Our Staff, Board and Advisory Board
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Barbara Shreffler, Chairperson
Rachel Dvoretzky, Vice-President
Peter Strauss, Treasurer
Chris Wintrode, Secretary
Liz Hilliker
Alan Sabal
Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield
Marjorie Smith
Peggy Symes
Jessica Mosier
Gary Godwin
Deborah Godwin
Rachel D'Souza Siebert
ADVISORY BOARD
Ambassador Ross Wilson
Former Ambassador to Azerbaijan and Turkey
David Robertson
St. Louis Symphony
Christine Brewer
Soprano
Leonard Slatkin
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
William Bolcom
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Joan Morris
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Orli Shaham
Pianist, New York City
Jerry Hudson Evans
Attorney, Charleston, South Carolina
Frances Richard
Vice-President for Concert Music, ASCAP
Paul Vasile
Minister of Music, Park Avenue Christian Church, New York City
FORMER ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Ambassador Ryan Crocker
Current Ambassador to Afghanistan
Betty Blair
Azerbaijan International
Frederic Rzewski
Composer
STAFF
John Ferguson, Executive Director
john.ferguson@americanvoices.org
Marc Thayer, Director of Education
marc.thayer@americanvoices.org
Paul Rockower, Director of Communications
paul.rockower@americanvoices.org
Jeremy Idleman, Director of Operations
jeremy.idleman@americanvoices.org
Mahmoud Awale, Project Manager, YES Academy Lebanon
lebanon@yesacademy.info
Abier Al-Jabi, Project Manager, YES Academy Syria
syria@yesacademy.info
Niaz Zangana, Project Manager, YES Academy Iraq
iraq@yesacademy.info
Sawas Siripong, Project Manager, YES Academy Thailand
thailand@yesacademy.info