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Board & Administration
Board of Trustees
Bob Hamburger – President
Lenore Davis – Vice President
Marnie McKoy – Vice President
Howard Kailes – Secretary
Mark Matthews – Treasurer
Libby Corydon-Apicella
James Gillen
Kathryn Higgins
Charissa Horton
Stephen Kay
Sean Marikakis
Jacqueline Phillips
Judith G. Wharton – Founder and Trustee Emeritus
Program Staff
Helen Cha-Pyo
Artistic Director and NJYS Conductor helen.cha-pyo@njys.org 908-771-5544 ext. 204
New Jersey Youth Symphony
Stacy Beltran
Manager of Orchestras
stacy.beltran@njys.org
908-771-5544 ext. 201
Tim Hatcher
Assistant Manager of Orchestras
tim.hatcher@njys.org
908-771-5544 ext. 206
Diana Charos Reilly
Director of Camps
diana.reilly@njys.org
908-771-5544
Paterson Music Project
Elizabeth Moulthrop
Program Director
elizabeth.moulthrop@whartonarts.org
973-341-7959 ext. 304
Shanna Lin
Associate Program Director
shanna.lin@whartonarts.org
973-341-7959 ext. 302
Kyle Henning
Site Director
kyle.henning@whartonarts.org
973-341-7959 ext. 301
Performing Arts School
Andrew Nitkin
Director of Education
andrew.nitkin@whartonarts.org
908-790-0700 ext. 104
Kristen Wuest
Manager of Student Services
kristen.wuest@whartonarts.org
908-790-0700 ext. 103
Timothy Maureen Cole
Director of Musical Theater Arts
timothy.cole@whartonarts.org
908-790-0700 ext. 101
Aurora Mendez
Music Explorers Camp Director
aurora.mendez@whartonarts.org
908-790-0700
Administrative Staff
Karen Deschere
Executive Director karen.deschere@whartonarts.org 908-790-0700 ext. 110
Student Services
Andrew Nitkin
Director of Education
andrew.nitkin@whartonarts.org
908-790-0700 ext. 104
Kristen Wuest
Student Services Manager
kristen.wuest@whartonarts.org
908-790-0700 ext. 103
Matthew Buckwalter
Student Services Assistant
matthew.buckwalter@whartonarts.org
908-790-0700 ext. 115
Development & Marketing
Pamela Palumbo
Director of Development
pamela.palumbo@whartonarts.org
908-790-0700 ext. 105
Alice Hamlet
Director of Marketing
alice.hamlet@whartonarts.org
908-790-0700 ext. 108
Elizabeth Piercey
Assistant Director, Foundation and Government Relations
elizabeth.piercey@whartonarts.org
908-790-0700 ext. 106
Brenda Kohn
Development Associate
brenda.kohn@whartonarts.org
908-790-0700 ext. 107
Operations and Finance
Susan Peterson
Director of Operations
susan.peterson@whartonarts.org
908-790-0700 ext. 114
Jillian Lyons
Director of Finance
jillian.lyons@whartonarts.org
908-790-0700 ext. 109
Cassandra Tan
Controller
908-790-0700
Cedric Sanders
Custodian
cedric.sanders@whartonarts.org
908-790-0700
Adrienne Ostrander
Operations Assistant
adrienne.ostrander@njys.org
908-771-5544 ext. 202