Governance and Advisory Council
The Advisory Council advises the Board of Directors on operational issues of ISMTA. The Advisory Council is comprised of committee members, past presidents, and local association presidents. Members of the Advisory Council report to a representative on the Board of Directors to facilitate the decision making process.
Governance Structure:
(board of directors in bold are voting members)
- President – past presidents
- President-elect | DEI advisory committee
- Vice President – Conferences – conference committee
- Vice President – Local Associations – local association presidents
- Vice President – Membership – certification, collegiate chapters/faculty, independent music teachers
- Secretary – Treasurer – foundation
- Corresponding Secretary
- Competitions Director– competitions committee, composition, composer commissioning
- Education/AIM Director – AIM committee, piano, voice, string, theory
- Immediate Past-President – nominating committee
- Director-At-Large – group piano, special needs, wellness
Committee Members
Education/Achievement in Music (AIM)
- Director – Nancy Liley
- Piano Coordinator – Debbie Gillette
- Theory Coordinator – Rita Brown
- Piano Revision Advisor – Linda Barker
- Piano Revision Advisor – Marlene Chatain
- Piano Revision Advisor – Jennifer Cohen
- Piano Repertoire Coordinator – Stephanie Myers
- Piano Technology Coordinator – Jia-Yee Tang
- Strings Coordinator -Desiree Hicks
- Strings Revision Advisor – Mary Beth Molenaar
- Voice Coordinator – Sonja Mihelcic
ISMTA Competitions
- Director – Jennifer Cohen
- ISMTA South Coordinator – Pei-I Wang
- ISMTA North Coordinator – Anne Marie Kuhny
- ISMTA Instrument and Voice e-Competition – Brenda Haynes
MTNA Competitions
- Director – Jennifer Cohen
- MTNA Junior Competitions Coordinator – Hye Jee Jang
- MTNA Senior Competitions Coordinator – Grace Trang
- MTNA Young Artist Competitions Coordinator – Natalie Landowski
- MTNA Composition/Composer Commissioning Coordinator – Christopher Goldston
Other Committees and Coordinators
- Certification – Gill Cerbin
- Collegiate Chapters/College Faculty – Natalie Landowski
- Foundation – Debi Inch
- Group Piano – Kathy Sbarboro
- Independent Music Teachers – LeAnn Halvorson
- Wellness – Dora Diephouse
