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
Xavier Katz, Bookkeeper Emily Demarsico, Administrative Asst.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Shantelle Williams Johnson, President Gair Morris, Vice President
Judith Gorman, Secretary
Seth Porter, Ph.D. Treasurer Robert L. Fellows, Esq.
John E. Funk, Ph. Ironda Lynce Kemi Olateju Greg Walthall, Esq.
*Edward Simons, 1917-2018
Co-Founder
MUSIC ADVISORS
Neil Berg
Tom Chapin
Didi Conn
Ramona Peréz Finkelman
Katherine Greene
Rita Harvey
Jon Klibonoff
Stanley A. Kurtis
Alvin McCall
Helen Strilec Schatiloff
David Shire
ADVISORS
James M. Birnbaum, Esq. The Hon. Harriet Cornell
Keith J. Cornell, Esq.
Alice DiSanto
Carol Dornbush
Matt DuBeau Edgar Gutierrez
Reji Mathew, Ph.D.
James Sandler
Scott Vanderhoef