Board of Directors

Edward Barron

Partner, Russell & Barron Inc.

Stephen J. Beninati (Treasurer)

First Vice President, Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley

Jen Chapin (Secretary)

Songwriter/Performer

Tom Chapin

Songwriter/Performer, Sundance Music

Alan C. Handell

Senior Vice President, Content Critical, LLC

Jake Holmes

Lyricist & Songwriter, 3 Tree Productions

Ruth Katz

Government Relations Liaison, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture

Michael Keats

Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Goldman Sachs & Co.

Paul C. Kurland

Partner, McLaughlin & Stern LLP

Brian McMorrow, Vice President

Professional Engineer, Bohler Engineering, P.C.

David Miller

Director of Operations, Hard Rock Cafe, Metro New York Region

Loretta Munoz

Assistant Vice President/Membership Special Projects, ASCAP

Bich Ha Pham

Director of Policy, Advocacy & Research, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies

Janet Poppendieck

Author & Professor, Sociology, Hunter College of the City University of New York

Ann Johns Ruckert

President, Ruckert Music, Inc.

Scott Ryan

Vice President, Bank of America

Charles J. Sanders, President

Attorney, Special Counsel, Songwriters' Guild of America

John Sanful

Executive Director, Ice Hockey In Harlem

Judy Tint

Attorney in Private Practice

Karen Washington

President, New York Community Garden Coalition

Katrina Williams

Student

Advisory Board

Robin Batteau

Lyricist, Performer

Diane Blagman

Senior Director of Governmental Affairs, Greenberg Traurig

Frank Brunckhorst

Chairman, Boar's Head Provisions Company

David Buskin

Lyricist, Performer, Playwright

Hon. Walter Carrington

Retired United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Senegal and Nigeria

Hon. Bob Carr

Lobbyist,Dow Lohnes Government Strategies; former member US House of Representatives (D MI)

Stephen Chapin

Lyricist, Performer

Hon. Byron Dorgan

Co-Chair Government Relations Practice, Arent Fox LLP; retired member US Senate (D ND)

Hon. Thomas Downey

Chairman, Downey McGrath Group, Inc.; former member US House of Representatives (D NY)

Peter Fornatale

DJ, 90.7 WFUV-FM, Mixed Bag Radio; Author

Michael Francesa

Sports Broadcaster, Sports Radio 66 WFAN

Hon. Patrick Leahy

Member U.S. Senate (D VT)

Jane Finn Levine

Ed.D; Co- Founder and Co-Director KIDS Can Make A Difference

Laurence Levine

Co-Director and Co-Founder KIDS Can Make A Difference

Peter Lofrumento

Senior Vice President Corporate Communications and Meeting Planners, Universal Music Group

Hon. Jerrold Nadler

Member, US House of Representatives (D NY)

Patrick Sullivan

President & CEO, RightsFlow, Inc.

Hon. James T. Walsh

Retired member US House of Representatives (D NY)

Hon. Shirley R. Watkins

Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture (1993-1995); Author