Joan Hope MacNaughton

Associate Publisher, Schneps Media

Joan was born in Manhattan, New York. At the age of nineteen, Joan purchased what is now the Leggz Ltd Dance studio and made Rockville Centre its permanent home. One of her proudest accomplishments is the Leggz Ltd Dance Nutcracker Ballet, which premiered in 1993, accompanied by the South Shore Symphony. Joan is the author of Forever Dancing, an autobiographical children story, which was first published in 2005 in English and Spanish and republished in 2015.

Joan proudly serves as a Board Member of the Belmont Child Care Association, Rise Life Services, and the Rockville Centre RVC Blue Speaks. She is the Ambassador to Old Westbury Gardens, as the Founder and Council Chair of the Children In Bloom, annually raising monies for the Environmental Educational Programs at the Garden.

Joan's distinguished honors include the Molloy University Community Leadership Award, NYS Woman of Distinction, Town of Hempstead Pathfinder Award, the United Cerebral Palsy Shining Star and the United Cerebral Palsy Greenberg Torch of Leadership, Rockville Centre Lions Honoree Dinner In The Dark, Long Island Press Power Woman in Business and the Association of Fundraising Professionals Outstanding Fundraising Volunteer Award. She also received a Congressional Citation for her work with National Tap Dance Day to help raise awareness for the Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Joan is a former PTA President and former Ambassador for Cultural Affairs Nassau County Parks. She currently serves on the Advisory Panel of the Madison Theatre at Molloy University and is the Executive Vice President of the Rockville Centre Guild for the Arts.