Staff and Board

Administrative Staff

K. James McDowell, President and Artistic Director
Christofer Macatsoris, Music Director
Robert W. Lyon, Director of Institutional Advancement
Susan L. Mock, CPA, Chief Financial Officer
Denise Stuart, Director, Marketing and Public Relations
Amanda DeMarco, PR and Marketing Associate
Bill Buddendorf, Box Office Manager
Daniel M. Pantano, Special Events and Community Relations
Valentín Fernández, Business Manager
Val J. Starr, Dean of Students
José Melendez, Assistant to the Music Director/Librarian
Lindsey Crane, Administrative Associate
John Lane, Administrative Associate
Rebecca Carr, Coordinator for Opera Outreach

The Academy of Vocal Arts Board of Directors

B.A. (Mackie) MacLean Jr., Chairman
Susan E. Kane, Vice Chairman
Peter J. Whatnell, Vice Chairman
Harold (Rick) Pitcairn II, Vice Chairman & Treasurer
Martha R. Hurt, Vice Chairman & Secretary

R. Randolph Apgar
Joseph D. Blair
Dr. Claire Boasi
Robert W. Bogle
Kay Bossone
Stephen Costello
Kristin Davidson
David Devan
Barbara M. Donnelly
Anthony Fabiano
Dr. Rosalie Burns Goldberg
Adele S. Hebb
Nancy Fabiola Herrera
Martin G. Janowiecki
Lucinda S. Landreth
Sandy Leopold
Jim McClelland

Joseph McGuire, Esq.
Jules L. Merron
Elizabeth A. Murphy
John A. Nyheim
Laren Pitcairn
Edith A. Reinhardt
Dr. Scott Richard
Susan E. Sherman
Corey Smith
Ann R. Stephenson
Walter M. Strine Jr., Esq.
Richard Troxell II
Franca C. Warden
P. Jeffrey Warden
Charlotte Watts

Board Members Emeritus

Dr. Raymond Friday
Francis J. Palamara