Berkshire Music School Board of Trustees Elects New Officers, Trustees
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Music School Board of Trustees held its annual meeting on June 21, at which time new officers were elected in addition to four new trustees.
Several trustees have completed their terms and were recognized for their years of support. Outgoing trustees include Lyndon Moors, Vickie Hornstein, Sarah Kohrs, Paul Sundberg, Roger Suters and James Wojtaszek.
New officers for the 2016-2017 fiscal year are Kate Barton, president; Jeffry Bradway,vice president; Marianne Hall, secretary; and Laura Rosenthal, treasurer. New trustees are Brenda Burdick, Lynn Festa, Paul Houston and Jean Stackhouse. Trustees continuing in their current three-year terms are Gina Coleman, Michael Hinkley, Marianna Poutasse and Ingrid Richardson.
Burdick is marketing and public relations director at General Dynamics. She has more than 25 years of experience as a marketing professional and she is passionate about the Berkshires region as demonstrated through her involvement in Berkshire United Way board of directors, 1Berkshire board of directors, Berkshire Innovation Center Advisory Board Member, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Foundation Corporator, ProAdams board of directors and Berkshire Compact for Education Advisory Board member.
Festa is an occupational therapist with a certification in hand therapy since 1995. She specializes in treating injuries and disorders of the upper extremity, and has been involved with Performing Arts Medicine programs. She is the owner of Health Professional Coaching, LLC, and provides training and workshops on empathy and resilience, designed for the caring professional to flourish at work and in their every day. She has been a student at the Berkshire Music School since January 2015, and is enjoying learning to play the piano.
Houston is an associate actuary at Berkshire Life Insurance Company, and is a fellow in the Society of Actuaries. He has been an active participant and supporter of Berkshire Music School for the past five years through his involvement with the Adult Cabaret Workshop and Acting Class. He volunteers at Hancock Shaker Village.
Stackhouse is a member of the Berkshire Music School’s piano faculty and she will represent the faculty on the BMS Board. She has a master’s degree from University of Oklahoma and is a former faculty member of New England Conservatory of Music and Westminster Choir College. While at the New England Conservatory, she was director of education and chair of the Piano Department of the NEC Preparatory School and Director of the Piano Pedagogy Program. She and her husband founded the Berkshire Institute of Theology and Arts, based in Stockbridge.
Berkshire Music School, located at 30 Wendell Ave., is a private, nonprofit organization celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2016. It has 35 faculty members and a student enrollment of approximately 300 students, ranging in ages from 6 months to 92 years.
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