Westrick Music Academy is privileged to have on staff some of the most respected professionals working in the industry today.
Administrative Staff
Board of Directors
Archana Pradhan, MD, MPH, President
Associate Dean for Education, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Mark J. Badros, Treasurer
Managing Member, Timberlake Capital Management
Daniela M. Phayme, Secretary
Finance Manager, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Kristy V. Kyriakopoulos
Event planner
Xiaobing Li
Senior Manager, American Express
Jena Prideaux McWha
Community Volunteer
Frederick A. Pettit, Esq.
Vice President for Institutional Advancement, King’s College
Laura Fenster Rothschild, PsyD
Education and Management Consultant, Emmett Partners/Center for Supportive Schools
Craig Vachris
Chief Credit Officer, W. P. Carey
Joan A. Valcin
Procedural Document Writer, Bristol Myers Squibb
Michael Wasden
Marketing Director, Johnson & Johnson
Mary Jane Weiss, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Associate Dean of Applied Behavior Analysis and Executive Director of the Institute for Applied Behavioral Science, Endicott College
Lynnel Joy Jenkins, DMA, Artistic Director, Ex Officio
Hilary K. Butler, Executive Director, Ex Officio
Advisory Board
S. Tina Biswas
Senior Director, Agile Program Management, Publicis Sapient
Carol Burden
Executive Director, Trenton Community Music School
Jordan M. Corn
Director of Solutions Research for IT, AAA Mid-Atlantic
Patricia Cornet
Global Director Scientific Societies & Cooperative Groups, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Co-Founder/Vice-President, Women of Color in Pharma
Barbara Burke DiCostanzo
Managing Member, Penbrook Management, LLC
James M. Jordan
Professor and Senior Conductor, Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Peter F. Kelly, Esq., Legal Advisor
Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP
John P. Leonard, DM
Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at The College of New Jersey
Beth Nichols
Music Teacher, Auten Road Intermediate School
Janet H. Perkins
Past Executive Director, Princeton Girlchoir
Carolyn Sauer
Performance Manager, Carnegie Hall
Alice Teti
Community Volunteer
Jason Vodicka, DMA
Chair and Associate Professor and Chair of Music Education,
Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Jan A. Westrick
Artistic Director Emerita, Princeton Girlchoir
