Staff & Leadership

Artistic Leadership

Paul Watkins

Artistic Director

Staff

Maury Okun

President

Jennifer Laredo Watkins

Director of Artistic Planning

Development

Jocelyn Conselva

Director of Development

Allison Wamser

Patron Engagement Associate

Benjamin Williams

Institutional Giving Associate

Allison Prost

Development Associate

Marketing

Bridget Favre

Director of Marketing

Layla Blahnik-Thoune

Multimedia Marketing Associate

Lauren Cichocki

Marketing Associate

Sabrina Rosneck

Marketing Associate

Operations and Events

Nolan Cardenas

Artistic Operations Manager

Lane Warren

Artistic Operations Associate

Community Engagement

Jainelle Robinson

Community Engagement Officer

Finance

Triet Huynh

Controller

Phuong Huynh

Finance Associate

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.

Cathleen Corken

Retired Assistant U.S. Attorney

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

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

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.

Trustee Advisory Committee

Cecilia Benner

Lillian Dean

Jackie Paige & David Fischer

Fay B. Herman

Marc Schwartz

Kimberley & Victor Talia

Linda & Maurice Binkow

Afa Dworkin

Barbara & Paul Goodman

William Hulsker

Josette Silver

James Tocco

Cindy & Harold Daitch

Adrienne & Herschel Fink

Barbara Heller

Rayna Kogan

Isabel & Lawrence Smith

Beverly & Barry Williams