Board and Staff

Board and Staff

Midori, Founder and President Emeritus
Peter Glaser, Chair
Marilyn Cohen, Vice Chair
Yvette Austin Smith, Treasurer
Geeta Sharma, MD, Secretary

Chair Emeriti

John D'Addario, Jr., Chair Emeritus
Alan Fischer, Chair Emeritus
Jill Klinow Jaffe, Chair Emeritus
Peter D. Lederer, Chair Emeritus

Board of Directors

Midori
Marilyn Cohen
Lori Anne Czepiel
Alan Fischer
Laraine Fischer
Peter Glaser
Daniel C. Goldhagen 
Katya Gorbatiouk
Setsu Goto
Deanna Landivar-Ruiz
Robert Merrell
Marc Richter 
Geeta Sharma, MD
Michael Smith 
Yvette Austin Smith
Makiko Tanaka

Artistic Advisory Committee

Emanuel Ax
Yefim Bronfman
Regina Carter
Paquito D'Rivera
Eliot Fisk
Marvin Hamlisch*
Wynton Marsalis
Zubin Mehta
Audra McDonald
Achinoam Nini
Mark O'Connor
Maurice Sendak*
Dawn Upshaw

*In Memoriam

Board of Advisors

Duffie Adelson
Judy Eisman
Maxine Greene
Rita Polidi
Suzanne Ponsot
Christopher Ponsot

Staff

Suzanne Wilson, Executive Director
Greg Pierson, Director of Finance and Administration
Caroline Horn, Director of Marketing and Development
Yumi Thomas, Program Manager
Gary Padmore, Program Manager
Destiny Pierce, Executive Assistant and Special Events Coordinator

Consultants

Paula Chan Bing, Education Specialist & Program Coordinator

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