Debbie Chanel
Debbie Chanel
Executive Director
Debbie is a Chicago native with more than 20 years of retail experience, including owning her own dancewear store, and a degree in fashion merchandising from Moser College. She studied dance throughout her youth and went on to encourage her daughter, who now performs and teaches dance in Missouri. Debbie has worked in merchandising and management for businesses ranging from large corporations to elite boutiques and also helped develop a successful not-for-profit designer resale boutique for a charitable organization.
Debbie calls herself an “avid audience member” for dance and believes in the power of dance and other art forms to transform lives, especially for children. She is enthusiastic about connecting with and serving the dance community through her role as Russian Pointe’s Executive Director, overseeing operations for both Russian Pointe’s wholesale division and the Russian Pointe Dance Boutique.
