Committee Members

Adele Bovard, Co-Chair
Retired Superintendent, Restorative Justice Practitioner and Teacher
Lead Facilitator Restorative Justice Education RJeD
Rochester, New York

Angelica Brooks, Co-Chair
Adjunct Faculty
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland

Joseph Abramo
Associate Professor of Music Education
Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

Ashley Cuthbertson
Educational consultant
A Cuthbertson Consulting
Woodbridge, Virginia

Roque Diaz
Senior Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
MacPhail Center for Music
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Adrian Davis
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Laurie Fellenz
Executive Director
Wisconsin Music Educators Association & Wisconsin School Music Association
Waunakee, Wisconsin


Johnathan Hamiel
K-12 Visual and Performing Arts Education Coordinator
Chapel-Hill Carrboro City Schools
Elon, North Carolina


Lenora Helm Hammonds
Dean / Professional Education Division (PED)
Berklee College of Music/Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Boston, Massachusetts

Tonia Asel Kaufman
Band Director
Plymouth Whitemarsh High School
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania


Amy Martinson
Manager of Arts and PE - Curriculum and Instruction -Manager of Arts and PE - Curriculum and Instruction -
Denver Public Schools
Denver, Colorado

Coty Raven Morris
Hinckley Visiting Assistant Professor of Choir, Music Education, and Social Justice
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon
