Board of Directors

Officers

  • Alexandra Eames, President
  • Zelma Bodzin, Vice President
  • Alison Thomas, Vice President
  • Young Drago, Registrar/Treasurer
  • Zelma Bodzin, Recording Secretary

Committee Chairs

  • Zelma Bodzin, Concert Series
  • Steven Boyce, Members Musicales
  • Delana Thomsen, Youth Concerts NY
  • Alison Thomas, Gifted Young People's Concerts
  • Alexandra Eames, Teachers Forum
  • Alison Thomas, Concerto Competition
  • Nicholas Kaponyas, Social Media
  • Nnenna Ogwo and Mirna Lekic, Live Music by Living Composers Concert

Additional Board Members

  • Raj Bhimani
  • Karen Lerner
  • François Nezwazky
  • Mark Pakman
  • Liz Wolff

Regional Chapter Presidents

  • Anne M. James, Richmond, VA
  • Boyd McDonald, Ontario, CA

Honorary Members

  • Rieko Aizawa
  • Michael Brown
  • Natasha Cherny
  • Mirian Conti
  • Adam Golka
  • Donald Manildi
  • John Snowdon-Durra
  • Jenny Zaharieva
  • Juana Zayas

Advisory Council

  • Bice Horszowski Costa
  • Terry Eder
  • Joseph Fennimore
  • Olegna Fuschi
  • Richard Goode
  • Gary Graffman
  • Stephen Hough
  • Douglas Kurz
  • Erich Leschetizky
  • Lowell Liebermann
  • Michael Meltzer
  • James Methuen-Campbell

Staff Positions

  • Anita Humer, Librarian
  • Alison Thomas, Bulletin Editor, Programs and Flyers

Past Advisers

  • Paul Badura-Skoda
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Seymour Bernstein
  • Martin Canin
  • Helen O. Coates
  • Jörg Demus
  • Rudolf Firkusny
  • Leon Fleisher
  • Claude Frank
  • Mieczyslaw Horszowski
  • Martin Kanin
  • Constance Keene
  • Jacob Lateiner
  • Erich Leschetizky
  • Ilse Koller Leschetizky
  • Neil McKelvie
  • Karl Ulrich Schnabel
  • Abbey Simon
  • Ruth Slenczynska
  • Nina Svetlanova
  • Margret Tautschnig
  • Andre Watts

Past Presidents

  • Edith Sullivan Golde (Founder)
  • Eleanor Spencer (First President)
  • Edwina Behre (1949-70)
  • Genia Robinor (1970-91)
  • Arminda Canteros (1991-94)
  • Mara Waldman (1994-2006)
  • Mark Riggleman (2006-2008)
  • Sheila Simpson (2008-2010)
  • Alison Thomas (2010-2017)
  • Zelma Bodzin (2017-2026)