2024–25 AAM Appointments & Committees

(rev. June 24, 2024)  ◇  Visit our Leadership page for information about our Board of Directors



Board & Presidential Appointments


 

Nominating Committee

  • Damin Spritzer — Chair
  • E.J Choi
  • Maggie Marshall
  • David Shuler
  • Gregory Deane Smith

 

AAM Journal Editorial Board

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  • Robert W. Lehman, D.S.M. — Editor
  • Kyle Ritter — Consulting Editor
  • Thomas Alexander (’25)
  • Joseph Causby, Ph.D. (’27)
  • Nathaniel Costa (’26)
  • Marissa Hall (’25)
  • Victoria Harden (’26)
  • Margaret Harper, D.M.A. (’27)
  • Graham Schultz (’27)
  • Sonya Subbayya Sutton (’26)
  • Maxine Thévenot, D.M.A. (’25)

 

Professional Concerns and Development Committee

Visit the Professional Concerns and Development Committee’s page

  • Frank Boles — Chair (’25)
  • Diane Meredith Belcher (’25)
  • Christopher Brayne (’27)
  • Adam Detzner (’26)
  • The Rev. Greg Millikin (’26)
  • Vicki Schaeffer, D.Mus. (’27)
  • Kyle Ritter, ex officio
  • Trevor W. Carolan, ex officio

 

Lay Professional Advocacy Committee (LPAC)

Visit the Lay Professional Advocacy Committee’s page

  • Mario Buchanan — Chair (’27)
  • Matthew Estes, Ph.D. (’27)
  • Carol Foster (’25)
  • Mary Hamlin-Spencer (’26)
  • Mattilda Kay Middleton (’26)
  • Andrew Aelred Morehead (’27)
  • 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)
  • Martha Burford (’25)
  • Joy-Leilani Garbutt (’27)
  • Crystal Jonkman (’27)
  • Ann Labounsky, Ph.D. (’25)
  • Harold E. Pysher (’26)

 

Development-Endowment Committee

  • Michael Kleinschmidt — Chair (’24)
  • Matthew Brown (’25)
  • Mark Howe, Ph.D. (’25)
  • David Schaap
  • Stephen White, Ph.D. (’26)

 

Fundraising Sub-Committee

Annual Campaign, Founders’ Society, Endowment

  • Matthew Brown — Chair (’25)
  • Mark Ardrey-Graves, D.M.A. (’27)
  • Anthony Baron, D.M.A. (’26)
  • Sam Carabetta (’26)
  • Wyatt Smith, D.M.A. (’27)
  • Bradley Upham (’25)
  • Kyle Ritter, ex officio
  • Joseph M. Galema, D.M.A., ex officio

 

Grants Committee

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  • Mark Howe, Ph.D. — Chair (’25)
  • Rebecca Davy (’26)
  • Brent Erstad (’26)
  • Jackson Hearn (’27)
  • Peter Morey (’27)
  • 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)
  • Stacey Lehwald (’27)
  • Michael Monnikendam (’25)
  • Walden Moore (’27)
  • Robert Poovey (’25)
  • Kyle Ritter, ex officio

 

Investment Sub-Committee

  • David Schaap — Chair
  • M. Jason Abel
  • Scott Hanoian
  • Martha N. Johnson, D.Mus.
  • Justin Smith
  • Kyle Ritter, ex officio
  • Joseph M. Galema, D.M.A. ex officio
  • *Brian Pyne, ex officio

* (financial advisor at Goelzer Investment Management in Indianapolis)