Board of Directors

  • Dr. Katie Smirnova

    SECRETARY
    CO-FOUNDER

  • Philip Setzer

    Violinist of the Emerson String Quartet and Violin Faculty at Stony Brook University

  • Dr. Ismar Gomes

    RMF Artist Faculty
    Gettysburg College
    George Mason University

  • Dr. Alevtina Smirnova

    Associate Professor of Chemistry, Biology, and Health Sciences, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

  • Scott M. Schutz, Esq.

    Litigation Attorney at Schutz Law

  • Dr. Brett Walfish

    PRESIDENT/TREASURER
    CO-FOUNDER

Advisory Board

  • Daniel Heifetz

    Founder of the Heifetz International Music Institute

  • Hagai Shaham

    Violin Faculty at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University, Stony Brook University in New York, and the Heifetz International Music Institute

  • Dr. Ann Setzer

    Violin Faculty at DePaul University, Juilliard Pre-College Division in New York City, and Meadowmount School of Music