After a career as a dancer— she retired in 2014 from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and had been a lead dancer with both Dance Theatre of Harlem and Complexions Contemporary Ballet—Alicia Graf Mack joins Juilliard as director of the Dance Division. A graduate of Columbia University, where she majored in history, Graf Mack has a master’s in nonprofit management from Washington University in St. Louis. She’s danced as a guest performer with Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Beyoncé, John Legend, Andre 3000, and Alicia Keys and made numerous festival and TV appearances. She began her teaching career while she was still dancing, teaching most recently at Webster University. Graf Mack, who was born in San Jose, Calif., and grew up in Columbia, Md., now lives in Madison, N.J., with her husband and their two children, Jordan (3) and Laila (1). She also co-founded D(n)A Arts Collective with her sister, hip-hop dancer Daisha Graf.