Menu Search

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

Lisa Fahlstrom, Chair
Rashi Grewal
Zinnie Jones
Ann Konopinski
Diane Telgen

Archives and Oral History

Elizabeth Buck, 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, West Music
Dana Buick
Jan Kinmonth
Grace Forrai

Jenny Clarke (Executive Director, ex officio)
 
Development
Jennifer Elliott, Co-Chair
Alice Jones (Board), Co-Chair
Adam Eccleston (Board)
Alice Kogan Weinreb (Board)
Kimberly Goodman

Michael Williams, ex officio (NFA Development Manager)
Jenny Clarke (Executive Director, ex officio)
 
Editorial Advisory Board
Alberto Almarza
Francesca Arnone
John R. Bailey
Michelle Cheramy
Zart Dombourian-Eby
Mariana Gariazzo
Leonard Garrison
Sasha Garver
Julie Hobbs
Ellen Huntington
Amy Likar
Patricia Spencer
Nancy Toff
 
Finance

Alice Jones, chair

Charles Stoltz
Debbie MacMurray
Jeff Mitchell
Judy Grant-Duce

Francesca Arnone, board rep
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
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, chair
Lorin Green
Zachery Meier
Noah Pool
Alexis Roelke
Patricia Surman
Ashley Crawford
Kristin Long
Rik Noyce
 
International Liaison
Cathy Collinge Herrera, Chair
Merryl Neille (Australia) 
Alison Stangel (Argentina) 
Stephen Lee (Hong Kong) 
Tara O’Brien (Ireland) 
Sophie Dufeutrelle (France) 
Danilo Mezzadri (Brazil/US-based) 
Hernan Salas (Chile)
Claudia Aizaga (Ecuador)
 
Jazz
Sheila del Bosque Fuentes, Chair
Haruna Fukazawa
Joel Fabelo Gonzalez
Justine Lee Hooper
Yağmur Soydemir
Ana Laura Trujillo
Amber Underwood
Brendon Wilkins
 
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
Sarah Bassingwaithe
Simon Berry 
Tessa Brinkman
Robert Cart 
Valerie Coleman
Nave Graham
Laura Lentz
Shanna Pranaitis
Caroline Shaffer Robin

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 Leo, 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
Zart Dombourian-Eby
Zachariah Galatis
Sarah Jackson
Chris James
Amy Likar
Niccola Mazzanti
Erica Peel
Peter Verhoyen
 
Research

Heidi Álvarez, chair

Lisa Chaufty
Kelariz Keshavarz
Valerie Watts 
Farah Zolghadr
Jeiran Hasan
Erin Helgeson Torres
James Thompson
Nancy Toff
Karissa Krenz
 
Special Publications
Jennifer Kennard, Chair
Katherine Borst Jones
Laurel Swinden
Nancy Toff
 
Youth Engagement
Gabriela Gimenes, Chair
Nicaulis Alliey
Cristina Ballatori
Laura Bock
Brielle Frost
Dulce Rodriguez
Naomi Seidman
Emma Shubin
Elizabeth Shuhan
Brittany Trotter
Amber Walker