Staff & Board

Julie Davila
President
Middle Tennessee State University

Dr. Thad Anderson
President-Elect
University of Central Florida

Juels Thomas
First Vice President
Drum Workshop, Inc.

Dr. Lamon Lawhorn
Second Vice President
Virginia State University

Dr. Megan Arns
Secretary
University of Missouri

Michael Burritt
Immediate Past President
Eastman School of Music

Kathryn A. Ahearn, CPA, CGMA
Director
Barnes Dennig, Retired

Anders Åstrand
Mallet Artist, Clinician, Composer

Deb Birnbaum
Educational Affairs Innovations Director and Scholarly Concentrations Program Director
Indiana University School of Medicine

Derek Moore
Chief Creative Steward
Freadom, LLC.

Marcia Neel
President
Music Education Consultants, Inc.
Senior Director of Education, 
Band and Orchestral Division
Yamaha Corporation of America

Joshua Simonds
Executive Director
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Nicole Herlevic
Director of Finance
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Marianella Moreno
Director of IT
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Justin Ramirez
Director of Membership
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Katherine Franzen
Membership and Development Coordinator
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Hillary Jorgensen
Publications Production Manager
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Rob Funkhouser
Operations and Education Manager
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Rick Mattingly
Senior Editor
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Julie Hill
Editorial Director
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Paul Buyer
Editorial Director
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Dr. Jillian Baxter
Assistant Professor of Music
Albany State University

Maria Finkelmeier
Owner
MF Dynamics
Associate Professor
Berklee College of Music

Dr. Dave Gerhart
Artist Relations Partner
Yamaha Corporation of America

Sarah Hagan
Co-Owner
Royal Cymbal Company

Dr. Dave Hall
Associate Professor of Percussion
University of North Texas

Jeff Hamilton
Professional Drummer

Dr. Matthew Jordan
Assistant Professor of Percussion
Jacksonville State University

Gene Koshinski
Professor of Percussion
University of Delaware

Dr. Matthew Lau
Educator / Performer

William Moersch
Professor and Chair, Percussion
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign

Valerie D. Naranjo
Percussionist
NBC Saturday Night Live Band,
The Lion King on Broadway
Professor
New York University Steinhardt School
Faculty Member
NYU Global Institute for Advanced Studies

Jeff Prosperie
Principal Drummer
West Point Band Hellcats
United States Military Academy
US Army

Michael Rosen
Professor of Percussion
Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Sherry Rubins
Senior lecturer and Percussion Program Coordinator
University of Texas at San Antonio

Marcus Santos
Hand Percussionist
Performer and Educator
Grooversity
New England Conservatory
Middlesex Community College
Somerville High School

Robert Shen
President
Remo Inc

Saturnino Tiamson, Jr.
Percussionist / Drummer / Educator 
President of PAS Philippines Chapter 
Harrow International School Hong Kong

Andrea Venet
Associate Professor of Percussion
University of North Florida

Lauren Vogel Weiss
President
Percussion Events Registry Company

Mark Wessels
Director of Education
Zildjian

She-e Wu
Solo Percussionist
Associate Professor of Music
Director of the Percussion Program
Northwestern University

Andy Zildjian
CEO/Chair
Sabian Ltd