Who We Are

Our mission to make music a part of every child's education is achieved through the collaborative efforts of ETM's:

• Board of Directors
• Advisory Committee
• Administrative Staff
• Program Staff
  
• Teaching Artists

Board of Directors

Michael R. Schaefer, Chairman
Edmund R. Schroeder, Chairman Emeritus
Katherine D. Elliott, Treasurer

Richard Davies
Rick Dobbis
Victor J. Goldberg
Karen M. Karlsrud
Mara L. Klein
Anthony Lo Cicero
Andrew J. Malik
Eldon C. Mayer, Jr.
Joseph F. McDonald
Nancy P. Northern
Edward J. Petner
David E. Stiepleman
Emily H. Susskind
Katy L. Weinberger
Robert A. Weisstuch
Anne T. Vitale

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Michael R. Schaefer (Chairman): Managing Director, Citigroup Global Markets, Futures Dept. Former Chairman, National Futures Association (presently a member of the Exec Committee). Return to Board List

Edmund R. Schroeder (Chairman Emeritus): Attorney (Retired). Former partner, then Senior Counsel, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Hon.Chair., Hoff-Barthelson Music Schl. Former member Scarsdale Board of Education, former Board member Orchestra of St. Luke's. LLB, Harvard Law Schl. AB, Harvard College.
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Katherine D. Elliott (Treasurer): Retired Chief Operating Officer, Petner Asset Mgmt. Former Senior VP, Lynch & Mayer. Trustee, Hobart & William Smith Colleges. William Smith College BA '66, L.H.D. '08.
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Richard P. Davies: Assistant General Counsel, Avon Products, Inc.
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Rick Dobbis: Chairman, Rick Dobbis Organization, Global (R-DOG).
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Victor J. Goldberg: Retired Corp. VP, IBM. Trustee, Inst. of Intl Educ. Trustee, Intl Fellowship Prog. (Ford Foundation initiative). Pres., Scarsdale Foundation. Member, Westchester Non-Profit Loan Committee.
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Anthony F. Lo Cicero:  Attorney, Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein, LLP. 
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Karen M. Karlsrud: Professional Violinist. Performed and recorded with many orchestras such as The New York City Ballet, The Orchestra of St. Lukes, The New York Pops, and The American Symphony. Commercial credits include over 200 major motion pictures, commercials and recordings with major artists. Faculty member, The Brearley School. Studied violin and earned her BA at Oberlin College and Conservatory.
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Mara L. Klein: First VP of Investments, Wachovia Securities. Formerly with Smith Barney and Paine Webber. Mbr, Financial Women's Assoc. VP of Membership, Gladney Auxiliary Ctr for Adoption. BBA, Hofstra Univ.
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Andrew J. Malik: Chairman, Needham & Co. Head, Banking Dev't Group. Board mbr, Celbros Tech., Hummingbird Ltd., and SuperSpeed Software. Univ. of RI. Queens College. Deg. from The NY Inst. of Finance.
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Eldon C. Mayer, Jr.: Founder/CIO, Mayer - Cap Advisors. Founder/former CEO and Chairman, Lynch & Mayer, Inc. Founder, Recompense Foundation. AB, Princeton Univ. Attended NYU Graduate School of Business.
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Joseph F. McDonald: Attorney. Senior Counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Bd mbr: PRI Healthcare, Vera Inst. of Justice; Dir. Emeritus, NY Lawyers for the Public Interest. LLB (Tax), NYU. JD, Univ. of Mich. Law Schl. BA, Amherst College.
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Nancy P. Northern: Marketing Mgr, Pfizer Inc. Bd mbr, The Door and Vernon Multi-Purpose Ctr. MBA (Marketing IB), Fordham Univ. BS, Univ. of Maryland.
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Edward J. Petner: President, Petner Asset Management. Formerly with Lynch & Mayer. MBA, Wharton Schl of Business. BA, Duquesne Univ.
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David E. Stiepleman: Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel, Fortress Investment Group.  BA, Amherst College; JD, Columbia.
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Emily H. Susskind: Independent consultant, tech. strategy and digital media svcs. Fmr CIO, Prudential Financial, Intl Div. Fmr Senior VP and Exec. VP, Sony Corp. of America. MBA, Wharton Schl. BA, Wellesley College.
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Katy L. Weinberger: Senior Brand Manager, Colgate-Palmolive Co.
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Robert A. Weisstuch: Senior VP & CIO, HIT Entertainment. Former COO and CIO, Riot Media. Former Partner, Accenture. BS, Lehigh University.

Anne T. Vitale: Attorney, Anti-Money Laundering Consultant--President of Vitale AML Consultants, Inc.  Fmr Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York; Fmr Deputy General Counsel at Republic National Bank of New York; Trustee of the College of New Rochelle; Board Member of Safra National Bank.  B.A. Fordham; M.Ed. Boston College; J.D. Fordham.

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Advisory Committee

Joshua Bell
The 5 Browns
Misha Dichter
Peter Flanigan
Marilyn Horne
Jane Remer
Thomas Sobol
Harold Tanner
Walfredo Toscanini

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Administrative Staff
Katherine Damkohler, Executive Director
Rainah Berlowitz, Director of Operations
Katherine Canning, Director of Development & Program Evaluation
Emily Estock, Communications and Events Manager
Erica Bilko, Financial & Administrative Associate
Julie Rubinger, Development Associate

Program Staff
Peter Pauliks, Director of Programs
Nicholas LaFleur, Assistant Program Director
Chris Marolf, Field Supervisor
Leah Potteiger, Field Supervisor

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Katherine Damkohler has served as ETM's Executive Director since 1995. A long-time educator of inner-city children, she is a former teacher and school principal; as principal, she led one school to a U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Award. Ms. Damkohler has spoken at arts education conferences and panel discussions in New York City and around the country, addressing principals, superintendents, teachers and business and community leaders on school leadership and using the arts to help revitalize schools; and has served as a guest lecturer in curriculum and pedagogy at the Manhattan School of Music. She is a founding Board member of the Manhattan Charter School, which includes music as a core curriculum component, and a member of the Advisory Board of the National Arts and Learning Collaborative at Walnut Hill in Natick, MA. Ms. Damkohler holds an M.A. from Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Peter Pauliks joined ETM as Director of Programs in July 2008. He has taught in public school for ten years, specifically Marching Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Music Theory, Guitar, General Music, Musical Theatre, Acting, and Music Technology. He earned his undergraduate degree in Music Education from Marywood University in Scranton, PA, and completed his graduate studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, focusing on Music Technology. Mr. Pauliks has completed the Professional Musical Theatre Training Program at CAP21 in NYC. He is certified to teach both music and technology K-12 in Pennsylvania, and Music K-12 in New York State. He is also a certified TI:ME Instructor (Technology Institute for Music Educators). Mr. Pauliks has served on the Executive Board for the Wayne County Arts Alliance, and continues to develop his skills as a performer and educator through professional studies, local performing groups, and workshops.
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Nicholas LaFleur serves as Assistant Program Director. He received his Master of the Arts in Performing Arts Administration from the University of New York in 2005 and his Bachelor's of Music in Jazz Performance from the University of Massachusetts in 1985. He comes to ETM after having served as General Manager of Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center in Bronx, NY since 2006. After finishing his Bachelor's Degree, Nick spent three years teaching music in the school systems of Boston and Los Angeles before turning to a full-time career of performance in the U.S. and Asia, eventually settling in Bangkok where stayed for 11 years working extensively in it's commercial music industry and in education. Before returning to the U.S. from Thailand in 2003, Nick spent three years as Director of the Jazz & Contemporary Music program at MIFA-The International Academy of Music. Nick plays saxophone, flute and trumpet and is a mentor to a New York City teen through the Mentoring USA program.
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Chris Marolf has served as Field Supervisor since 2005, after working as a teaching artist with ETM since 2002. He is also an active freelance musician, playing in projects ranging from Jay-Z and Beyonce to singer/songwriter Jann Klose to Chinese folk music. Before joining ETM, Mr. Marolf was a certified K-12 music teacher in Kansas, where he also held a permanent bass chair with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. He has worked with a number of highly acclaimed string programs in the Midwest, and accompanied two orchestras to the prestigious Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic. He has a Bachelor's in Music Education from Wichita State University, where he graduated summa cum laude and studied with Jacquelyn Dillon, author of the popular Strictly Strings method book.
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Leah Potteiger, a part-time Field Supervisor since July 2007, has been a teaching artist specializing in General Music and Strings with ETM since 2006. As a freelance violinist, Mrs. Potteiger plays in a wide variety of ensembles including the One World Symphony, contemporary chamber ensemble alea , and with singer/songwriter Jann Klose. Her teaching career has included providing general music and instrumental ensemble instruction in both public and private schools, teaching small group classes in music theory and musicianship, and private lessons in violin, cello, piano, and voice. Mrs. Potteiger has also served as adjunct faculty for strings methods at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and has appeared as a Guest Clinician to many public schools. Mrs. Potteiger holds a Bachelor's Degree in music education and violin performance from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music where she graduated magna cum laude.
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Rainah Berlowitz serves as Director of Operations. In 1997, he received an A.B. in English from Princeton University and came to ETM through the Princeton Project 55 Public Interest Program, which promotes the involvement of alumni in the public sector. He continues to volunteer for Project 55 as a mentor. In 2005, Mr. Berlowitz was appointed a member of the National Board of Directors and President of the New York Executive Committee of Giving Opportunities To Others (GOTO), a volunteer-managed 501(c)(3) not-for-profit. Rainah also plays guitar.
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Katherine Canning serves as Director of Development and Program Evaluation. After receiving an A.B. in Physics from Princeton University in 1997, she spent two years teaching math at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, a post-secondary school in Singapore. She came to ETM in 2000 through the Princeton Project 55 Public Interest Program, and currently volunteers as a mentor for the program. Ms. Canning also tutors Physics and Math, is principal violist of the New York Repertory Orchestra, and plays chamber music.
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Emily Estock serves as Communications and Events Manager. She received a BA in English from Boston College in 1999 and came to ETM in September 2005 after working in the Development department at The Metropolitan Opera and in the Public Relations and Marketing department at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. She is a member of the Junior League.
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Erica Bilko serves as Financial and Administrative Associate. After graduating from Marymount Manhattan College in 2005 with a BA in Humanities and Art History, Erica worked for the CFO at DeLorenzo, a museum quality art gallery on Madison Avenue. She then worked for the CFO at the Reform Pension Board in midtown until she came to ETM in the summer of 2008. Erica is on the Board of Directors as the Treasurer of the Alternative Arts Association based out of Long Island City.
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Julie Rubinger serves as Development Associate. She graduated from Princeton University in 2009 with a degree in East Asian Studies and certificates in Dance and French. She has danced and played the cello for 18 years, and at Princeton, was heavily involved in the dance program at the Lewis Center for the Arts and served as president of BodyHype Dance Company. She joined ETM in July of 2009 through the Princeton Project 55 Public Interest Program.

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Teaching Artists (2008-09 school year)

Jason Baboryk
Susan Berkowitz (music therapist)
Dan Blankinship
Racquel Borromeo
Jennifer Byers
Hubert Chen
Gwendolyn Dorell
Heather Eliason
Joshua Fleischmann
Marie Koutsavlis (music therapist)
Shanna Lesniak
Asha Chinyere Lindsay
Denise Lock (substitute)
Kelly Martin
Quinn McClure
Jennifer Parker Sparks
Michael Parrish
Laura Portune (substitute)
Leah Potteiger
Dilhya Ross
Stacey Small
Ulises Solano
Philip Tambakis
Yolibet Varela (substitute)
Jeffrey Wang
Julie Waters

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Jason Baboryk moved to New York City in the summer of 2008.  Originally from Grafton, Ohio, he has taught high school and middle school choir in Michigan before moving to New York.  He holds a Bachelors Degree inMusic Education from Bowling Green State University and a Masters in Theatre from Eastern Michigan University.  In addition to being a music teacher, Jason has also performed in many theatrical productions.  A few of the roles he has undertaken include Rapunzel's Prince in Into the Woods, Clov in End Game, and Smudge in Forever Plaid: Plaid tidings.  He has also played minor characters in Shakespeare's The Tempest and Twelfth Night.  While Jason moved to NYC to pursue an acting career, he loves teaching and hopes that his educational career continues to evolve as well.  You can see photos, hear sound clips, and read more about Jason at www.JasonBaboryk.com.
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Susan Berkowitz has served as a Music Therapist specializing in children with special needs since October 2007.  She also has worked with adults in medical, mental-health and hospice settings.  Ms. Berkowitz studied music at Mannes College and received her MA in Music Therapy from New York University and national certification (MT-BC) from the Certification Board of Music Therapists. She performs on flute with the Riverside Orchestra and the improvisational drama group, Village Playback Theatre.
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Dan Blankinship has served as Teaching Artist specializing in General Music since September 2006. Born and raised in Richmond, VA, he began his musical life by singing in church choirs and taking piano lessons while in elementary school, and at age 11 started playing the trumpet. After attending Interlochen Arts Camp and Boston University Tanglewood Institute in high school, Dan continued his musical education at the Peabody Conservatory. After two years there he decided to abandon a "legit" musical career, left school to join a funk band for a couple years, and in 1999 moved to NYC to attend the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, followed by Queens College Aaron Copland School of Music. He regularly performs in NYC and beyond with The Flail (www.theflail.com), Tip Top, Harbor Conservatory Latin Big Band, Fat Cat Big Band, Conjunto Guantanamo, and Blue Vipers of Brooklyn, among others. Dan holds a BFA from the New School and an MA from Queens College.
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Racquel Borromeo has served as an ETM Teaching Artist since 2006.  She is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music with a piano performance degree.  Racquel started formal piano lessons at the age of 10 in the Philippines. The Philippine Government accepted her to be a Scholar of the Philippines at age 11. Her piano career has taken her to perform and compete across the U.S., the Philippines, Japan, Russia, and Italy for various recitals as well as national and international competitions.  She continues to be one of the highest ranked performers, consistently winning first and second places in competitions.  Shea has a passion for teaching theory and history.  Racquel has taught in James Bowie High School in Texas, P.S. 34, Children's Storefront, the Bronx School of Music and Art, and St. Brendan's School of Music.  She also teaches private piano lessons.
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Jennifer Byers has served as a teaching artist specializing in Strings since 03/2008. She is a member of the Byers Family Trio which has performed at Merkin Hall and Steinway Hall. A composer, she has worked with luminaries such as Edward Albee, Adrienne Kennedy, and resided as composer in residence at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. She has performed as a cellist in a variety of venues nationally and internationally with places as contrasting as Johannesburg, South Africa and Herrnhaag, Germany. Her four children all taught by her play instruments as varied as flute, saxophone, violin, piano and guitar. She has taught in schools in the New York City area such as LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Urban Assembly for the Performing Arts. Jennifer Byers holds a Bachelor of Music Performance from the North Carolina School of the Arts. 
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Hubert Chen has served as a Teaching Artist specializing in violin and general music since December, 2006. He is a musician and board member of Anti-Social Music <www.antisocialmusic.com>, a non-profit new chamber music ensemble that champions music from emerging New York City composers. Mr. Chen has taught violin privately for 7 years both in the Suzuki and traditional methods. He also teaches at Mini-Masters, a music and arts pre-K . Mr. Chen studied at the Juilliard School pre-college division for 8 years under Margaret Pardee, then earned his BA in Music at SUNY Geneseo. He is certified in the Suzuki Method from the School for Strings in New York City.  He has recently performed and recorded with The Hold Steady and The World Inferno Friendship Society.
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Gwendolyn Dorell has been a teaching artist for ETM specializing in general music since January 2007. Her mission is to expose youth to the similarities in function that music serves throughout various cultures. Gwendolyn has received teaching artist training from the Community Word Project, a selective teaching artist training program with a focus on literacy and community awareness. In addition to Education Through Music, Ms. Dorell is a teaching artist for various arts in education programs such as Carnegie Hall Weill Institute Collaborative, Young Audiences New York, and the Brooklyn Philharmonic Education Program. She is also a TA for Symphony Space's Curriculum Arts Project in Latin American Studies co-facilitating Brazilian music workshops. As a member of Maracatu NY, a percussion ensemble dedicated to the rhythms of Northeastern Brazil based in Brooklyn, NY, Gwendolyn performed for Carnaval 2008 and Corpus Percussivos in Recife, Brazil. Ms. Dorell holds a BM from Mannes College of Music, and an MM from Eastman School of Music in flute performance.
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Heather Eliason is pleased to have joined Education Through Music as a Teaching Artist in September 2008. She began her teaching career in 2005 and has taught general music and chorus as well as beginning band and keyboarding in both Seattle and New York City. While earning her Bachelor's degree in Broad Area Music Education from Central Washington University, Heather performed throughout the Pacific Northwest as part of the university's Chamber Choir, Vocal Jazz ensemble, Symphonic and Stage Bands. MS. Eliason is currently studying the bass and working to build her private studio in Brooklyn.
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Josh Fleischmann is a drummer and percussionist, fluent in many styles of music. He has been playing for 20 years, and performing professionally for fifteen years. Josh holds a Bachelors Degree in Music Education from The University of Massachusetts, Lowell, and is a Certified Teacher in Massachusetts and New York. Josh has studied with Randy Kaye (Jimmy Giuffre, Jimi Hendrix), Fred Buda (Boston Pops), Jeffrey Fischer (Boston Ballet), and Bob Gulotti (The Fringe). Josh currently performs with singers/songwriters Shilpa Ray, Richard McGraw, Siwat Titiwatanna, Alistair Sim, Stan Pyrzanowski, and The Vontons. As a member of the rock band KAPOW!, Josh recently toured the East Coast supporting The Fiery Furnaces. KAPOW! also had the honor of supporting The Arctic Monkeys at the Bowery Ballroom. Josh has shared the stage with jazz musician David Amram, bassist Les Claypool, and pianist Pete Drungle. In 2004, Josh performed for the National Education Association/Black Caucus luncheon and rally at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, MA, where he met President Elect Barack Obama. In addition to performing, Josh has taught private music lessons for the past ten years. Josh has also taught General Music, Percussion Ensemble and Chorus at Public Middle Schools in Massachusetts and in The Bronx, NY.
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Shanna Lesniak has been teaching with Education Through Music for six years and has been singing since the age of two. She has been seen in musical theatre and opera roles across the country. Some of her favorites include: Rhetta in Pump Boys and Dinettes, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Nancy in Oliver!, Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Flora in La Traviata. She was recently seen Off-Broadway in Al Carmine's Christmas Rappings. Shanna feels very lucky to have found two passions in life; performing and teaching.
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Quinn McClure has been an ETM Teaching Artist specializing in general and vocal music since September 2008.  Ms. McClure recently graduated magna cum laude from Hofstra University with a Bachelor of Science in music education.  She was honored with the Herbert A. Deutsch Student Teacher of the Year award and named as a "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities" student.  Ms. McClure is currently pursuing an MA in Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.  Ms. McClure is a mezzo currently studying with Treniece Robinson-Martin and singing with TC Chorus under the direction of Dr. Dino Anagnost.   
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Jennifer Parker Sparks is happy to be a new member of the Education Through Music community, teaching at P.S. 69 in the Bronx.  As a teaching artist, Jennifer also works with the Metropolitan Opera Guild.  She has a Master of Music degree in choral conducting from Boston University where she studied with Dr. Anne Howard Jones.  As part of her graduate studies, Jennifer traveled to Italy and Norway to study conducting and choral music.  As a conductor, Jennifer has worked with the Boston University Concert Chorus and Women's Chorale and for two years as Assistant Conductor at the United Parish in Brookline, MA.  Jennifer is a trained soprano with a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance, also from Boston University.
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Laura Portune has served as a Teaching Artist since 2006. An international opera singer, Ms. Portune has performed with such companies as San Diego Opera, Opera Columbus, Des Moines Metro Opera, Dayton Opera, Lyric Opera San Diego, Lake George Opera, the North Czech Philharmonic, and the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra. In 2005, Ms. Portune taught as a Visiting Professor at the University of Notre Dame, teaching voice and directing opera. Ms. Portune works regularly with universities and high schools, presenting master classes and lecture recitals at the University of Notre Dame, The Ohio State University, and St. Mary's College annually, in addition to adjudicating for Dayton Opera's College/High School Competition. She has directed high school students at Youth Sing Praise in St. Louis, Mo, in addition to creating high school programs in Ohio. Ms. Portune holds degrees from the University of Notre Dame, the Ohio State University, and the prestigious L'Università di Stranieri di Perugia in Italy.  www.lauraportune.com
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Dilhya Ross is pleased to join ETM in what can only be described as a dream job. She is proud to run a general music program at Saint Mark the Evangelist School in Harlem, which includes a newly introduced after school Ensemble. Ms. Ross holds a Bachelor of Music in Education with state certification to teach grades PK-12 from Hardin-Simmons University. She has been a teaching artist in New York City for two years and previously taught middle school choir in Garland, Texas. Dilhya has served in various capacities from actor to music director for programs such as Manhattan, Missoula, and Dallas Children's Theatres. Her favorite performance endeavors include having been a member of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Chorus and the Broadway Star Chorus for the Stephen Sondheim 75^th Birthday Celebration. Ms. Ross is currently working toward a Master of Arts in International Education Development at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Stacey Small holds an Associates Degree in the Performing Arts from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, and a BA from the New School University.  She works full time for ETM teaching grades K-5 general music, keyboards, recorders, and chorus.  She is also a Head Afterschool Counselor at the Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy.  Stacey also works with Ahtik Studio Production, Inc. as a songwriter and producer.  In addition to her contributions to several other artists' albums, she has recently been signed by Ahtik as a recording artist, and is currently working on her debut album.  In her spare time Stacey enjoys cooking, reading, hiking, fishing, and other outdoor activities.
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Philip T. Tambakis has happily returned for his fourth year with ETM at St. Brendan's School in the Bronx. Teaching Pre-K through 8th grades, he also directs the St. Brendan's church choir, leads the congregation in song, and is an accompanist for the family mass and First Friday services. In addition, Philip now teaches 6th- 8th grades at St. Clare's school, also in the Bronx.  Philip is pursuing a professional singing career in Westchester and the New York City area with Sing We Enchanted,  a renaissance a cappella ensemble. He is on the roster of the New York Synagogue, which has led him to sing with Dudu Fischer under the baton of  Leor Himmelstein. Philip has performed as a soloist with New York City's Cantori directed by Mark Shapiro, Richard Slade's Sound Shore Chorale, the Agnus Dei Society, as well as at Grace Congregational Church under the direction of Dr. John L. Motley.  He has performed as Remendado in Carmen, and was the understudy for the lead role of Don Jose in performances with the Bronx Opera. He has also played the role of Remenado with One World Symphony, in addition to the role of Jaquino in their production of Beethoven's Fidelio. Empire Opera has had Philip in their productions of Waundel Saavedra's original works The Great Supper and The Passion, playing the roles of the Bachelor and Judas respectively. Other pursuits include the study of the Mandarin language with professor Vera Huang, Zhong Guo Chuan under Shrfu Frank DeMaria, singing in the choir of the Chinese School of Northern Westchester directed by Hui Mei Lin, and Indian classical music study with renowned sitarist Ustad Rais Khan. Love to his teachers, students, family and friends(furry and otherwise).
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Julie Waters has served as a Teaching Artist specializing in vocal music since September 2008.  She was born and raised in Seattle, Washington where she attended Western Washington University, completed the music education program with an emphasis on choral conducting, and received her BA in Music in 2006.  Although she maintains a profound fondness for the west coast, even since her move to New York City in February 2008, she has been surprised to find a comparable affection for the "other" coast and plans to stay for quite some time.  Julie's music career began in fourth grade when she proudly revealed to her father that she intended to be the next Mariah Carey, to which he responded with a suggestion to join choir first, and she has never looked back.  It wasn't long after that Julie realized she wanted to teach music, not perform it, for a living and she feels fortunate every day to be able to say that she is living out her dream.
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