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
Holly Phares, Coordinator for Opera Outreach
Nan Altman, Volunteer

The Academy of Vocal Arts Board of Directors

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

R. Randolph Apgar
Ilyce Benton
Dr. Claire Boasi
Robert W. Bogle
Kay Bossone
Dr. Elizabeth M. Bowden
Nicholas L. Cerchio III
Charlotte H. de Serio
Maryalice DeCamp
David Devan
Frederic N. Dittmann
Barbara M. Donnelly
Rosalie Gerson
Nancy Fabiola Herrera
Dr. Rosalie Burns Goldberg

Adele S. Hebb
Dr. Michael Idinopulos
Stephen T. Janick
Susan E. Kane
Bruce Katsiff
Joseph McGuire, Esq.
Jules L. Merron
Debra B. Nager
Corey Smith
Ann R. Stephenson
Tracey A. Stover
Frederick A. Tucker, Jr.
Lyn Batastini Vizzi
Franca C. Warden
P. Jeffrey Warden

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