Leadership

Artistic Leadership

Paul Watkins
Artistic Director

Staff

Maury Okun
President
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Jennifer Laredo Watkins
Director of Artistic Planning

Development

Jocelyn Conselva
Director of Development
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Allison Wamser
Patron Engagement Associate
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Benjamin Williams
Institutional Giving Associate
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Allison Prost
Development Associate
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Marketing

Bridget Favre
Director of Marketing
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Layla Blahnik-Thoune
Multimedia Marketing Associate
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Lauren Cichocki
Marketing Associate
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Sabrina Rosneck
Marketing Associate
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Operations and Events

Nolan Cardenas
Artistic Operations Manager
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Lane Warren
Artistic Operations Associate
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Community Engagement

Jainelle Robinson
Community Engagement Officer
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Finance

Triet Huynh
Controller
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Phuong Huynh
Finance Associate
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Board of Directors

Chairs

Virginia and Michael Geheb, Board Chairs
Virginia is a retired opera education teacher
Michael is Senior Consulting Director,
IBM-Watson Health

Marguerite Munson Lentz
Retired Attorney, Bodman PLC

Janelle McCammon & Raymond Rosenfeld
Janelle is a retired development professional
Raymond is a Retired Professor
Eastern Michigan University

Kathleen Block
Volunteer

Nicole Braddock
Nicole is a Store Director at Tappers Diamonds & Fine Jewlery

Frederick Morsches and Kareem George
Frederick is Chief Community Officer, Honigman LLP
Kareem is Founder and Principal, Culture Traveler LLC

Christine Goerke
Soprano

Robert D. Heuer
Partner at Guy Hurley, LLC

Michael Leib
Retired Attorney, Madden Hauser

Judith Greenstone Miller
Partner, Taft Law

Gail and Ira Mondry
Gail is a private and group yoga instructor
Ira is a Principal of MGroup

Bridget and Michael Morin
Bridget is a Special Education Consultant in the Macomb County Intermediate School District
Michael is President of Yaffe & Company

Sandra and Claude Reitelman
Sandra is an arts administrator and co-founder of Cabaret 313
Claude is a retired pediatric urologist

Randolph Schein
Investor

Franziska Schoenfeld
Retired dentist

Lauren Smith
Owner and Interior Designer, Your Space Refined

Jill and Steven Stone
Jill is an amateur pianist
Steven owns Stone Soap Company, Inc.

Michael Turala
Account Executive, DXC Technology

Gwen and Evan Weiner
Gwen is a civic volunteer.
Evan is CEO of Edw. C. Levy Co

Ex-Officio Members

Fr. Mark Brauer
Pastor, St. Hugo of the Hills.

Cantor Rachel Gottlieb Kalmowitz
Ms. Kalmowitz is the Cantor at Temple Beth El.

Rev. Msgr. Anthony Tocco
Rev. Msgr. Tocco is one of the founders of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival and is the Retired Pastor at St. Hugo of the Hills.

Rabbi Mark Miller
Senior Rabbi at Temple Beth El.

Maury Okun
Mr. Okun is the President of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, ArtOps, and Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings.

John Sittard
Director of Music, St. Hugo of the Hills