Board

Our board members are passionate and distinguished music, education and business leaders committed to social impact and positive change through music education.

National Board of Directors

Officers

Bob Flaum

Partner, ret., PwC

Greg Hall

Managing Director and Head of U.S. Global Wealth Management, Pimco

Cheryl Zimlich

President and CEO, Bohemian Foundation

Nicole Crystal

The Crystal Family Foundation

Priscilla Shaw Rahn

Public School Master Teacher, Colorado

Shai Littlejohn

Director, Corporate Counsel Global Supply Chain, Innovation & Commercial, Starbucks Coffee Company

Members

Chris Donohoe

Independent Singer/Songwriter

Farid Naib

CEO, Lightspeed Financial Services Group

Doug Camplejohn

Founder & CEO, Airspeed

Jay Vyas

Former Managing Director and Head of Research and Innovation, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

Jose Vergara

Music Teacher, Miramonte Elementary (LAUSD)

Joseph Laska

Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Jules Follett

Executive Director & Founder of the Sessions

Ken Umezaki

CEO, Verifi Media

Dr. Latasha Casterlow-Lalla

Supervisor of Visual & Performing Arts, Passaic Public Schools

Martina Vasil, PhD

Associate Professor of Music Education & Director of Graduate Studies, University of Kentucky School of Music

Nishith “Nick” Bhatt

CEO, Vector Strategies

Stefani Scamardo

Founder of Hard Head Management and Evil Teen Records

J. Michael Fernandez

Founder, Quant 6

Chairman Emeritus

Area Advisory Boards

New York Area Advisory Board

Alex Mitchell

Co-Founder and CEO, Boomy Corporation

David Bendes

Director of Product for Next Gen Platform, National Basketball Association

David Rownd

Shareholder at Vedder Price

Elani Myers

Marketing & Events Manager, Steve Madden

Gary C. Huff

Chief Revenue Officer, Wrangled Insights

Graham Travaglini

Associate, Stevens & Lee

Hélèna Le Picart

Trading Solutions Relationship Manager, Bloomberg

Jared London

Vice President, CBRE

Jenny Peters

Vocalist, Vocal Arranger, Producer

Joe Armao

Partner, Fintech Sector Head, Senator Investment Group LP

Josh Warrum

Board Member, Project X

Kevin Cassidy

Partner, Zia Physics, Inc.

Michael McCready

CEO & Co-founder, Music Xray

Michelle Ressler

Chief Financial Officer, The Real Brokerage

Nathan Riggs (co-chair)

Chief Commercial Officer, Aergo Capital

Ravi Jani

Vice President, Investor Relations and FP&A, The Real Brokerage

Scott Burton

Managing Director, TPG Angelo Gordon

Steve Ioannou (co-chair)

Head of Americas: Enterprise Relationship Management Buy Side, Bloomberg LP

Sunil K. Aggarwal

CEO, ThinkForward Financial

Susan Mazo

EVP Global Communications, Universal Music Group

The Katharine W. Hoffman Music Will Chicago Area Advisory Board

Blake Croson

Senior Vice President, Assurance Agency

Bryan O’Neil

Vice President of Construction, Atomatic Mechanical Services

Dan Ulbricht (co-chair)

Vice President, Skender

Devin Gray

Director, Strategic Accounts, Shopmonkey

Dick Hoffman

Retired, Atomatic Mechanical Services

Lance Neuhauser

Strategic Advisor, Media Ocean

Mark Weisbard

Retired Attorney, Dykema Gossett PLLC

Michael Hoffman

Managing Director, Low Carbon Transition Group, BNP Paribas

Norm Winer

Co-Founder/Chief Content Curator & Brand Strategist Noteworthy Media Network

Paul Thenstedt 

Memoriam

Perry Bump

Principal, Assurance, a Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC Company

Rob Tovar

Director, The Hangar Film Stage and 2112 Inc.

Ron Onesti

President & CEO, Onesti Entertainment Corporation

Steve Stachorek 

President & CEO, Atomatic Mechanical Services, Inc.

Connecticut Advisory Board

Bob Azud

Vice-President, Elizabeth Azud Insurance LLC

Carol Shattuck

President, Shattuck Consulting, LLC

Carter Gowrie

CEO, Gowrie Group

Deborah Salomon

Founder/Director and Rabbi, Hebrew Wizards School

Ken Jacobson

Partner, Jacobsen & Company PC

Lee Dannay

VP of A&R, Thirty Tigers

Mike Viola

Principal Technologist, Nasdaq

Nick Carter

Manager/Owner, Many Hats Music, LLC

Oklahoma City Advisory Board

Amy Hunter

 

Christine Mueller

Visual and Performing Arts Director, Oklahoma City Public Schools

Lani Garner

Assistant Professor, Elementary Music Education, University of Central Oklahoma

Mandy Washa

Food & Beverage Director, Lucky Star Casino

Ryan Meeks

Assistant Professor of Instrumental Music Education, University of Central Oklahoma

Scott Boyd

Superintendent, Authentic Custom Homes, LLC

Sunshine Gadbury

Founder, Perch’d Modern