Our Staff
Executive & Finance
Vanessa Reed
President & CEO
Herman White
Director of Finance and Administration
Ricky Tyler
Administrator
Grants & Programs
Scott Winship
Director of Grantmaking Programs
Monisha Chowdhary
Grantmaking Manager
Lolivone de la Rosa
Program Manager, Next Jazz Legacy
Frank J. Oteri
Composer Advocate & Editor, NewMusicBox
Communications
Jill Strominger
Communications Director
Alanna Maharajh Stone
Communications Manager
Jasmine Khorsandi
Digital Associate
Development
Ami Dang
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
Reena Esmail, Co-Chair
Composer; Co-Artistic Director of Shastra
Joseph Walker, Co-Chair
Vice Chairman, Investment Banking, JP Morgan; Board Member, Roulette
Amy Iwano, Vice-Chair
Executive Director, University of Chicago Presents
Matías Tarnopolsky, Secretary
President and CEO, The Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Steven Tresnan, Treasurer
Private Wealth Advisor, The Bahnsen Group
Vanessa Reed
New Music USA President & CEO
Trustees
Aja Burrell Wood
Managing Director, Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice; Ethnomusicologist, Curator, Violinist
Dorothea Endicott
Arts Administrator and Composer
James Kendrick
Attorney at Law, Alter, Kendrick & Baron, LLP; Acting President, European American Distributors LLC
Alan Kornberg
Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Chere Lott
Attorney at Law and Real Estate Broker, Chere D. Lott and Associates
Marya Martin
Founder and Artistic Director, Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival
Phyllis Mills
Philanthropist
Gayle Morgan
Former Program Officer, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust
Angelica Sanchez
Baisley Powell Elebash Fund Artist Board Member, Composer; Lecturer, Princeton University; Lecturer, New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music
Susan Wegleitner
Managing Director and Group Head at J.P. Morgan
Joseph Young
Music Director, Berkeley Symphony; Artistic Director of Ensembles, Peabody Conservatory; Conductor
Frederick Peters
Chair Emeritus
Frances Richard
Honorary Director
Steve Reich
Trustee Emeritus
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
Tamar-Kali
Artist, Composer
Rhiannon Giddens
Musician Singer-Songwriter, Banjoist
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 Zenon
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
Jennifer Jolley
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
