Board Candidates

NFA Board Candidates

The 2023 NFA election opens July 1 and closes August 6 at 5:00 p.m. central. The following candidates are to be ratified. The assistant secretary/secretary will serve one year in each position; board members will serve three-year terms. More information on that can be found here. The announcement will be made during closing ceremonies between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. on August 6.

For Assistant Secretary

A two-year commitment; will serve one year as assistant secretary and the following year as secretary.

Kimberlee Goodman

I am honored to be nominated for the role of Assistant Secretary for the NFA. I have been attending conventions since 1993 and have been delighted to hear and meet my flute heroes over the many years. To say that this organization holds a significant role in my life would be a gross understatement. My previous service to the NFA included the role of Equipment Manager from 2007 – 2022 where I created an internship program, which now provides thousands of volunteer hours for the NFA. My professional career has turned toward the administrative side of the arts and I hope to bring that expertise to my board service. The National Flute Association should be a place for flutists of all levels and abilities, all musical genres, all professions, and all walks of life, I hope to bring this perspective and influence into my new chapter with the organization.

Dr. Kimberlee Goodman holds flute performance degrees from Arizona State University (BM) and The Ohio State University (MM & DMA). She served as the flute professor at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio from 2005 – 2023. Her career in arts administration started in 2013 when she took a part time job as the Orchestra Manager for the Columbus Jazz Orchestra in Columbus, Ohio. That role blossomed into event planning which then led to a job as the Director of Development. In 2021, Dr. Goodman took her talents to the Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center in Worthington, Ohio where she currently serves as the Executive Director. Kim continues to perform regularly as principal flutist of the Westerville Symphony and as a founding member of PANdemonium4 flute quartet.

For the NFA Board of Directors

Primary duty is to participate in all meetings of the board and adopt the policies and the programs of the association.

Hideko Amano

I feel extremely grateful and privileged to have been nominated for a position on the Board of Directors of the National Flute Association. Attending conventions and meeting many extraordinary flutists through the NFA has been a major highlight of my summers for the past couple decades, and I wouldn't have become who I am today without the experience of being a member. Since I’ve received the tremendous gift of inspiration from the NFA, I intend to take this nomination as a serious opportunity to give back as an individual. I consider myself a devoted teacher with the chance to witness generations of upcoming flutists so I’d like to dedicate myself to work in harmony, humanity, and hope for the future of our flute community.

Hideko Amano is on the faculty at Northeastern Illinois University and Harper College. A sought-after pedagogue, Amano has held academic positions at DePaul University, Carthage College, and the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Since 2007, Amano has been the director of the Chicago Summer Workshop at the Midwest Young Artists Conservatory where she coaches chamber music during the school year. She also established the Harper Flute Ensemble at Harper College in 2015. Amano maintains a growing private studio in the Chicago area. Her students went on to study at major conservatories and universities and have won several major competitions. Amano is a Chicago Flute Club director and serves as adult competition coordinator, volunteer coordinator, and chairs the student competition committee. Amano began as a student of Susan Levitin. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from The New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Paula Robison. She continued her musical education in Paris, France for 3 years studying with Mathieu Dufour.

Dana Buick

Thank you for your consideration of my interest in the NFA Board. Growing up exhibiting at NFA conventions with my family, as I continue to do with my husband and children, I have appreciated the unique scope and dedication of NFA community members. It would be an honor to serve as a member of the NFA Board of Directors. I am committed to representing a commercial-member perspective while bringing expertise in logical and empathic approaches to complex issues. If given the opportunity, I hope to practice curiosity and respect for diverse perspectives within the flute community while continuing the work of the NFA Board on inclusion and equity.

Dana Buick grew up attending NFA conventions with her siblings as employees of their family business, Little Piper. Over the years and throughout her career as a Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician, she longed to return to entrepreneurship within a creative industry, like the flute community she experienced growing up. In 2010, she began working in the family business again, this time with a focus on marketing and accounting and has delighted in the contrasts and similarities in the fields of music and medicine. Dana continues to teach clinicians at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and brings her expertise with data-driven and emotionally informed problem-solving to her business as Director of Marketing and Operations at Muramatsu America, which she owns with her husband, Jeff Buick. They are proud to be second-generation owners and are often accompanied at flute industry events by their teenage children, Scarlett and Maxwell. www.muramatsu-america.com

Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington

I am honored to be nominated for a position on the Board of Directors for the National Flute Association. I have attended the convention for years and have recently served as an adjudicator, presenter, and committee member for the organization. I vividly remember attending my first NFA convention. I was star struck after meeting Nestor Torres. I am not sure if I would have had the opportunity to meet him anywhere else. Today, the NFA convention is where I go to reconnect with old friends and students, recharge my creativity as an audience member and presenter and transform my teaching via workshops and meet up groups. I am thankful to be considered for a position on the Board of directors and look forward to the potential of working with a great think tank to ensure that the magic of the NFA convention continues to celebrate and inspire a global community of flutists.

Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington is the Assistant Professor of Flute at the Univ. of Oregon and a member of the Oregon Wind Quintet. As a former member of Carnegie Hall's chamber music collective, Ensemble Connect, Jacqueline played in performances at the Weill, Trinity, Subculture, and National Sawdust Concert Series. Further, Jacqueline has experience leading interactive performances in spaces including public schools, correctional facilities, and centers for adults with disabilities. Jacqueline completed her doctorate at the Eastman School of Music studying with Bonita Boyd with an additional certificate in World Music. Her former teachers include: David Cramer, Amy Porter, and Bradley Garner.

Equally at home on the orchestral stage, and as a recipient of the William D. Ford Fulbright Grant, Jacqueline studied extensively with principal flutist of the Berlin Philharmonic Andreas Blau. Her training in Berlin initiated her success as an orchestral flutist, leading to performances with major orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, Louisiana Philharmonic, and Oregon Symphony.