Academy Officers & Co-founders

Honorary Director - Gerard Schwarz, Music Director, Seattle Symphony

President - James E. Paul, DMA
Vice President / Provost - Dorothy Klotzman
Vice President / Administration & Finance - Dolores (Dee) Wells

Board of Trustees  
James E. (Jim) Paul, DMA, CEO
Dorothy Klotzman, Vice President & Acting President May 2008
Dolores Wells, Treasurer/Secretary
Ron Sonntag
Linda Sandell, Ph.D.
Sylvia Nance Taub

Advisors:
Seattle Symphony Toby Saks, Seattle Chamber Music Festival
Simon James, Seattle Symphony, SimonJamesMusic
Masao Kawasaki, The Juilliard School
Alex Klein, Chicago, Oboe
Diane Thome, UW, Composer
Joan Tower, NY, Composer

Merle P. Griff, *
Milton Katims*, former Music Director, Seattle Symphony
Ray Thompson*, AMN Founding Board Member; Kennedy Center Award Recipient, former Director Music, Seattle School District
*In memoriam