Staff and Board

Administrative Staff

K. James McDowell, Executive Director
Christofer Macatsoris, Music Director
Robert W. Lyon, Director of Institutional Advancement
Denise Stuart, Director, Marketing and Public Relations
Daniel M. Pantano, Special Events and Community Relations
Valentín Fernández, Business Manager
Robin Marcotte, Box Office Manager
Val J. Starr, Dean of Students
José Melendez, Librarian
Allison Hymel, Administrative Associate
Ellen Joffred, Administrative Associate
John Lane, Administrative Associate
Rebecca Carr , Coordinator for Opera Outreach
Nan Altman, Volunteer

The Academy of Vocal Arts Board of Directors

Edith A. Reinhardt , Chairman
Laren Pitcairn, Vice Chairman
B. A. (Mackie) MacLean, Jr., President
Martha R. Hurt, Vice President & Secretary
Harold F. (Rick) Pitcairn II, Vice President & Treasurer
P. Jeffrey Warden, Vice President

R. Randolph Apgar
Ilyce Benton
Dr. Claire Boasi
Robert W. Bogle
Kay Bossone
Dr. Elizabeth M. Bowden
Charlotte H. de Serio
Kristin Davidson
Maryalice DeCamp
David Devan
Frederic N. Dittmann
Barbara M. Donnelly
Rosalie Gerson
Dr. Rosalie Burns Goldberg
Adele S. Hebb

Nancy Fabiola Herrera
Stephen T. Janick
Susan E. Kane
Lucinda S. Landreth
Jim McClelland
Joseph McGuire, Esq.
Jules L. Merron
Corey Smith
Ann R. Stephenson
Tracey A. Stover
Frederick A. Tucker, Jr.
Lyn Batastini Vizzi
Franca C. Warden
Peter J. Whatnell

Board Associates

Jeannine Bouchard Cowles
Dr. Raymond Friday
John A. Nyheim
Ann B. Ritt
Mary M. Lane
Conant Scott Rogers
Josephine Guido Sadacca
William G. Warden III
Philip W. Young

Board Members Emeritus

Francis J. Palamara
James McK. Ridgway deceased

Advisor

James Morris