


The Committee of School Directors is an advisory arm of the Guild's Board of Trustees. It is responsible for identifying, considering and advising the Board about issues that are of importance to the field and all Institutional Members. Committee members promote communication and provide support to other members, attend and encourage others to attend regional meetings and serve as advocates for the community arts movement. The School Directors Committee consists of no more than thirty-three Guild school directors, including the chair of each regional chapter.
Kirsten Morgan
Representative, New York Metro Chapter
Executive Director, The Diller-Quaile School of Music
New York, NY
Eric Bachrach
Representative at Large
Executive Director, Community Music School of Springfield
Springfield, MA
Susanne Baker
Representative, Western Great Lakes Chapter
Director, DePaul Community Music Division
Chicago, IL
Kathy Bestwick
Chair, Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Founding Executive Director, Phoenix Village Art Center
Phoenixville, PA
Peggy Bruns
Chair, Mountain Chapter
Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts
Lafayette, CO
William Budai
Chair, Central Great Lakes Chapter
Director, IUPUI Music Academy
Indianapolis, IN
Elizabeth Christensen
Representative, Northeast Chapter
Director, Division of Preparatory and Continuing Education, New England Conservatory of Music
Boston, MA
Carol Commerford
Chair, Western Great Lakes Chapter
Director, Community Music School of Webster University
St. Louis, MO
Janine Day
Representative, West Coast Chapter
President, Bass Clef Method Association
Los Angeles, CA
Eric Delli Bovi
Representative, Western Great Lakes Chapter
Director of External Affairs, Old Town School of Folk Music
Chicago, IL
Amy Dennison
Representative, Central Great Lakes Chapter
Director, College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Department, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Karen Deschere
Chair, Western Great Lakes Chapter
President, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music
Milwaukee, WI
Richard A. Dickson
Chair, Southern Chapter
Executive Director, Amelia Arts Academy
Fernandina Beach, FL
Aaron Flagg
Chair, New York Metro Chapter
Executive Director, Music Conservatory of Westchester
White Plains, NY
Catherine Fletcher
Chair, Southwest Chapter
Director, Herberger College for Kids, Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Leslie Jones
Representative, New York Metro Chapter
Director, Filomen M. D'Agostino Greenberg Music School at Lighthouse International
New York, NY
John McCarthy
Chair, West Coast Chapter
Director, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Preparatory & Extension Divisions
San Francisco, CA
Paula Morgan
Representative, Southern Chapter
Director, Alia Lawson Pre-College Program
Spartanburg, NC
Kristen Murphy
Chair, Northwest Chapter
Director, University of Puget Sound Community Music Department
Tacoma, WA
Valerie Nelson
Co-Chair, Northeast Chapter
Executive Director, Brookline Music School
Brookline, MA
Carla Pastore
Representative, Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Executive Director, Center for the Creative Arts, Inc.
Yorklyn, DE
Howard Potter
Chair, Eastern Great Lakes Chapter
Associate Dean, Eastman Community Music School
Rochester, NY
Steven Rock
Representative, Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Executive Director, Community Conservatory of Music
Doylestown, PA
Laurie Russell
Co-Chair, Northeast Chapter
Executive Director, Winchester Community Music School
Winchester, MA
Alana Seddon
Representative, Northeast Chapter
Associate Director, Hartt School Community Division, University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT
Fred Snyder
Representative, Western Great Lakes Chapter
Director, Lawrence Academy of Music, Lawrence University
Appleton, WI
Cheryl Stephenson
Representative, Southern Chapter
Executive Director, Music Academy of Eastern Carolina
Greenville, NC
Kathleen Suss
Representative, New York Metro Chapter
Director, Concordia Conservatory
Bronxville, NY
Andrew Sussman
Representative, Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Executive Director, Cumberland Valley Music School
Chambersburg, PA
Nina Tishkevich
Representative, Southwest Chapter
Director, Music Academy of Tucson
Tuscon, AZ
Davin Torre
Representative, Central Great Lakes Chapter
Director, Flint School of Performing Arts, Flint Institute of Music
Flint, MI
Jason Trotta
Representative, Northeast Chapter
Executive Director, Northampton Community Music Center, Inc.
Northampton, MA
Joyce Wehner
Representative, Southern Chapter
Director of Education, Hoffman Performing Arts Institute
Clearwater, FL
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