Administration and Fiscal Management

1. Administrative strength of board

NYSO has been graced with an excellent board, made up of caring individuals with great skills.

Other board members have backgrounds which include strategic management consulting, former chair of North Shore Association for Retarded Citizens, office manager, Masters in Education, bookkeeper & tax specialist, English teacher, PTO member, and fundraising (see detailed resumes).

2. Organizational planning and evaluation

NYSO's ongoing focus is to serve an increasing community of young musicians through enhancing skill levels in rehearsal and performance and to encourage students to share their talents in a variety of outreach concerts. In a three-year cycle we bring in major soloists to perform with the Senior Orchestra, commission a new work of music for the students to perform and take the senior orchestra on a performance tour. NYSO has two planning meetings per year, which involve the Board of Directors. The fall meeting includes the Advisory Board. The Music Director presents his plans and recommendations to the Board in the spring of each year.

Key indicators of success have been the steady growth and support of local teachers, increasing levels of technical and musical proficiency, and an ever-increasing level of challenging repertoire. Each year, NYSO Board's Evaluation Committee sends questionnaires to all members, staff and Board members, asking their feedback about the programs of NYSO. Relevant issues are raised directly with individuals in the organization, or with the Board as appropriate.

3. Track record of sound financial management and adequate resources, including a broad base of financial support.

The annual budget is developed jointly by the treasurer, the Executive Director and the Executive Board. It is approved by the Board of Directors, and monitored by the treasurer and Board via monthly reports at Board meetings.

NYSO has an impeccable history with regard to financial management, having never overspent its annual budget. NYSO philosophy is simply not to spend money that it does not have. To this end, individuals in the organization have given generously of their time and support to keep the organization healthy. NYSO has had a modest "profit" annually, with these monies being set aside for board-approved functions such as a performance tour.

Board of Directors 2006 -2007

NYSO Board meets once each month from September to June

Matt Farel, President

Genuine Parts Company - Operations Manager – NAPA, Boston.

BA in Organizational Leadership - Mercer University - Atlanta, GA
MBA - Mercer University -Atlanta, GA
Habitat for Humanity, Atlanta, GA
United Way - GPC Chair, Atlanta, GA
Open Door Food Pantry, Gloucester, MA
Junior Achievement, Johnstown, PA
Johnstown Heritage Counsel, Johnstown, PA
Parent of three including one in the Sr. Orchestra - NYSO.

Anne Brown, Secretary

Former lecturer at BU in early American history
Ipswich Public Library Board of Trustees 3 years
Winthrop Elementary School Council (3 years, 1 year as co-Chair)
Co-Chair of Winthrop Elementary Schools Friends (5 years);
Presently, Chair of Ipswich Music Art and Drama Association (serving middle and high schools)

Terence Rodgers, Treasurer

Director with the Boston Office of Navigant Consulting.
25 years of experience in providing consulting services to public and private corporations as well as state and federal agencies.
He has offered consulting services in the commercial litigation, health care, insurance, business valuation, and construction practice areas.
Member of the Academy of Management, the Strategic Management Society and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Terry has presented papers at various conferences and has also authored articles on business management.
Active member of St. Paul’s Church in Hamilton and has taught religious education
Active in coaching in the Hamilton Little League.
Involved at the Brookline High School as a college preparation mentor for students at risk.
Consulting support to the German Gerena School in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Terry received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame and is a Ph.D. candidate in Organization Studies at the University of Massachusetts.

Peggy Gruszka

Homemaker
PhD in School Psychology from the University of Rhode Island
Mother of two daughters, both in NYSO Orchestra
NYSO Volunteer coordinator since 2000
Member Andona Society; Executive Board 2002-2004
Volunteer in many school and church activities
Enjoys playing piano accompaniments for Suzuki groups

Trudy Larson

See Staff Biographical Notes

Cheryl McCarthy

Home School mother
Active in 4 H at local and state level
Active volunteer for NYSO for eight years
Home health aid for 25 years
Past President of The Friends of the Newbury Library
Former trustee of the Newbury Town Library
Former member of the Newbury Town Library Building Committee
Treasurer of the New Hampshire Spinners and Dyers
Massachusetts Representative of the Northeast Handspinners and chair of “the Gathering" a three day event attended
President of the Newbury Garden Club (Starting at the annual meeting in May)

Vanessa Mulvey

Faculty - Longy School of Music - Conservatory & Community Divisions.
Private Studio - reading, MA
Andover Educator Trainee
Flute Talk Magazine - published three articles
Performer on concerts throughout New England
Former WW & Brass Department Chair - Longy
Former Director - Center Music School, Stamford, CT
MM Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
BM State University of New York at Potsdam

Gayle Nieburger

Born in Maryland, grew up in Andover, lived 10 years in Florida.
BA, MA English; EDS Curriculum & Instruction, University of Florida.
Worked for Boston Globe & Gainesville Sun Newspapers.
Co-owner The Shell Gallery, formerly in Picadilly Square, Newton Centre, & now mail order.
Son Braden, 8th grader at Andover School of Montessori & viola player in Intermezzo.
Actively involved in Braden’s schools and activities.
Interests include antique & classic cars.

Edward Nieburger

Business graduate, University of Florida
Served in U.S. Army as Personnel Specialist; worked for the federal government for a decade, then owned and operated a retail store for a decade, then for the most recent decade as a credit manager, currently at C.R. Bard, Lowell.
Chairman, Popcorn Fundraising Campaign, Pack 79 & Troop 79, Andover. Consultant for Boy Scout Yankee Clipper Council.
Currently Historian & Conchological Recorder for Boston Malacological Club, Harvard’s MCZ. Formerly president, newsletter editor, and local liason for American Malacological Society annual meeting at Newport, R.I.
Interests include study of mollusks (malacology), classic cars, being a Boy Scout adult leader & fund raiser.

Gary Parrett

Associate Professor of Educational Ministries & Worship, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1998 - present
Assistant Professor of Youth Ministries, Gordon College, 1996 - 1998
Member, and formerly Vice President, North American Professors of Christian Education
Co-author, A Many Colored Kingdom: Multicultural Dynamics for Spiritual Formation , Baker Academic Books, 2004
Served in pastoral roles with youth, collegians and adults for more than 20 years, in Boston, New York, New Jersey, Washington State and Seoul, Korea
Several articles published on subjects of Christian education, worship, youth ministry, etc.
Composed numerous hymns and choruses for use in congregational worship
Education: Doctor of Education, Columbia University, Teachers College, New York (1996)
Master of Divinity, Regent College, Vancouver (1983)

Susan Hanson Philbrick

An attorney who lives in Manchester, Massachusetts
Graduated from Smith College in 1980 with a BA in government.
Ms. Philbrick earned her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in 1986 and served as an Assistant District Attorney in Essex County for five years.
Ms. Philbrick went on to serve for 12 years as an Assistant United States Attorney with the Department of Justice's Organized Crime Strike Force in Boston, Massachusetts. ,
Presently an active parent volunteer for NYSO and Shore Country Day School.

Susan A. Smith

Mother of daughter in senior orchestra
Medical Assistant for local physician
Worked with Special Needs children in the Newburyport School System for six years
Parent Volunteer for NYSO organization
Board Member for the Newburyport Girls Basketball Association for four years
Monitor for Religious Education for Saint Louis Parish

Karen Swicker

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker residing in Rowley
MSW Boston College
Active psychotherapy private practice serving children, families and individuals with developmental disabilities in Ipswich, Salisbury and Gloucester communities
Parent of 3 Ipswich Middle School/High School students
Active NYSO parent volunteer

Advisory Board 2006 - 2007

William M. Craft, Ed.D., CFRE

Dr. Craft is a Certified Fund Raising Executive and an experienced consultant to corporations, non-profit organizations and colleges in the U.S. and the United Kingdom. He is a frequent speaker at national conferences and meetings dealing with higher education and resource development. He has:A 28-year career in higher education;
Led major fund raising campaigns; Written and planned successful grant proposals totaling more than $55 million;- Established three private foundations and managed a variety of consulting programs for ZUB International in London.
Lead facilitator/consultant for the American Management Association's on-site strategic planning program;
Director of a publicly held bank and chair of its strategic planning and audit committees;
Past-President of the Washington, D.C.-based Council for Resource Development.
His appointments in higher education have included professor of mathematics, academic dean and vice president for planning and development. He holds a BA in mathematics from the State University of New York and an Ed.D. with concentrations in Public Policy and Finance from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst; a certificate in management (IEM) from Harvard and he was a resident EXXON Fellow at MIT.

Jefferson Eaton

Polaroid Corporation, Corporate Toxicologist; retired Technical Manager for 35 years
Member of the Board of the Lincoln Old Town Hall Corporation
Board member of the Corporation of Belmont Hill School
Member of Zoning Bylaw Study Committee in Lincoln
Volunteer Service to YPO, New England Conservatory
Employee volunteer on the Polaroid Foundation
Several years volunteer work with inmate/outmate programs in various Massachusetts prisons.
Co-authored a small piece of environmental legislation in Vermont
Member of American Chemical Society,
Mass. Audubon, Vermont Natural Resources Council, Vermont Land Trust,
Environmental Protection Information Center, Earthwatch
Jeff has long been dedicated to young people who are involved in the arts and especially in classical music. He has personally headed up the chaperones on many orchestral tours at the New England Conservatory of Music, Preparatory Division. In addition, he has taken a personal interest in furthering careers of talented young people. He has become for many of them, their long-time friend and advisor.

Jonathan McPhee

Music Director for Boston Ballet, he has received critical acclaim for his work with the Company and Orchestra, which is the second largest musical organization in Boston.
Music Director for Symphony by the Sea, a classical orchestra based in Marblehead, MA, and Longwood Symphony in Boston. Engagements next season include guest conductor for the Louisiana Philharmonic and the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. McPhee has served as conductor for many of the world's most distinguished dance companies -- New York City Ballet, The Royal Ballet (England), Martha Graham Dance Company, Joffrey Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, The Australian Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Houston Ballet, and the Norwegian Ballet
Mr. McPhee's works as arranger and composer are in the repertoires ballet companies and orchestras around the world.
Among the orchestras Mr. McPhee has conducted are the BBC Scottish Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, The Hague Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Orchestre Colonne (Paris), the National Philharmonic Orchestra in London, the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Bergen Philharmonic in Norway.
Born in Philadelphia, Mr. McPhee received his L.R.A.M. from the Royal Academy of Music, and a B.M. and M.M. from The Juilliard School. While at Juilliard, Mr. McPhee was the recipient of a Naumburg Scholarship in Conducting and English Horn

David Rox

Outstanding music administrator arid educator
Trombonist and performer
BA - Gordon College
MM Boston University; EdD. Boston University
Professor of Music, Gordon College
Former Head of Music Department, Gordon College
Musical Director Middlesex Concert Band
lnstrumental Music Consultant for schools
Recitalist with brass ensemble, trombonist

Chris Reilly

Branch Manager, TD Banknorth, Topsfield, MA
Business Development, Sales Manager and Assistant Vice President,
TD Banknorth Topsfield
Former Branch Manger, Citizens Bank
Sales and Business development manager, Currys Ltd., Part of Dixons Stores Group
Hemel Meptstead, England UK
Development Manger, Comet PLC, Part of Kingfisher Group, Hull UK with branches throughout Scotland
Graduated in Business from Perth College of Furter Education, Perth, Scotland

Dr. Carl Soderland

Physician and supporter of the arts
Medical doctor, practicing in lpswich.
He brings to us his support of young people and his love of music.
Amateur musician- violin - often seen playing music in the local church along with young children

Norman C. Spector, Esq.

Partner in law firm of Burns and Levinson
Legal consultant to NYSO
L L B. Harvard Law School, B.A. — Case Western Reserve University
Partner with Burns& Levinson, LLP since 1978 and Co-Chair of Finance department
Chairman of the Board of New England Sinai Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in Stoughton, Ma 1993 to present
Vice-chairman of Beverly (MS) Board of Health since 1988
Member of Medical Affairs Audit Committees, Beverly Hospital
Corporator New England College of Optometry; The Museum of Transportation
Served as general counsel of Lawrence General Hospital, ten years
Specializes an commercial loan transactions, healthcare, privately held business
Member of business and health law sections of the American Bar Association and the Massachusetts Bar Association
Member of Commercial Law League of America & National Health Lawyers Assoc
Member of Phi Beta Kappa
Co-Chair, Beverly Regional Health Fair for the past 10 years
Trustee, New England College of Optometry

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