Jodee Nimerichter returned to the ADF in 2003 as the Associate Director and was named Co-Director in May 2007. Ms. Nimerichter is responsible for the administration/management of the ADF, and assists with the long-range planning of the Festival, co-curates the performance seasons and oversees special projects. She produced ADF’s Dancing in the Light  (2007), a program showcasing six historic works by African American choreographers, for PBS. Ms. Nimerichter currently serves as Artistic Advisor/Dance for the Appalachian Summer Festival.  In addition, she is active in the dance field serving as a guest panelist and is involved in the group, Next Generation of Arts Administrators.

Prior to returning to ADF, Ms. Nimerichter was a production member of Great Performances: Dance in America at Thirteen/WNET New York. There she co-produced the award-winning performance documentary, Born to Be Wild: The Leading Men of American Ballet Theatre (2002) featuring Jose Manuel Carreño (Cuba), Angel Corella (Spain), Vladimir Malakhov (Russia) and Ethan Stiefel (USA), and a new work created specially for them by Mark Morris. Ms. Nimerichter also co-produced television recordings of the Broadway revival of The Women, starring Cynthia Nixon and Kristen Johnston, and the Broadway musical Fosse. She was an associate producer for the live broadcast of the Broadway production The Man Who Came To Dinner and Fosse Millennium 2000.

Ms. Nimerichter worked for ADF from 1992 until 1999. During this time, she managed international dance festivals in Korea and Russia and dance exchange programs in over 20 countries ranging from South Africa to Poland, Argentina and the Philippines.  She also organized the first U.S. tour of The Guangdong Modern Dance Company from Guangzhou, China and was responsible for organizing the reconstruction of seven classic dance works on repertory dance companies across the United States. In 1997, she joined the production team for ADF’s Emmy Award-winning series, Free to Dance, a three-hour documentary on the African American presence in modern dance for which she was also nominated for an Emmy Award in “Research.”

Ms. Nimerichter graduated from New York University (NYU) with a degree in performing arts administration. During college she held internships at ADF, Jacob's Pillow Dance, and Changing Times Tap Dancing Company. In addition, she worked on the dance component of NYU’s first Gallatin Arts Festival. She has served on the board of directors for Mark Dendy Dance & Theatre and worked on special projects for numerous companies.