Innovating for the Future

In-Person Summit and Conference: July 23-26, 2025 | Online: June 7-8, 2025

The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025

Community. Creativity. Impact.

Staff

Jennifer Snow, CEO and Executive Director
Sara Ernst, Program Director, Director of Teacher Engagement
Andrea McAlister, Summit Director, Director of Digital Programming
Michaela Boros, Associate Director
Sarah Leonard, Industry Relations

Executive Committee: Sara Ernst, Andrea McAlister, Pamela Pike, and Jennifer Snow

Committees

The Committees of The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025 work to research, compile, or otherwise address issues of ongoing significance to our participants and the piano teaching public in meaningful and substantive ways. Active committees and their members are listed below.

Mario Ajero

Ivan Hurd

Annie Jeng

Jessica Johnson

J. P. Murphy

Rochelle Sennet

Andy Villemez

Meggie Young

Leah Claiborne, Co-Chair

Ross Salvosa, Co-Chair

Diana Dumlavwalla

Susie Garcia

Jasmine Harry

Annie Jeng

Jeriel Jorguensen

Midori Koga

Veena K. Kulkarni-Rankin

Marceline Merrill

Omar Roy

Sonya Schumann

Astrid Morales Torres

Andy Villemez, Chair

Annie Jeng

Jonathan Kuuskoski

Clinton Pratt

Heather Smith

Alexandra Nguyen, Chair

Dana Brown

Jocelyn Dueck

Steve Harlos

Andi Merrill

Joy Schreier

Jeremy Siskind, Chair

Yoshiko Arahata

Joseph Harkins

Jeremy Jordan

Agnieszka Lasko

Kristina Lee

John Mortensen

Bradley Sowash

Chee-Hwa Tan

Derek Kealli Polischuk, Co-Chair

Scott Price, Co-Chair

Olivia Colomaio

Elizabeth Davis-Everhart

Hyemin Kim

Emily Lau

Jason Sifford, Chair

Verena Abufaiad

Rebekah Healan Boles

Elaina Burns

Scott Donald

Laura Harding

Louie Hehman

Judith Jain

Rebecca Pennington

Stephen Pierce

Kenneth Thompson

Luis Sanchez, Chair

Spanish

Andres Bravo

Alejandro Cremaschi

Florencia Zuloaga

Portuguese

Claudia Deltregia

Luis Pipa

Ricardo Pozenatto

Mandarin

Huiyun Liang

Gulimina Mahamuti

Susan Yang

Korean
Chee Hyeon Choi

Jihea Hong-Park

Hyae-jin Hwang

April Kim

Allison Shinnick Keep, Chair

Marina Bengoa

Katherine Benson

Michael Clark

Megan Hall

Jeriel Jorguensen

Astrid Morales

Curtis Pavey

Trevor Thornton

Jessie Welsh

Karen Yong

Mimi Zhang

Andrew Cooperstock, Chair

Angelin Cheng

Jennifer Haghye

Catherine Kautsky

April Kim

Spencer Myer

Nicholas Phillips

Roberta Rust

Karen Walwyn

Jerry Wong

Alejandro Cremaschi, Chair

Grace Choi

Pete Jutras

Carla Salas-Ruiz

Ann Marie Stanley

Cynthia Stephens-Himonides

Todd Van Kekerix

Margaret Young

David Cartledge, Co-Chair

Andrea McAlister, Co-Chair

Bradley Beckman

Erin Bennett

Diana Dumlavwalla

John Ellis

Sara Ernst

Ivan Hurd

Lynn Worcester Jones

Chris Madden

J. P. Murphy

Stephen Pierce

Pamela Pike

Yu-Jane Yang

Jackie Edwards-Henry, Chair

Rebecca Bellelo

Pei-Chen Chen

Yeeseon Kwon

Debra Perez

Pamela Pike

Thomas Swenson

Stella Branzburg Sick, Chair

Mario Ajero

Joao Paulo Casarotti

Linda Christensen

Margarita Denenburg

Shana Lynne Kirk

George F. Litterst

Daiane Raatz

Michelle Sisler

Anthony Ty

Laura Amoriello, Chair

Linda Cockey

Vanessa Cornett

Jessica Johnson

Carina Joly

Lesley Sisterhen McAllister

Paola Savvidou

Brenda Wristen

Janet Tschida, Chair

Jeremy Dittus

Gregory Chase

Hannah Creviston

Aubrey Faith-Slaker

Joy Morin

Paul Myatt

Janna Olson

Katie Ostrosky

Mary Ellen Pinzino