Staff & Board

Staff

Anya Tanyavutti
Executive Director
(she/her/ella/they)

Umeki Ramsey Senior Director of Operations (she/her)

Sam Nantz-Burbatt Senior Director of Development & Communications
(she/her)

Marisa Pfautz Director of Quality Assurance and School and Community Programs
(she/her)

Michaela Bateman Program Manager of General Music and Digital Music Programs (she/her)

Jah Hines Associate Program Manager of Out of School Time and Community Programs (she/They)

Board of Directors

Officers

James Harris,
City of Chicago
Board President

Melanie Neely State of Illinois Board Vice President

James Jones Jr. Leak and Sons Funeral Enterprise Board Co-Treasurer

Kimberline Matthews PNC Bank Board Co-Treasurer

Stacy Wright

Secretary

Directors

Linda Berna Roosevelt University

Brad Sheftel
Valor Equity Partners

Claire Stevens KPMG, LLP.

Mahsa Chitsaz
Maha Group

Ashley Selman
HeyWell

Scott Coligan
SGS & Co

Nishant Nayar

JP Morgan Chase

"I work hard, communicate and cooperate with others."