Board President
Dr. Paul F. Doerksen
Associate Professor of Music Education
Duquesne University, Mary Pappert School of Music
Secretary
Dr. Becky Stephan
Principal
Fairview Elementary School
Vice President
Dr. Sarah Tambucci
Director (Retired)
Arts Education Collaborative
Treasurer
Erika Deiseroth
Senior Manager, Assurance & Advisory Services
Grossman, Yanak & Ford, LLP
MEMBERS
Dr. Kymberly Cruz: Senior Program Officer, Arts Education, Pittsburgh Public Schools
Devin Cygnar: Sr VP Group Manager – Business Banking Marketing, PNC Bank
Dr. Ketaki Desai: Director, Growth Capital, FORTYx80
James Doyle: Executive Director – Pittsburgh, Higher Achievement, Pittsburgh
Edwina French: Executive Director, Pittsburgh Youth Chorus
Lizz Helmsen: Managing Director, Carter
Stephen Kostyniak: Associate Principal Horn, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra;
Artist Lecturer in French Horn, Carnegie Mellon University School of Music
Beth Ober: Business Manager, Family House
Ted Ruscitti: Founder and President, On-Air Research
Dr. James Swindal: Dean of the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts,
Duquesne University
Thomas Walters: Executive Director, Sweetwater Center for the Arts
Jodi Weisfield: Vice President of Development, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Christopher J. Wiker: Assurance Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Ashley Woods: President, Larkspur Oil & Gas Land Services
EMERITUS
Dr. Natalie Ozeas: Professor of Music Education, Director of Graduate Studies,
Carnegie Mellon University