Board & Staff

Board

Chairman
Melissa Thomson
Writer, editor, and translator

Treasurer
Thomas Fuesler
Project Manager, retired

Secretary
Warren Ayres
Attorney, Obermeyer, Redmann, Maxwell, and Hippel LLP

Member ex officio
Shannon Cline
Executive Director, Piffaro

Member
Miriam Arbelo
Music Teacher

Member
Karin Brookes
Administrative Director, The Juilliard School

Member
Mary Kane
Senior Counsel, Comcast Cable Communications

Member
Judith Lesnaw
Professor, Molecular Virology, retired

Member
Alan Muirhead
Chemist and Technical Writer, retired

Member
Doris Parent
VP, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Strategies and Strategic Partnerships, The Philadelphia Orchestra

Member
Alan Sobkowiak
Senior Systems and Communications Director, Meniscus Limited

Member
Sharon Torello
Torello Productions

Member
Nathan Wesner
Managing Director, Music Education
School district of Philadelphia

Member
Kimberly C. Yocum
Music Teacher, School District of Philadelphia

Staff

Artistic Director, Priscilla Herreid

Executive Director, Shannon Cline

Artistic & Administrative Assistant, Fiona Gillespie