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
- 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
- Damin Spritzer — Chair
- E.J Choi
- Maggie Marshall
- David Shuler
- Gregory Deane Smith
AAM Journal Editorial Board
- 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
- 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)