David Thurmond joined Sacred Heart School for the Arts in July 2010 and comes with a distinguished record as an artist, an educator and a leader.

Mr. Thurmond is the former director of education and vice president for programming at the Kentucky Center for the Arts. He is also the founding director of Kentucky's Governor's School for the Arts. In addition, he was both the first education director for the Louisville Ballet and director of dance at the Louisville Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS). He has served as the director of instructional support for the arts and humanities for the Oldham County Schools, the director of strategic planning and government relations with the Kentucky Department of Education, and the deputy secretary of the Education Arts and Humanities Cabinet in the administration of Brereton Jones. He is also the former director of development for the Louisville Theatrical Association and the Louisville Area Salvation Army. In 2009, Mr. Thurmond was among the founding associates in MEETT ASSOCIATES, an international marketing, events and trade firm.

His path in the arts began in high school as the lead singer/dancer for his rock ‘n roll band, The Ravens. His illustrious career in Louisville began as a lead dancer with the Louisville Ballet and quickly expanded to teaching, coaching and choreography. Over the span of his amazingly diverse career, he has performed, taught, and choreographed for performing arts organizations throughout the south and Midwest. For the 2009 – 2010 season, Louisville Ballet audiences were thrilled to witness Mr. Thurmond's return to the stage in the title role of Don Quixote, and as the villainous Von Rothbart in Swan Lake. Students in both public and independent schools across Kentucky have been “Dancing with David” for over three decades; attending his master classes, performing his choreography (recent productions include Pirates of Penzance for Anchorage Children’s Theatre, Oklahoma, for Kentucky Country Day, and South Pacific for Trinity High School), learning from his multi media presentation in Kentucky Educational Television's Dance Toolkit and participating in his life affirming classes for the Kentucky Center’s Arts in Healing program.

Mr. Thurmond attended Sts. Peter and Paul School while growing up in Hopkinsville, Kentucky and graduated Cum Laude from Bellarmine University in Louisville. He received his M. Ed. from the University of Louisville and successfully completed the Kentucky Department of Education’s Kentucky Leadership Academy for school administrators and the Alternative Certification Program in School Administration at Eastern Kentucky University.

Suzanne Enriquez Dougherty is the chair of the visual arts department. Ms. Doughterty has been instrumental in developing the program at Sacred Heart School for the Arts since joining the faculty in 2005. She holds a bachelor of fine arts in studio art from Stanford University, has done extensive graduate study in art history at the University of New Mexico, and has studied at the renowned Art’s Students League and the National Academy of Design in New York City. An active professional artist, Ms. Dougherty has had numerous group shows throughout her career and has also helped curate a number of shows. Her extensive teaching experience ranges from preschool to college. On the Ursuline Campus, Ms. Dougherty teaches at both Sacred Heart School for the Arts and Sacred Heart Preschool. She enjoys being part of Sacred Heart Schools where she has experienced a clear commitment to bringing the best, academically and spiritually, to students.

Rozanna Thompson joined Sacred Heart School for the Arts in 1993. She is the chair of the music department and the Sacred Heart School for the Arts harp instructor. Ms. Thompson holds music degrees from Georgetown College and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary School of Church Music. She taught piano and English in Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil for two years in the Journeyman Program. Ms. Thompson added the harp to her repertoire after studying with Linda Rollo Wood of Indiana University. She plays the harp professionally with ARVS VIVA (harp/mandolin/flute) and The Underhill Trio (harp/violin/cello). Ms. Thompson has been in pit orchestras with The Broadway Series, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and Music Theatre of Louisville. For 20 years, Ms. Thompson has played with The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Orchestra. She enjoys teaching harp at SHSA where her Debutante Harp Ensemble performs at an array of local functions throughout the year.

Michelle Ludwig joins the Sacred Heart School for the Arts faculty with over 20 years of experience as a theatre educator, administrator, director, and performer. She is chair of the Drama Department and teaches Intermediate Drama, Youth Drama and Broadway Bound, in addition to being a part of the Sacred Heart Academy Arts Integration program. Before moving back to Louisville in 2011, she served for seven years as director of theatre at St. Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas. Earlier in her career while still living in Kentucky, Ms. Ludwig was a drama teacher at Louisville Collegiate School, drama department chair at the Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts, and the education director at Stage One where she was also a member of the acting company. Ms. Ludwig has also taught, directed and acted in her home state of Nebraska and North Carolina. A member of Actor's Equity, she earned her master’s degree in drama/theatre for youth from the University of Texas at Austin. She is delighted to be back in her old Kentucky home and to be sharing her passion for theatre with the Sacred Heart community.

Julianne McWilliams is chair of the dance department. She has served as a ballet instructor and choreographer at Sacred Heart School for the Arts since 1998. Ms. McWilliams brings a wealth of experience, having been a principal professional dancer with the Lexington Ballet and a member of the Louisville Ballet Civic Company. From 1993-1998, Ms. McWilliams co-owned and directed the A.R.T. Centre, a private dance studio in Louisville.