2022 Music GPS Level 3

• Grants Development Director, Miami City Ballet, Miami, Florida
• Grants Manager, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation, Hollywood, Florida
• Board Member, Association of Fundraising Professionals ; Member, Association of Fundraising Professionals; Member, Grant Professionals Association
• B.A., Sociology, University of Minnesota; Certificate in Fundraising Management from the Indiana School of Philanthropy     

• Lecturer and Undergraduate Advisor, UF Center for Arts in Medicine, Gainesville, Florida
• Board Member, National Organization for Arts in Health
• M.M, Music Education, University of Florida; B.A., Music, Florida State University; Undergraduate Diploma, Viola Performance, Longy School of Music

• President/CEO, Musicfor America, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
• Teacher/Coach, Piano Studio of Renée LaBonte -  acclaimed for recitals and orchestral performances throughout Europe, Central & South America, Asia and US. 
• Founding VP, Exec. Dir. of Symphony of the Americas, serving in that position from 1987 - 2020, producing annual concert series in its performance home as the orchestral partner of Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
• Co-Founder, Florida Music Festival and Symphony of the Americas Summerfest –  annual cultural exchange residency of an internationally acclaimed chamber orchestra, both festivals esteemed for international concert tours for which she has received recognition from the President and Congresses of the US, Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador, and Florida’s Secretary of State.
• She was instrumental in the production of Seasons of Change, a PBS arts documentary filmed on location in Budapest featuring the Hungarian Virtuosi; and has produced, performed or appeared as a soloist on over 30 compact discs.
• B.F.A., Music Education, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton; Teacher’s Certification, St. Louis Institute of Music; coursework at Milwaukee College/Conservatory of Music and Manhattanville College, New York (with William Harms of Curtis Institute, and with Gerald Snyder of Cleveland Institute). 

• Vice President of Development, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, New York. SPAC is the long-term summer home of the Philadelphia Orchestra, New York City Ballet, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
• Former Director of Individual Giving, New World Symphony, Miami Beach, Florida; collaborated on many special initiatives and events, including as an integral part in the planning and execution of the symphony's 2019 tour to Carnegie Hall, New York. 
• Former Executive Director, Chatham Baroque, a world-renowned chamber ensemble focused on historically informed performance practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• Former Arts Administrator, Chamber Music America, the national service organization for chamber and jazz musicians. Freelance Pianist in New York City and Pittsburgh. 
• M.M., New York University; B.M., Music Performance, Crane School of Music (SUNY Potsdam)

• Former Executive Director, Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach
• Founding President and CEO, Classical South Florida Public Radio Station
• Executive Director, The Fashion Scholarship Fund
• Previous positions include: CEO, Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts; CEO, Stamford Center for the Performing Arts; President, Broadway China Ventures, Beijing and Shanghai
• Founding Member, Connecticut Advocates for the Arts; Member of the Broadway League; Member of ISPAA

• Professional Arts Administrator with over 16 years of experience.
• Former Executive Director, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
• Former work experience includes:  Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra; Annie Russell Theatre at Rollins College; College of Arts and Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Charlotte Symphony Orchestra; and North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center.
• M.A. in Arts Administration, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina; B.A. in Music Industry Studies, Hayes School of Music, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.