IT TAKES A VILLAGE
RCM is a family-friendly community of students, parents, volunteers and musicians who join together to make music, friends, and lasting connections. Our staff proudly continues the mission Ed and Janet Simons started in 1956: to maintain a cultural community hub for generations to come.
Our board members are all volunteers – musicians, business leaders, current and former students, who enthusiastically help guide us with the school’s mission at heart.
STAFF
Marigene Kettler, Executive Director Email
Martha Lerner, Deputy Director Email
Regina Gessner, Registrar Email
Ann Hollinger, Controller
Xavier Katz, Bookkeeper
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Edgar A. Gutierrez, President
Mimi Calhoun, V. President
Brian Fontana, Treasurer
Judith Gorman, Secretary
James M. Birnbaum, Esq.
Robert L. Fellows, Esq.
John E. Funk, Ph.D.
Ira Lipson
Kemi Olateju
Seth Porter, Ph.D.
Shantelle Williams Johnson
*Richard E. Voigt 1935-2018
*Dennis Fleming 1948-2021
*Edward Simons, 1917-2018
Co-Founder
MUSIC ADVISORS
Neil Berg
Didi Conn
Ramona Peréz Finkelman
Katherine Greene
Rita Harvey
Jon Klibonoff
Stanley A. Kurtis
Alvin McCall
Helen Strilec Schatiloff
David Shire
ADVISORS
The Hon. Harriet Cornell
Keith J. Cornell, Esq.
Alice DiSanto
Carol Dornbush
Matt DuBeau
Reji Mathew, Ph.D.
James Sandler
Scott Vanderhoef
Elisabeth Voigt