Staff and Board of Directors - Community Music School Of Springfield

Nialena Ali

Communications Manager

Ext: 105

Heidi Annino

Accounting Assistant

Hannah Berube

Adaptive Music Program Manager

Jahna Karapysh

Accountant

Ext: 110

Kyle Langlois

Special Events Coordinator

Samantha Levreault

Enrollment and Student Engagement Coordinator

Ext: 120

Rick Marshall

Assistant Director of Sonido Musica

Eileen McCaffery

Executive Director

Ext: 106

Richelle Parris Scott

Internal Events Coordinator

Rachel Rivard

Director of Faculty and Education

Ext: 102

Limaries Robles

Administrative Coordinator

Ext: 101

Alex Santiago

Fundraising Manager

Ext: 119

Gabriela Sepulveda Ortiz

Visual Artist in Residence

Liz Simmons

Director of Lifelong Learning Program and Bridge Leaders Program

Sierra Simmons

Director of Finance and Operations

Ext: 103

Rebecca Storozuk

Prelude Preschool Director

Ext: 114

Crystal Watkins

Director of Enrollment

Ext: 104

Eleni Yalanis

Director of Sonido Musica Program

Janine Idelson

President

Founder, Janine Idelson PLLC

Eric Lesser

Vice President

Senior Counsel, WilmerHale; Lecturer, UMass Amherst

Charles Beresford

Treasurer

Portfolio Manager, Long Game Financial, LLC

Ellen W. Freyman

Clerk

Attorney, Shatz, Schwartz & Fentin, P.C.

Jean Deliso

Principal, Deliso Financial & Insurance Services

Scott Hanson

Retired Principal Planner, City of Springfield

Robyn A. Newhouse

Vice President, The Republican Newspapers

James Pittman

Managing Partner, Agile Community Partners

Jim Puhala

Head of Insurance and Regulatory Compliance, MassMutual

Gregory S. Thomas

Executive Director, Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Isenberg School of Management

Susan Valania

Former Associate Director, Point72 Asset Management LLP

Joel Vengco

Chief Information and Digital Officer, Hartford Healthcare

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