CAELI Alumni

251 arts leaders have graduated from the National Guild's Community Arts Education Leadership Institute since 2010*. They include:

Rheanna Marie Abbott, Manager, Arts in the Middle Program, Lincoln Center Education, New York, NY
Philip Alexander, Arts in Education Director, Brooklyn Arts Council, New York, NY
Jeffery Allen, Director, Arts Education, Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Cleveland, OH
Kathleen Allen, Interim Executive Director, Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra, Seattle, WA
Alise Alousi, Associate Director, InsideOut Literary Arts Project, Detroit, MI
Nicole Amri, Program Director, SAY Sí, San Antonio, TX
Troy Anderson, Executive Director, Suzuki-Orff School of Music, Chicago, IL
Sandra Andino, Philadelphia, PA
Alicia Andrews, Assistant Director, Lucy Moses School at Kaufman Music Center, New York, NY
Philip Asbury, Project Manager, Mural Arts Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Mariana Astorga-Almanza, Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator, Lynwood Unified School District, Lynwood, CA
Steve Ausbury, Deputy Director, Brooklyn College Community Partnership, Brooklyn, NY
Barbara J. Bachtell, Executive Director, Broadway School of Music & the Arts, Cleveland, OH
Gosia Bagley, Program Director, Chicago Center for Music Education, Chicago, IL
Susanne Baker, Founder & Director, DePaul University's Community Division, Chicago, IL
Krystal Prime Banfield, Dean, Berklee City Music, Boston, MA
Pachy Banks-Cabral, Advancement Officer, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Stephanie Barragán, Education Coordinator, ElevArte Community Studio, Chicago, IL
Scott Bartelson, Management Associate, Hartford Stage. Hartford, CT
Varissa McMickens Blair, Arts Education Consultant, Philadelphia, PA
Ashley Blakeney, Program Manager, Pablove Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Noah Bloom, Director of Programs, Neighborhood Music School, New Haven, CT
Josie Bockelman, Director of Education, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Adriana Borzellino, Director of Dancing Classrooms NYC, Dancing Classrooms, New York, NY
Heather Brady, Director of Education and Engagement, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
Leonardo Bravo, Director, School Programs, The Music Center, Los Angeles CA
Stacie Nussbaum Brennan, Education Director, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Josiah Micha Bruny, CEO, Music Changing Lives, Moreno Valley, CA
Caitlin Butler, Senior Manager of Institutional Relations and Grant Oversight, Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates, Philadelphia, PA
Natalie Butler, Uptown Academy Director, The People's Music School, Chicago, IL
Alaina Calloway Bolton, Music Education Director, Apple Tree Arts, Grafton, MA
Rodney Camarce, Youth Development and Engagement Manager, Philadelphia, PA
Dava Cansler, Founder/Executive Director, Foluke Cultural Arts Center, Cleveland, OH
Alberto Careaga, Director of Education, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
Noelia Garcia Carmona, Dance Program Director, New Ballet Ensemble & School, Memphis, TN
David Carter, Education Director/Principal Clarinet, Tulsa Symphony, Tulsa, OK
Eepi Chaad, Director of Community Engagement, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
Alorie Clark, Senior Manager, Arts Education and Community Programs, Step Afrika!, Washington D.C.
Durell Cooper, New York, NY
Grace Kang Chandarlapaty, Program Specialist, Exploring the Metropolis, New York, NY
Helen Chao-Casano, Director Co-Curricular Performing Arts Programs, Punahao School, Honolulu, HI
Fiona Chatwin, Executive Director, Villa Musica, San Diego, CA
Megan Clay Constantine, Director, Department of Music, The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
Amy Craft, Executive Director, Art House, Inc., Cleveland, OH
William Crow, Managing Museum Educator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Josué Cruz, Jacksonville, FL
Pamela Curtis, Cambridge, MA
Assunta D'Ambrosio, Director of Programs & Curriculum, South Shore Conservatory, Hingham, MA
Kerry Davis, Development Coordinator and Community Liaison, Cleveland Print Room, Cleveland, OH
Lara Davis, Arts Education Manager, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle, WA
Lonnie Davis, President and CEO, Jazz Arts Initiative, Charlotte, NC
Julie deBettencourt, Program Director, Snow City Arts, Chicago, IL
Karin Demarest, Arts Education Consultant, Arts Council of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA
Jaime DeMott, Director, Community Music School of MSU College of Music, East Lansing, MI
Timothy S. DePrey, Director of Individual Instruction, MacPhail Center for Music, Minneapolis, MN
Karen Deschere, Executive Director, Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts, Berkeley Heights, NJ
Lauren Deutsch, Executive Director, The Jazz Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Jennifer DiFiglia, Senior Director of Programs, LeAp, New York, NY
Patrick Dougher, Consultant, Brooklyn, NY
Teresa Drews, Director of Education, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee, WI
Phil Dunlap, Director of Education, Jazz St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
Tarah Durnbaugh, Associate Director of Programs, Urban Gateways, Chicago, IL
Ariel Edwards, Community Arts Director, Clay Art Center, Port Charles, NY
Paul Ellis, Executive Director & General Counsel, Daisy Wilson Artist Community, Pittsburgh, PA
Sue Elliot, Director of Eduation, Seattle Opera, Seattle, WA
Erin Elman, Dean of Continuing Studies, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Ted Enoch, Philadelphia, PA
Melissa Falb, Director of Group Instruction, MacPhail Center for Music, Minneapolis, MN
Linda Fernandez, Manager of Children and Youth Programs, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Amelia Firnstahl, Director of Operations, Pasadena Conservatory of Music, Pasadena, CA
Shawna M. Flanigan, Director of Arts Education, Center of Creative Arts, St. Louis, MO
Alison Fleminger, Director of Arts, University Settlement, New York, NY
Quanice Floyd, Founder & Director, Arts Administrators of Color DMV Network, Washington, DC
Aidah Fontenot, Senior Program Manager - Community Partnerships & Programs, Project Create, Washington, DC
Rachel Fritz, Chief Opearations Officer, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee, WI
Cynnie Gaasch, Executive Director, Young Audiences of Western New York, Buffalo, NY
Julianne Gadoury, Grants Coordinator, Arts Education, New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, Concord, NH
Melissa Gawlowski Pratt, Assistant Director, School Programs, Lincoln Center Education, New York, NY
Karen Geer, Executive Director, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Larisa Gelman, Educational Outreach Center Director, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Kurtis Gildow, Dean of Programs, Merit School of Music, Chicago, IL
Donna Glick, Director of Education & Community Programs, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA
Elise Gallinot Goldman, Education Director, KID smART, New Orleans, LA
Joseph J. Gonzales, Director, Museum Communications Program, Museum Studies Program, Philadelphia, PA
Janice Gouldthorpe, Executive Director, Genesee Center for the Arts & Education, Rochester, NY
Julia Gourley, Executive Director, Krasl Art Center, Saint Joseph, MI
Aliza Greenberg, COBALT, Manager Metropolitan Opera Guild, New York, NY
Jennifer Green-Flint, Director, Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy, Winchester, VA
Zachary Greshman, Education Programs Director, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
Sarah E.R. Grosman, Programs Manager, Turtle Bay Music School, New York, NY
Anne Harrison, Director of Youth Services, Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Philadelphia, PA
Deirdre Harrison, Director of Community Engagement, Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston, IL
Victoria Harrison, Program Manager, Play on, Philly!, Philadelphia, PA
Rebekah Harkins, Director of Programs and Development, Opus 118 Harlem School of Music, New York, NY
Ethan Hecht, Center Director, Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts, Lafayette, CO
Paula B. Hepfer, Executive Director, Cumberland Valley School of Music, Chambersburg, PA
Valerie Heron-Duranti, Director of Creative Youth Development, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Amherst, MA
Shari Hersh, Director of Design Review and Senior Project Manager, Mural Arts Advocates, Philadelphia, PA
Cherie Hill, Communications Manager/Chief of Staff, Luna Dance Institute, Oakland, CA
Ben Hires, Director of Programs, Boston Children's Chorus, Boston, MA
Lynn Hoare, Senior Director of School-Based Programs, Creative Action, Austin, TX
John Holyoke, Sr. Program Manager, Educational & Community Partnerships, Lincoln Center Education, New York, NY
Stephanie Hsu, Founding Director, Yakima Music en Acción, Yakima, WA
Ayanna Hudson, Director, Arts Education, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC
Eric Hung, Grant Writer and Conference Chair, Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, Burlington, NJ
Lisa Hunt, Assistant Director, Cleveland Heights - University Heights City School District, Cleveland, OH
Anne K. Huyck, Saint Louis, MO
Rosa Hyde, Manager, Arts Education Performances, New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), Newark, NJ
Stephen Ingle, Co-Founder & Creative Director, Creative Kids, Inc., El Paso, TX
Sachiko Isihara, Executive Director, Suzuki School of Newton, Auburnadale, MA
Maureen R. Ischay, President, BTSD Services, Cleveland, OH
Carissa B. Johnson, Consultant, Apex, NC
Linda Johnson, Executive Director, Streetside Stories, San Francisco, CA
Keith Kaminski, Director of School Programs and Partnerships, DreamYard Project, New York, NY
Robin Kearton, Director, Community Center for the Arts, Urbana, IL
Lark Keeler, Curator of Education, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA), North Miami, FL
Phaedra Kelly, Education Director, The ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC
Aurora King, Director of School & Community Partnerships, Destiny Arts Center, Oakland, CA
Eliza Kiser, Director, Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
Nancy Kleaver, Director of Community and Family Programs, Lincoln Center Education, New York, NY
Chloe Kline, Education Director, Community MusicWorks, Providence, RI
Stephanie Kluk, Studio Go and Community Enrichment Manager, Art Hous, Inc., Cleveland, OH
Jackson Knowles, Program Director, MINDPOP, Austin, TX
Jane Kramer, Executive Director, Enriching Lives Through Music, Larkspur, CA
Debra Kreisberg, New York, NY
Remy Kunstler, Program Director, Elders Share the Arts, New York, NY
Kearsten Kuroishi, Theater Program Specialist, City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs, Las Vegas, NV
Daylynn Allis Lambi, Executive Director & Founder, Marrow PDX, Portland, OR
Karen LaShelle, Executive Director, Creative Action, Austin, TX
Jane Lavino, Snugden Family Curator of Education & Exhibits, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
Mika Claire Lemoine, Teaching Artist Mentor, Destiny Arts Center, Oakland, CA
Vita Litvak, Manager of Adult Programs, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Contessa Lobley, Executive Director, Tessa's Black Entertainment & Youth Center, Milwaukee, WI
Colleen Longshaw, Associate Director, CARE, Cleveland Play House, Cleveland, OH
Julia Lopez, Foundations & Innovations Program Manager, Mural Arts Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Howard Sid Lucas, Job Counselor, National Caucus and Center for Black Aging, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Rosalina Macisco Matthies, Executive & Artistic Director, Santa Barbara Dance Institute, Santa Barbara, CA
Greg MacPherson, Senior Director, Programs, Big Thought, Dallas, TX
Emily Magenheimer, Campus Manager, Levine Silver Spring, Levine Music, Silver Spring, MD
Tanya Maggi, Director of Community Performances & Partnerships, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Nathan Majoros, Deputy Director, Lifetime Arts, New Rochelle, NY
Jessica Malek, Vice President Big Thought Institute, Big Thought, Dallas, TX
Lindsey Maliekel, Director of Education/Public Engagement, The New Victory Theater/New 42nd Street, New York, NY
Tara Malik, Media Arts, and Culture Director, RYSE Youth Center, Richmond, CA
Julia Wilkinson Manley, CEO & Artistic Director, Colorado Conservatory of Dance, Broomfield, CO
Erik Mann, Executive Director, Cleveland Classical Guitar Society, Cleveland, OH
Kevin Marr II, Program Administrator, Foluké Cultural Arts Center, Cleveland, OH
Jennifer Martin, Director of Education & Operations, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Magda Martinez, Director of Programs, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Joanna Massey, Director of Learning & Engagement Programs, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY.
Maria Mathieson, Director of Music Education, Levine School of Music, Washington, DC
Jamie Mayer, Associate Director of in School Programs, New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), Newark, NJ
Indi McCasey, Creative Education Consultant, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Bruce McColl, Director, Currier Museum Art Center, Manchester, NH
Linsey McDaniel, Managing Director, Balafon West African Dance Ensemble, Pittsburgh, PA
Julie McDonald, Executive Director, Leap…imagination in learning, San Francisco, CA
Reed Davaz McGowan, Executive Director, Norris Square Neighborhood Project, Philadelphia, PA
Sarah Anne McNear, Director of Education, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
Jessica Mele, Executive Director, Performing Arts Workshop, San Francisco, CA
Cecilia Mendez, Director, Center for Art and Community Partnerships, Boston, MA
Cecilia Isabel Mendez, Director, Center for Art and Community Partnerships, Boston, MA
Ruth Mercado-Zizzo, Boston Public Schools Arts Expansion Initiative, EdVestors, Boston, MA
Mary Ellen Messner, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Ingenuity Incorporated, Chicago, IL
André Middleton, Co-Chair Board of Directors, Friends of Noise, Portland, OR
Devon Miller, Managing Director, Junior Players, Dallas, TX
Myka Miller, Executive Director, Harmony Project, Los Angeles, CA
Tami Miller, Curator of Exhibitions, Collections, and Education, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
Beverly Mislang, Associate Director Resource Development, Youth Speaks, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Melissa Mohr, Director of Education, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
Hilary Moore, Creative Schools Program Manager, Arts Corps, Seattle, WA
Patricia Morales, Director of Young Artist Programs, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX
Paul Moshammer, Studio Director, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Annette Mozzoni, Director of Education, Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School, East Providence, RI
Lisa Murch, Project Manager, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA
Robyne Walker Murphy, Executive Director, Groundswell, Brooklyn, NY
Elena Marie Muslar, Assistant Director, Entertainment and Fine Arts Professions, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
Shaun Neblett, President, Changing Perceptions Theater (CPT), New York, NY
Rebekka Nickman, Program Manager, DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative, Washington, DC
Lorna Jane Norris, VP of Education, South Shore Conservatory, Hingham, MA
Mike Nourse, Director of Education, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
José Ochoa, Executive & Artistic Director, The Chicago High School for the Arts, Chicago, IL
Erin Offord, Director of Community Engagement, Big Thought, Dallas, TX
Maile Ogasawara, Program Supervisor, Center for Community Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
Olakunle Oladehin, Executive Director, Everybody Dance Now!, New York, NY
Karin Orenstein, Wynnefield Branch Director, Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, PA
José Ortiz, Student Opportunities and Support Manager, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY
Davin Peelle, Associate Director, Leadership Giving, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Alexander Peña, Director/Lead Teacher, Rochester, NY
Julienne Penza, Managing Director of Arts Education, Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, Westhampton Beach, NY
Caitlin Perkins, Director of Continuing Education, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Erin Perry, Executive Director, The Legacy Project, Inc., Pittsburg, PA
Jennifer Pickering, Executive Director, LEAF Community Arts, Black Mountain, NC
Sarah Jane Pietlicki, Program Manager, Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, Chicago, IL
Cathleen Marie Plazas, Senior Director, Curriculum & Program Evaluation, NJPAC, Newark, NJ
Netanel Portier, Director of Project Management Office, Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates, Philadelphia, PA
Jill Potter, Director of Programs, Urban Gateways, Chicago, IL
Regan Pro, Kayla Skinner Deputy Director for Education & Public Programs, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Elizabeth Quinn, Creative Director, Caldera, Sisters, OR
Seema Rao, Director, Intergenerational Learning, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Emily Reed, Vice President of Education and Community Engagement, Handel and Haydn Society, Boston, MA
Michael Reingold, Associate Director, JCC Thurnauer School of Music, Tenafly, NJ
Hilary Field Respass, Director, Hartt School Community Division, West Hartford, CT
Sarah Rinner, Elementary School Program Director, Creative Action, Austin, TX
Karen Benita Reyes, Executive Director, ArtReach at Lillstreet, Chicago, IL
Brooke Rogers, Managing Director, Wingspan Arts, New York, NY
Amy Rosenbluth, Executive Director, Lake Erie Ink: a space for youth, Cleveland, OH
Kristopher Rudzinski, Branch Director, Settlement Music School, Mary Louise Curtis Branch, Philadelphia, PA
Katie Ruprecht-Wittrock, Arts Integration Specialist, Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota, Saint Cloud, MN
Jerod Santek, Minneapolis, MN
Carmen Myriam Santos-Robson, Assistant Director and Development, Newark School of the Arts, Newark, NJ
Alex Sarian, Senior Strategist, LaPlaca Cohen, New York, NY
Amy Scheers, Executive Director, Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation, St. Louis, MO
Michael Schenkelberg, Director of Music School, Swallow Hill Music, Denver, CO
David Schiopota, Associate Director of Education, Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, Aurora, OH
G. Kwame Scruggs, Founder & Executive Director, Alchemy, Inc., Copley, OH
Thomas Scurto-Davis, Executive Director, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Christine Seibert, Director of Education, Cleveland Public Theatre, Cleveland, OH
Nancy M. Servis, Davis, CA
Karen Shepherd, Director, Maryland Campus, Levine School of Music, Washington, DC
Pamela Shortall, Associate Director of School and Community Partnerships, Chicago Children's Choir, Chicago, IL
Candy Nguyen Smirnow, Business Manager/Registrar, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
Andrew Smith, Director, Suzuki Music Schools of Westport and Orange, Westport, CT
Anne Smith, Director of Community Partnerships, South Shore Conservatory, Hingham, MA
LeBrandon Stephen Smith, Associate, NeON Arts, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Katherine Smythe, CEO & Artistic Director, New Ballet Ensemble and School, Memphis, TN
Margaret Wyporek Spear, Assistant Director, Strategic Growth and Programming, The Hartt School Community Division, West Hartford, CT
DeLashea Strawder, Asssociate Artistic Director & Director of Vocal Music Programs, Mosaic Youth Theatre Detroit, Detroit, MI
Veronica Stein, Program Director, Snow City Arts, Chicago, IL
Julie Rulyak Steinberg, Executive Director, Turtle Bay Music School, New York, NY
Käthe Swaback, Program Director, Raw Art Works, Lynn, MA
Chad Swan-Badgero, Arts Education Program Manager, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Lansing, MI
Marie Tai, Asociate Director, Community Music Center of Boston, Boston, MA
Susan Teegan-Case, ArtWell/Arts and Spirituality Center, Media, PA
Rachel Telesmanick, Associate Director, Community Music Center, Portland, OR
Molly Terbovich-Ridenhour, President & CEO, San Diego Civic Youth Ballet, San Diego, CA
Jeannette Tremblay, Director of School and Studio Programs, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Rebecca Tuynman, Education Manager, Ryman Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Nicole Upton, Director of Partnerships and Professional Learning, Ingenuity Incorporated, Chicago, IL
Allison Valchuis, Director, Art Center, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Leo Van Asten, Executive Director, Rhapsody Arts Center, Verona, WI
Xavier Verna, Executive Director, Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee, MI
Sarah Wass, Program Director, Harmony Project, Los Angeles, CA
Elizabeth Whitford, Executive Director, Arts Corps, Seattle, WA
Sarah Andrew Wilson, Assistant Director of Music Education, Levine Music, Washington, DC
Jeremy Winchester, Executive Artistic Director, Flint Youth Theatre, Flint, MI
Yolanda Wisher, Director of Art Education, Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates, Philadelphia, PA
Eve Wolff, New York, NY
Teri Yago-Ryan, Executive Director, Big Picture Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Guillermina Zabala, Media Arts Director, SAY Sí, San Antonio, TX
Carol Zee, Artistic Director, The Gabriella Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

*Updated February 2020