Greg Milstein has been a part of NCP since 1984, and has served as Executive Director for the past 20 years. He has conducted programs in thousands of schools, camps, libraries and community centers throughout America, and has personally taught circus skills to over one million students. Greg represented the USA at the Circus Ring of Friendship, the former Soviet Union’s international circus festival, for which he received a commendation in the US Congressional Record for “helping to further the cause of international understanding”. Greg also performed on the main stage at Red Square as part of the 850th Anniversary Celebration of Moscow; in 2004 he appeared at the Gorky Park Theatre of Celebrated Artists as part of the 5th Moscow Circus Festival’s “Planet of Clowns”. He was again commended by the US State Department for his role as “cultural ambassador” to Russia.