Staff & Board of Directors

KATHY JUDD
Executive & Artistic Director, Violin Faculty

M.M.A., Yale University; B.M., New England Conservatory of Music, Wichita State University.

Former member, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Idyllwild Trio, Mariposa Piano Trio; concertmaster, Boulder (CO) Bach Festival, Las Vegas Symphony. Lead commercial musician, Las Vegas. Orchestral, chamber music, festival performances throughout the U.S., Europe, and Taiwan. Faculty, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Idyllwild (CA) School of Music and the Arts. Instructor, Elizabethtown College. National and State grants panelist. Executive and Artistic Director, Music at Gretna (PA) chamber music and jazz concert series.

JOHN BECKER
Registrar & Program Associate

M.M., B.M. (voice performance), University of Wisconsin.

Church musician and classical performer. LGBT activist, writer, and blogger. Vice president, GLAA. Guest on major news and political shows including ABC’s World News Tonight, Nightline, and Good Morning America; NBC’s Today Show; Fox’s Alan Colmes Show; MSNBC’s Ed Schultz Show and Live with Al Sharpton, and the Associated Press Television Network. His work has been mentioned in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.

JEANNE MELLISH
Finance Director

B.M. (voice performance, psychology), Bucknell University; graduate study (voice performance), Catholic University of America; Certificate (accounting, public relations), University of Virginia.

Arts management and business professional. Managing Director, band non-profit performing association; Managing Director, choral non-profit performing organization; Web Manager & Advertising Administrator, national piano retailer; Education Assistant, national performing arts presenter; Accounting professional, wealth management company.

STACY SCHERMANN
Director of Digital Media & Communications, Web Developer

A.L.M. Digital Media Design, Harvard University Extension School; Professional Graduate Certificate in Learning Design and Technology, Harvard University Extension School; Professional Graduate Certificate in Front-End Web Development, Harvard University Extension School; A.S. Computer and Information Technology, Community College of Allegheny County; Certificate in Software Development, Community College of Allegheny County; B.S. Music Education, Slippery Rock University; B.M. Performance (flute), Duquesne University.

Previous technology positions include: Information Technology Technician, Slippery Rock University; Information Technology Technician, Regional Learning Alliance (includes 14 institutions of higher education); Webmaster for Schermann Flute Studio. Previous music positions include: Assistant Conductor, City Music Center Chamber Orchestra; Apprentice Conductor, Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra; Conductor, City Flutes (adult flute choir) and Music Theory Faculty, The Flute Academy. Current music positions include: Assistant Conductor and Bass Flutist, Pittsburgh Professional Flute Orchestra. Conducted or performed multiple World Premieres at the National Flute Association Annual Flute Conventions.

AYANNA ROGERS
Marketing Intern

B.A. (music performance, acoustic bass), New York University; M.A.Candidate (arts management), American University.

Urban Marketing Intern, Atlantic Records; Research Assistant, freelance musician Eyal Maoz; Resident Assistant and Budget Employee, New York University.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dudley Winthrop, Chair
Matthew B. Canzoneri, Vice Chair
Steven Spurlock, Secretary
Gloria Wang, Treasurer
Virginia Ackerman
Carol Bogash
Ndenisarya M. Bregasi
Jolie B. Golomb
Kathy Judd, Executive & Artistic Director
Dionne Laufman, Faculty Representative
Silvia Massetti
Jenny Mendez-Guerrero, Community Representative
David Mihalchik
Yoshie Ogawa
Tobias Werner

KATHY JUDD Executive & Artistic Director, Violin Faculty

JOHN BECKER Registrar & Program Associate

JEANNE MELLISH Finance Director

STACY SCHERMANN Director of Digital Media & Communications, Web Developer