Board of Directors

Ronald Strauss M.D. Chairman

Allergist, private practice; Former Board Member, Chamber Music America & Ohio Chamber Orchestra

Eugenia Strauss Executive Director

Former President, Pilobolus Dance Company; former Development Director, Friends of Cleveland School of the Arts; former Board Member, Apolloโ€™s Fire, Cleveland Ballet, Metro Hospital Foundation

David Krakowski President

Music Director, Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus

Mark Andreini, Esq. Vice President

Partner, Jones Day; Trustee, Broadway School of Music

Ryan Glick Vice President

Global Partner Lead, Google

Robert Weinberg Treasurer

Retired; VP of Engineering, Tridelta Industries; Founding Trustee, Stonebrook Montessori School Cleveland

Dan Gilbert Orchestra Manager & Trustee

Chair of Winds and Percussion and Associate Professor of Music, University of Michigan; Former Second clarinet in the Cleveland Orchestra from 1995 to 2007

Rabbi Jonathan Cohen Trustee

Senior Rabbi at Temple-Tifereth Israel

Miho Hashizume Trustee

Violinist; Musician at Cleveland Orchestra

Stacey Hightower Trustee

Chief Operating Officer of Group E, Diversified Agency Services (Omnicom Group Inc.)

Bonnie Ivancic Trustee

Retired; Vice-President, Lorain County Historical Society; Trustee, Cleveland Intl. Piano Competition

Chabrelle Williams Trustee

Soprano; Music Educator

Trustees Emeritus

Clurie Bennis โ€  Co-founder

Beverly Simmons Co-founder

Sawsan Alhaddad M.D. Co-founder

Artistic Advisory Council

Edward Arron cellist, artistic director of the Caramoor Virtuosi

Ivan Chan former first violinist with Miami String Quartet

Yvonne Frindle Publications Editor & Music Presentation Manager, Sydney Symphony

Kyung Sun Lee Associate Professor at Seoul National University, Korea

Peter Salaff Director, String Chamber Music Progam at Cleveland Institute of Music

Joel Smirnoff President, Mary Elizabeth Callahan Presidentโ€™s Chair at Cleveland Institute of Music (2008-2016)

Jack Sutte Brass Faculty, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory and Cleveland State University

Community Outreach Committee

Kevin Malecek Director of Economic Development for City of Mentor, Commissioner of Lake County, Senior Development Officer Lakeland Community Foundation

Rev. Dr. Brian A Cash Pastor East Mount Zion Baptist Church

Rev. Robert C. Ramser Our Lady of Angels

Mr. Rob Schneider Music Director, Our Lady of Angels

Rebecca Maurer Councilwoman, Cleveland Ward 12

Shauna Sanders Slavic Village Development Corporation

G. Andrew Gardner Mayor, Willoughby Hills

Tony Ward Music Director, St. Noel Church

Fr. William Jerse St. Jerome Church

Jessica Pinsky Praxis Fiber Workshop