2023–24 AAM Appointments & Committees

(rev. October 17, 2023)  ◇  Visit our Leadership page for information about our Board of Directors



Board & Presidential Appointments


 

Nominating Committee

  • Zach Hemenway — Chair
  • Nick Andrews
  • Kristen Lensch
  • Eric Plutz
  • Maxine Thevenot

 

AAM Journal Editorial Board

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  • 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)
  • 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
  • Martha Burford
  • Arreon A. Harley-Emerson
  • Ann Labounsky
  • Harold E. Pysher

 

Development-Endowment Committee

  • Sonya Subbayya Sutton — Chair (’24)
  • Joseph Arndt (’24)
  • Mark Howe (’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

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  • Mark Howe — 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)