Central & Branch Boards
Ellen Friedell, Barrie Trimingham, Settlement Music School's board chair and Helen Eaton, Executive Director of Settlement Music School at the School's 107th Anniversary Gala at Hyatt at The Bellevue Philadelphia Hotel on May 2, 2015.
Central Board
Officers
Ellen S. Friedell, Chair
Justin Klein, President
Peter Kohn, Vice President (Mary Louise Curtis)
Baird Standish, Vice President (Germantown)
Karen Gurmankin, Vice President (Kardon-Northeast)
A. Bruce Frazier, Vice President (Willow Grove)
Guissou Dabiri, Vice President (Wynnefield)
Kevin Cunningham, Treasurer
Bruce Leto, Assistant Treasurer
Andrew Eisenstein, Secretary
Steven N. Haas, Assistant Secretary
Trustees
Ben Auger
Dana Brown
David Connor
Susan Gleeksman
Jane Greenfield
Don Haskin
Brian Pinheiro
Philip N. Russo
Jim Samaha
Michael J. Semes, Esq.
Joel Smith
Steve Utkus
Jeanine Webber
Colin Wetherill
Jim Whitton
Chair Emeriti and Honorary Trustees
Peter A. Benoliel, Chair Emeritus
Richard L. Smoot, Chair Emeritus
Barrie Trimingham, Chair Emeritus
Joseph W. Waz, Jr., Chair Emeritus
Libby S. Harwitz, Honorary Vice President
Andrea Baldeck, Honorary Trustee
Joseph M. Field, Honorary Trustee
Carole Gravagno, Honorary Trustee
Bruce Rosenfield, Of Counsel
Branch Boards
Visit the Mary Louise Curtis Branch page
Officers
Peter Kohn, President
Brian Rothenberg, Vice President
Andrea Ranton, Treasurer
Nate Bronstein, Secretary
Eric Anderson, Branch Director Emeritus
Harrilese DuRant Miles, Branch Director Emerita
Directors
Leah Mellman Bowes
Terry Champion
Diane DiGiacomo
Byron Golson
Libby S. Harwitz
Sean Kardon
Phil Korb
Kaya Oyejide
Paul Schraeder
Rebecca Shapiro
VISIT THE GERMANTOWN BRANCH PAGE
Officers
Baird Standish, President
Robert Goldberg, Vice President
Michael Soulé, Treasurer
Kenneth Weiner, Secretary
Directors
Tamika Addo-Boateng
Graham Brent
Steve Druggan
Harold Golden
Donald Maloney
David Richman
Lori Thorell
Tiffany Thurman
VISIT THE KARDON-NORTHEAST BRANCH PAGE
Officers
Karen B. Gurmankin, President
Mary Beth Kramer, Vice President
Louis DePaul, Treasurer
Gloria Pugliese, Secretary
Directors
John Andelfinger
Deborah M. Bello
Paul Dvorak
Paul Mazzochi
Jennifer Schoener
VISIT THE WILLOW GROVE BRANCH PAGE
Officers
A. Bruce Frazier, President
Molly Mahoney, Vice President
Belinda Hull, Treasurer
Barbara Menin, Secretary
Directors
Potter Earle
Carol Etlen
Margaret Griffen
Gil Rodriquez
Michael Ryan
Lorelei Krall Toombs
VISIT THE WYNNEFIELD BRANCH PAGE
Officers
Guissou Dabiri, President
Nancy Gellman, Vice President
Gary Bridges, Treasurer
Jeffrey Margolies, Secretary
Directors
Timothy Adams
Iris Boci
Mindyjane Berman
Kimberly Cooper
David Deets
Gordon Fink
Trenya Garner
Amy Hughart
Celia Joseph
Jeffrey Levinsohn
Sandra G. Malard
Gwen Noone
Martha Schleifer
Michael Taylor
Teri Simon
What We Do
We designed our flexible, best-in-class programming in music, dance, and creative arts therapy with our students in mind.
History
Settlement has served as a community hub and trusted resource for music and the creative arts since 1908.
Our Branches
Our six branches serve the Greater Philadelphia region, ensuring that excellence in arts education is available to all, regardless of location.