board of directors

Paul Katz
Chair

Yo-Yo Ma
Honorary President

Natasha Brofsky
Cello Faculty, Juilliard School

Jay Dweck
Treasurer
Cloud Technology Strategist, Credit Suisse

Sarah Forbes Orwig
Executive Editor for Book Publishing,
American Bar Association

Lorraine Idson
Secretary
Ph.D. (Economics, M.I.T.),
Ph.D. (Psychology, Columbia University)

Pei-Shan Lee
Collaborative Piano Faculty, New England Conservatory

Paul Mattal
Technology Consultant

Kitty Rothschild
Social Impact Strategist and Advisor

Astrid Schween
Cello Faculty, Juilliard School; Cellist, Juilliard String Quartet

Brant Taylor
Cello, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Jeffrey Zeigler
Asst. Prof. of Chamber Music and Innovation, Univ. of Miami;
Director, National Sawdust Ensemble

staff

Isaac Berglind
Blogmaster
CelloJobs
CelloCompetitions
Artist Liaison

Paul Katz
Artistic Director and Founder

Paul Mattal
Technology Consultant

Francesca McNeeley
Development and Communications Administrator

Ana Mora
Social Media

Jussi Reijonen
Webmaster

Robert Rund
Executive Director

William Suh
Technical Consultant
CelloChat

Kati Swinney
Executive Assistant

Jeremy Tai
Video Editor

partners: site design, build, and strategy

2009 Original Site Concept, Design, Build: Paul Katz, Arthur Smith (WGBH), Rafael DeStella (destella.creative), Pei-Shan Lee
2017 Redesign – Design: Paul Katz, Jussi Reijonen, Paul Boivin (Blink;Tech)
2017 Redesign – Site Build: Aatif Hussein (Blink;Tech)
Content Strategy and Development Consultant: Jenn Dungan

Considerable support and advice on the website provided by:
Daniel Steiner, NEC President, 2000-2006
Tony Woodcock, NEC President, 2008-2015
Ed Lesser, NEC Chief Financial Officer