Staff Directory & Board Members

Executive and Artistic Staff

Valerie G. Lewis
Executive Director

Dianne Berkun
Artistic Director and Founder,
Concert Chorus and Senior Chorus Conductor

Elizabeth Woodhouse
Associate Music Director, Electives Program Director,
Junior Chorus and Intermediate Division Conductor,

Jean Kim
Preparatory Division Conductor,
Junior Chorus Pianist

David Harris
Young Men’s Ensemble Conductor 

Jeannette LoVetri
Voice Specialist

Board of Trustees
Mary Anne Yancey
Chair

Hillary Richard
Vice Chair

Gail Erickson
Secretary

J. Barclay Collins, II
Treasurer

Diana Adams
Dianne Berkun
Judy Berkun
Necole Brown
Rufus Collins
Marie DeRosa
Alyssa M. Fant
Matthew Gatto
Naomi Gardner 
Michael J. Gillespie
Nicolas Grabar
Eric Kenworthy, M.D.
David Pohl
Karen Rockey
Jonathan Rouner
Jennifer Sage
Tamer Seckin, M.D.
Lynn M. Stirrup
Narcissa Titman
Martha Watts
Michelle R. Yagoda, M.D.

Artistic Advisory Board

John Adams
Bryce Dessner
Jeremy Geffen
Hilda Harris
Jim Keller
Jeannette LoVetri
George Steel
Theodore Wiprud

BYCA Staff
Julian Sheffield
Business Manager
jsheffield@brooklynyouthchorus.org

Angela Batchelor
Preparatory, Junior and Intermediate Chorus Manager
abatchelor@brooklynyouthchorus.org

Kris Burke
Young Men's Ensemble Chorus Manager
kburke@brooklynyouthchorus.org

Nathalie Joachim
Director of Marketing
njoachim@brooklynyouthchorus.org

Sade Lake
Administrative Assistant
slake@brooklynyouthchorus.org

Katie VanDerMeer
Senior Chorus and Concert Chorus Manager
kvandermeer@brooklynyouthchorus.org