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Regional Chapter Leaders

Regional chapters provide a forum for Guild members to connect with their neighbors. Through regional chapters, members come together to share information and ideas, gain skills, provide mutual support and inspiration, and achieve common goals. Chapters are led by member-elected officers who serve three-year terms, and may include a chair, vice chair, and secretary. The Guild currently has 10 regional chapters.
 

Central Great Lakes (CGL)

Western PA, OH, KY, IN, MI

Amy Dennison, Chair
Director, University of Cincinnati CCM Preparatory Department, Cincinnati, OH
(513) 556-9466

EJ Choe, Vice Chair
Director, IUPUI Music Academy, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN
(317) 278-2593

Audrey Lipsey, Secretary
Executive Director, Crescendo Academy of Music, Kalamazoo, MI
(269) 345-6664 

Eastern Great Lakes (EGL)

Upstate NY

Peggy Quackenbush, Chair
Executive Director, Hochstein School of Music & Dance, Rochester, NY
(585) 454-4403 x11

Tanya Johnson-Ruffin, Vice Chair
Director of Education, Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY
(315) 442-2230

Tamar Smithers, Secretary
Creative Arts Academy Coordinator, Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY
(315) 442-2230
 

Mid-Atlantic (MDA)

Eastern PA, Southern NJ, MD, DE, WV

Kathy Bestwick, Chair
Executive Director, Phoenix Village Art Center, Phoenixville, PA
(610) 983-9430

Mark Huxsoll, Vice Chair
Director, Temple University Music Preparatory Division, Philadelphia, PA
(215) 204-4342

Stacie Nussbaum Brennan, Secretary
Education Director, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
(610) 525-0272 X23

New York Metro (NYM)

New York Metro Area

Igal Kesselman, Chair
Director, Lucy Moses School at the Kaufman Center, New York, NY
(212) 501-3363

Lee Koonce, Vice Chair
Executive Director, Th ird Street Music School Settlement, New York, NY
(212) 777-3240

Jean Newton, Secretary
Dean of Students and Faculty, Music Conservatory of Westchester, White Plains, NY
(914) 761-3900 x112

Northeast (NET)

ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI

Kate Yoder, Chair
Executive Director, Concord Conservatory of Music, Concord, MA
(978) 369-0010 x1

Jason Trotta, Vice Chair
Executive Director, Northampton Community Music Center, Northampton, MA
(413) 585-0001

Michael Havay, Secretary
Director of Education, Indian Hill Music, Littleton, MA
(978) 486-9524 x105

Northwest (NWT)

AK, WA, OR, ID, MT, WY

Michael Walsh, Chair
Executive Director, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, OR
(503) 823-2284

Michael Alstad, Vice Chair
Executive Director, Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA
(206) 526-8443

Rachel Telesmanick, Secretary
Associate Director, Community Music Center, Portland, OR
(503) 823-3177

Southern (STH)

VA, TN, NC, SC, GA, AL MS, AR, LA, FL

Joyce Bonomini, Chair
Director of Education, The Marcia P. Hoff man Performing Arts Institute, Clearwater, FL
(727) 712-2732

Andrew Freeman, Vice Chair
Director of Communication, Young Audiences of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
(504) 523-3525

Monica Tyran, Secretary
Program Coordinator, YA/YA, Inc., New Orleans, LA
(504) 529-3306

Southwest (SWT)

OK, TX, NM, AZ, UT, CO

Barbara Bend, Chair
Executive Director, Harmony School of Creative Arts, Marble Falls, TX
(830) 693-1791

Arien Christopher, Vice Chair
Development Coordinator, Barthelmes Conservatory, Tulsa, OK
(918) 582-8252

Nicole Amri, Secretary
Program & Outreach Coordinator, SAY Si, San Antonio, TX
(210) 212-8666
 

West Coast (WTC)

CA, NV, HI

Robert McAllister, Chair
Dean, School of Performing Arts, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
(213) 621-4531

Myka Miller, Vice Chair
Executive Director, Harmony Project, Los Angeles, CA
(323) 462-4311

Western Great Lakes (WGL)

MN, WI, IA, IL, MO, KS, ND, SD, NE

Carol Commerford, Co-Chair
Director, Community Music School of Webster University, St. Louis, MO
(314) 246-4445

Troy Anderson, Vice Chair
Executive Director, Suzuki-Orff School of Music, Chicago, IL
(312) 738-2646

Jo Ellen DeVilbiss, Secretary
Executive & Artistic Director, Conservatory of Central Illinois
(217) 356-9812

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