Julie Voss Catron is an At-Large member of the MDTA Executive Board. She has been involved with MDTA for more than 30 years – first, as a Missouri State Dance Team Championship team competitor for four years, and later as a routine judge for more than 25 years. She also served as a coaches’ clinic panelist. Julie’s passion for the importance of leadership development through dance team began when she was a member of the Lindbergh Flyerettes, and coach and choreographer of an award-winning community dance team in south St. Louis County for middle-school-aged dancers. For two summer seasons while in college, she served as a staff choreographer and instructor for ShowStoppers Camps of America, a high school dance team summer camp experience serving hundreds of teams and thousands of dancers throughout the Midwest. Julie lives in the St. Louis area and works in marketing communications and public relations.