Our Staff
Executive & Finance
Kate Dreyfuss
Co-Interim Executive Director
Marc Giosi
Co-Interim Executive Director
Scott Winship
Co-Interim Executive Director
Daniel Marro
Administrator
Lisa C. Nuñez
Finance Controller
Grants & Programs
Scott Winship
Director of Grantmaking Programs
Monisha Chowdhary
Grantmaking Manager
Kendolyn Walker
Program Manager, Next Jazz Legacy
Christa Ebert
Program Administrator
Communications
Kate Dreyfuss
Communications Director
Nathan Chamberlain
Communications Associate
Development
Marc Giosi
Development Director
Valerie Marchesi
Development Manager
Board of Directors
New Music USA is governed by a board of dedicated music lovers who are committed to our mission and our role as national resource for new music. Our decision to be led by co-chairs with multidimensional experiences as composer and business executive has increased our capacity to draw from multiple perspectives as we respond to the shifting needs of our community.
Officers
Anne-Marie Spataru, Co-Chair
Chair, Board of Directors, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Juan Pablo Contreras, Co-Chair
Composer and Conductor; Artistic Director, Orquesta Latino Mexicana; Lecturer, USC Thornton School of Music
Amy Iwano, Vice-Chair
President & CEO, Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra
Chere Lott, Secretary
Attorney at Law and Real Estate Broker, Chere D. Lott and Associates
Steven Tresnan, Treasurer
Private Wealth Advisor, The Bahnsen Group
Directors
Aja Burrell Wood
Managing Director, Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice; Ethnomusicologist, Curator, Violinist
Dorothea Endicott
Arts Administrator and Composer
Bill Hochberg
Partner, Raines Feldman Littrell, LLP
Jennifer Jolley
Composer and Conductor; Associate Professor, Lehman College
Daniel Kellogg
President, Young Concert Artists; Composer
Gayle Morgan
Former Program Officer, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust
Joe Walker
Retired Vice Chairman, Investment Banking, JP Morgan; Board Member, Roulette
Susan Wegleitner
Managing Director and Group Head at J.P. Morgan
Joseph Young
Music Director, Berkeley Symphony; Artistic Director of Ensembles, Peabody Conservatory; Conductor
Reena Esmail
Artist Chair Emeritus
Frederick Peters
Chair Emeritus
Steve Reich
Director Emeritus
Frances Richard
Honorary Director in Memoriam
Steven Stucky
Founding Member In Memoriam
Advisory Council
Our Advisory Council is made up of busy, creative people who love our work and are available for advice and support when we need them. We are so grateful for their belief in our work.
Teddy Abrams
Music Director and Conductor
Marin Alsop
Music Director and Conductor
Jonathan Bailey Holland
Composer
Jeff Beal
Composer, Jazz Instrumentalist
Kathryn Bostic
Composer, Artist
Kris Bowers
Composer, Pianist
Terri Lyne Carrington
Composer, Artist, Educator
Rhiannon Giddens
Musician Singer-Songwriter, Banjoist
Tamar-Kali
Artist, Composer
Tania León
Composer, Conductor, Educator
George Lewis
Composer, Performer, Scholar
Nico Muhly
Composer, Collaborator, Arranger
Matana Roberts
Saxophonist, Composer, Multidisciplinary Artist
Kamala Sankaram
Composer, Instrumentalist
Jeanine Tesori
Composer, Musical Arranger
Brandee Younger
Composer, Artist
Miguel Zenón
Saxophonist, Composer, Educator
New Music USA Program Council
New Music USA’s Program Council enables representatives of the new music community from across the United States to bring ideas, contribute feedback, and advise staff on New Music USA activities and the changing needs of the field. Program Council meetings complement the active dialogue and relationships we have through our daily work with the artists, practitioners, writers, and organizations we support.
Composers
Arooj Aftab
New York
Ambrose Akinmusire
California
Raven Chacon
New Mexico
Sebastian Currier
New York
Amanda Ekery
Texas
David Ludwig
Pennsylvania
Gustavo Matamoros
Florida
Angélica Negrón
New York
Sam Newsome
New York
Frances Pollock
Connecticut
Jake Runestad
Minnesota
Carlos Simon
Washington DC
David Skidmore
Illinois
Derrick Skye
California
Omar Thomas
Texas
Sakari Dixon Vanderveer
California
Artists, Administrators, Presenters, & Curators
Amanda DeBoer
Nebraska
Ashleigh Gordon
Massachusetts
Chelsey Green
California
Aaron Greenwald
Tennessee
Alex Laing
Arizona
Flor Lizbeth Cruz Longoria
Missouri
Maggie Molloy
Washington
Jannina Norpoth
New York/Michigan
Valerie Sainte-Agathe
California
Ashley Shabankareh
Louisiana
