Committees

NFA Committee Members

For more information about individual committees, visit the Committees page.

Below, you'll find a listing of all the members of each committee for 2025-26. This page is updated twice a year: once in November and once in May.

Adult Flutist and Amateur Resources Committee

Zinnie Jones, chair

Barb Fairman

Beth Devlin

Diane Telgen

John Nguyen

Maria Luisa Rohde

Rashi Grewal

Shirley Gauther

Dianne Spoto

Grace Forrai

Linda Jenkins (Adult Amateur Competition Coordinator)

Archives and Oral History

Jillian Storey Povazsay, Chair
Nancy Toff

Career and Artistic Development

Chelsea Tanner, chair
Hannah Leffler Chiasson
Kinard Douthit
Rachel Mellis
Mafer Guglielmina
Christian Lampkin
Sarah Weisbrod
Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington
Lauren Zwonik

Rose Bishop (C.R.E.A.T.E. Project Competition Coordinator)

Commercial Members

Francesca Arnone, Chair
Lauren Watts, Co-Chair, NFA Events and Convention Director

Liz Vergili

Dana Buick

Jan Kinmonth

Julian Rose

Jennifer Clarke (Executive Director, ex officio)

Development

Jennifer Elliott, Co-Chair
Alice Jones, Co-Chair

Alice Kogan Weinreb

Kimberlee Goodman

Caroline Wong

Erika Richardson, ex officio (NFA Development Manager)

Jennifer Clarke (NFA Executive Director, ex officio)

Finance

Alice Jones, chair

Charles Stoltz
Debbie MacMurray
Jeff Mitchell
Judy Grant-Duce

Dana Buick
Francesca Arnone
Jenny Clarke (Executive Director, ex officio)

Flute Clubs

Elizabeth Wolfrey, chair
Ben Carlee
Paige Long
Heather Neuenschwander
Elizabeth Robinson
Ramona Douglas
Jessica Piso
Kellie Henry
Jackson Gordon
Linda Marianiello

Global Flutes

Darbi Lamrani, chair
Joanne Lazzaro
Brian Lee
Suzanne Teng
Lish Lindsey

Historical Flutes

Teddie Hwang, chair
Boaz Berney
Barbara Hopkins
Joanna Marsden
Julia Amadee
Kelly Nivision
Kailah Robbins
Amanda Markwick
Nancy Schneeloch-Bingham

Jessica Schury (Baroque Flute Artist Competition/Baroque Flute Masterclass Competition Coordinator)

Idea

Elizabeth Janzen, co-chair
Brian Dunbar, co-chair
Lorin Green
Zachery Meier
Noah Pool
Alexis Roelke
Patricia Surman
Ashley Crawford
Kristin Long
Rik Noyce

International Liaison

Cathy Collinge Herrera, Chair
Danilo Mezzadri (Brazil/US-based)
Tara O’Brien (Ireland)
Claudia Aizaga (Ecuador)
Hernan Salas (Chile)
Agatha Wang (Taiwan/US-based)
Tommy Mulligan (Ireland)
Joanna Sullivan (Australia)

Jazz

Ali Ryerson, Chair
Haruna Fukazawa
Joel Fabelo Gonzalez
Ana Laura Trujillo
Yağmur Soydemir
Amber Underwood

Brendon Wilkins (Jazz Flute Master Competition Coordinator)

Low Flutes

Judy Diez D'Aux, Chair
Laura Gustavsen
Lawrence H. Liggins
Howard McCullers
Joan Sparks
Alicia Kosack
Keith Hanlon
Denis Karp
Debra Schild
Laura Benning
Alyssa Mena
Frankie Jacquette
Adrian McGrady

Membership

Kinard Douthit, chair

Julia Carey
Morgan Davis
Alina Windell
Robin Goldstein
Ligia Verduga

Mily Montanez, Membership Manager

New Music Advisory

Leanna Keith, Chair

Robert Cart

Valerie Coleman

Nave Graham

Sarah Bassingwaithe

Tessa Brinkman

Laura Lentz

Shanna Pranaitis

Caroline Shaffer Robin

Catherine Flinchum

Lindsey Goodman

Anjali Shinde

Rachel Beetz

Carla Rees, ex officio (Commissions Coordinator)

Nominating

Francesca Arnone, Chair
Jennifer Grim, President
Zara Lawler
Linda Jenkins
Amy Tu
Adam Eccleston
Lance Suzuki
Gabi Gimenes
Chelsea Tanner

Past Presidents' Council

Patti Adams, chair
John R. Bailey
Joanna Bassett
Bonita Boyd
Beth Chandler Cahill
Gerald V. Carey
Brooks de Wetter-Smith
Zart Dombourian-Eby
Kyle Dzapo
Penelope Fischer
Angeleita S. Floyd
Leonard L. Garrison
Eric Hoover
Rebecca Johnson
Katherine Borst Jones
Sue Ann Kahn
Jonathan Keeble
Kyril Magg
Betty Bang Mather
Ervin Monroe
George S. Pope
Gwen C. Powell
Alexa Still
John Wion
Penny Zent

Pedagogy

Nave Graham, chair
Christine Gangelhoff
Wendy Hymes
Connor Lane
Jessica Banks
Stephanie Superle
Ebonee Thomas
Hristina Blagoeva
Christine Gustafson
Terri Sánchez

Performance Health Care

Francesca DeLouis, Chair
Gaby Alvarado
David Brown
Jayne Gort
Spencer Hartman
Stephanie Lupo
Mihoko Watanabe
Rozalind MacPhail
Amanda Sage
Lexi Novell
Susan Rogers

Advisory Board
Lucrezia Finegan
Kathy Mellott (AUD)
Ellen Shapiro
Chip Shelton (DDS)
Michael Treister M.D.

Piccolo

Ebonee Thomas, Chair
Sarah Jackson
Zart Dombourian-Eby
Niccola Mazzanti
Peter Verhoyen
Chris James
Stephanie Lupo
Jessica Petrasek

Amy Likar (Piccolo Artist/Piccolo Masterclass Competition Coordinator)

Research

Heidi Álvarez, chair

Lisa Chaufty

Kelariz Keshavarz

Valerie Watts

Farah Zolghadr

Jeiran Hasan

Erin Helgeson Torres

James Thompson

Lidia Chang

Nancy Toff

Karissa Krenz

Special Publications

Jennifer Kennard, Chair
Katherine Borst Jones
Laurel Swinden
Nancy Toff

Youth Engagement

Gabriela Gimenes, Chair

Nicaulis Alliey

Laura Bock

Christine Cleary

Brielle Frost

Christine Gangelhoff

Cecilia Hamilton

Elizabeth Shuhan

Nathalie Simper

Brittany Trotter

Amber Walker