2025–26 AAM Appointments & Committees
(rev. June 21, 2025) ◇ 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
- Chaplain — The Right Reverend Brian Cole, D.D.
- Chancellor — Trevor W. Carolan, Esq.
- Journal Editor — Robert W. Lehman, D.S.M. (’26)
- Placement Advisor — Colin McKnight, D.M.A. (’26)
- Web Producer — Daniel J. Fortune
Nominating Committee
- Jared Johnson — Co-Chair
- Meg Harper — Co-Chair
- Kenneth Miller
- Paul Thomas
- Carolyn Craig
AAM Journal Editorial Board
- Robert W. Lehman, D.S.M. — Editor
- Michael Kleinschmidt — Consulting Editor
- Joseph Causby, Ph.D. (’27)
- Nathaniel Costa (’26)
- E. Caitlin Dowling (’26)
- Margaret Harper, D.M.A. (’27)
- David Ouzts, D.S.M. (’28)
- Andrew Scanlon (’28)
- Graham Schultz (’27)
- Sarah Simko (’28)
- Sonya Subbayya Sutton (’26)
Professional Concerns and Development Committee
Visit the Professional Concerns and Development Committee’s page
- Christopher Brayne — Chair (’27)
- Rebekah Gilmore (’28)
- Vicki Schaeffer, D.Mus. (’27)
- Adam Detzner (’26)
- The Rev. Greg Millikin (’26)
- Lisa Lewis (’28)
- David Spring — Addiction and Recovery Liaison, ex officio
- Michael Kleinschmidt, ex officio
- Trevor W. Carolan, Esq., ex officio
Lay Professional Advocacy Committee (LPAC)
Visit the Lay Professional Advocacy Committee’s page
- Mario Buchanan — Chair (’27)
- The Rev. Thomas Alexander (’28)
- Andrew Aelred Morehead (’27)
- Matthew Estes, Ph.D. (’27)
- Victoria Shields (’28)
- Mary Hamlin-Spencer (’26)
- Michael Kleinschmidt, ex officio
- Patrick Fennig, ex officio
Music Publication Committee
(liaison with Canticle Distributing/ECS and Church Publishing/RiteSong)
- Sonya Subbayya Sutton — Chair (’26)
- Marissa Hall (’28)
- Joy-Leilani Garbutt (’27)
- Crystal Jonkman (’27)
- Harold E. Pysher (’26)
- Elizabeth Smith (’28)
Development-Endowment Committee
- Kyle Ritter — Chair (’26)
- Jason Abel (’28)
- Jackson Hearn (’27)
- David Schaap
- Stephen White, Ph.D. (’26)
Fundraising Sub-Committee
Annual Campaign, Founders’ Society, Endowment
- Jason Abel — Chair (’28)
- Anthony Baron, D.M.A. (’26)
- Sam Carabetta (’26)
- Mark Ardrey-Graves, D.M.A. (’27)
- Laura Rosier (’28)
- Wyatt Smith, D.M.A. (’27)
- Michael Kleinschmidt, ex officio
- Joseph M. Galema, D.M.A., ex officio
Grants Committee
- Jackson Hearn — Chair (’27)
- Celina Kobetitsch (’27)
- Rebecca Davy (’26)
- Brent Erstad (’26)
- The Rev’d Michael Kurth (’28)
- Diane Caruso (’28)
- Michael Kleinschmidt, 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)
- Caroline Robinson, D.M.A. (’28)
- Walden Moore (’27)
- Janette Fishell, D.Mus. (’28)
- Stacey Lehwald (’27)
- Michael Kleinschmidt, ex officio
Investment Sub-Committee
- David Schaap — Chair
- M. Jason Abel
- Scott Hanoian
- Martha N. Johnson, D.Mus.
- Justin Smith
- Stuart Forster, D.S.M.
- Michael Kleinschmidt, ex officio
- Joseph M. Galema, D.M.A. ex officio
- *Brian Pyne, ex officio
* (financial advisor at Goelzer Investment Management in Indianapolis)