'm Chief of Staff at San Francisco Ballet after completing a PhD in Comparative literature at UCLA.
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Department: Comparative Literature
Certificate(s): European Cultural Studies, Dance
Student Group(s): BodyHype
Bio
Jennie Scholick, PhD serves as Chief of Staff at San Francisco Ballet, having advanced to this role in March 2025 after nearly eight years with the company.
From 2021-2025, Scholick served as Director of Education & Training, overseeing programs that serve over 40,000 people annually, including San Francisco Ballet School and the Dance in Schools and Communities residency program. During her tenure, she reduced the School's operating deficit and worked to overcome the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on both School and community programs.
Prior to this role, Scholick held positions as Associate Director of Audience Development (2019-2021) and Associate Director of Audience Engagement (2017-2019) at San Francisco Ballet. In these roles, she developed audience engagement initiatives including podcasts, lecture series, and digital programming.
Scholick earned her PhD in Comparative Literature from UCLA in 2016, where her dissertation examined the intersection of dance, poetry, and politics during the Cold War era. Her academic work has been published in The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Ballet (2021) and Dance Chronicle (2018). She holds a BA magna cum laude from Princeton University in Comparative Literature with certificates in Theater & Dance and European Cultural Studies.
I’d like to share my expertise with:
Alumni
Students
I would like to:
Speak on a panel
Share advice via phone or coffee chat