2023–24 AAM Appointments & Committees
(rev. July 6, 2023) ◇ Visit our Leadership page for information about our Board of Directors
- Board & Presidential Appointments
- Nominating Committee
- AAM Journal Editorial Board
- Professional Concerns and Development Committee (PCDC)
- Lay Professional Advocacy Committee (LPAC)
- Music Publication Committee
- Development-Endowment Committee
- Fundraising Sub-Committee
- Grants Sub-Committee
- Internship Sub-Committee
- Investment Sub-Committee
Board & Presidential Appointments
- Archivist — Alan C. Reed
- Chancellor — Jefferson C. McConnaughey, Esq. (’24)
- Journal Editor — Robert W. Lehman, D.S.M. (’24)
- Placement Advisor — Colin McKnight, D.M.A. (’26)
- Web Producer — Daniel J. Fortune
Nominating Committee
- Zach Hemenway — Chair
- Nick Andrews
- Kristen Lensch
- Eric Plutz
- Maxine Thevenot
AAM Journal Editorial Board
- Robert W. Lehman, D.S.M. — Editor
- Kyle Ritter — Consulting Editor
- Thomas Alexander (’25)
- Nathaniel Costa (’26)
- Claudia Dumschat, D.M.A. (’24)
- Marissa Hall (’25)
- Victoria Harden (’26)
- Kevin Kwan (’24)
- Damin Spritzer, D.M.A. (’24)
- Sonya Subbayya Sutton (’26)
- Maxine Thévenot, D.M.A. (’25)
Professional Concerns and Development Committee
Visit the Professional Concerns and Development Committee’s page
- Janet Yieh — Chair (’24)
- Diane Meredith Belcher (’25)
- Alex Benestelli (’24)
- Frank Boles (’25)
- Adam Detzner (’26)
- The Rev. Greg Millikin (’26)
- Kyle Ritter, ex officio
- Jefferson C. McConnaughey, Esq., ex officio
Lay Professional Advocacy Committee (LPAC)
Visit the Lay Professional Advocacy Committee’s page
- Ellen G. Johnston — Chair (’24)
- Mario Buchanan (’25)
- Sharon Downey (’24)
- The Rev. Robert Duerr (’25)
- Matthew Estes, Ph.D. (’24)
- Mattilda Kay Middleton (’26)
- Mary Hamlin-Spencer (’26)
- Kyle Ritter, ex officio
- Patrick Fennig, ex officio
Music Publication Committee
(liaison with Canticle Distributing/ECS and Church Publishing/RiteSong)
- Sonya Subbayya Sutton — Chair (’26)
- Michael Boney, D.Min.
- Martha Burford
- Arreon A. Harley-Emerson
- Ann Labounsky
- Harold E. Pysher
Development-Endowment Committee
- Sonya Subbayya Sutton — Chair (’24)
- Joseph Arndt (’24)
- Mark Howe, Ph.D. (’25)
- David Schaap (no term limit)
- Stephen White, Ph.D. (’26)
Fundraising Sub-Committee
Annual Campaign, Founders’ Society, Endowment
- Joseph Arndt — Chair (’24)
- Anthony Baron, D.M.A. (’26)
- Matthew Brown (’25)
- Sam Carabetta (’26)
- Patrick A. Scott, D.M.A. (’24)
- Bradley Upham (’25)
- Kyle Ritter, ex officio
- Joseph M. Galema, D.M.A., ex officio
Grants Committee
- Mark Howe, Ph.D. — Chair (’25)
- Eric Choate (’24)
- Eunjin Choi (’24)
- Rebecca Davy (’26)
- Brent Erstad (’26)
- Katie Webb, D.M.A. (’25)
- Kyle Ritter, ex officio
- Joseph Galema, D.M.A., ex officio
The Gerre Hancock Internship Sub-Committee
Visit the Gerre Hancock Internship page
- Stephen White, Ph.D. — Chair (’26)
- George Fergus (’26)
- Joyce Kull, D.M.A. (’25)
- Walden Moore (’24)
- Robert Poovey (’25)
- Geoffrey Williams, D.M.A. (’24)
- Kyle Ritter, ex officio
Investment Sub-Committee
- David Schaap — Chair
- M. Jason Abel
- Scott Hanoian
- Martha N. Johnson, D.Mus.
- Kyle Ritter, ex officio
- Joseph M. Galema, D.M.A. ex officio
- *Brian Pyne, ex officio
- *George Wild, ex officio
* (financial advisors at Goelzer Investment Management in Indianapolis)