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
Carolyn Marconi, Vice President (Mary Louise Curtis)
Baird Standish, Vice President (Germantown)
Karen Gurmankin, Vice President (Kardon-Northeast)
Ralph Arpajian, Vice President (Willow Grove)
Amy Hughart, Vice President (Wynnefield)
Kyle Ruffin, Vice President (Camden)
Philip N. Russo, Treasurer
Ben Auger, Asst. Treasurer
Bruce Leto, Secretary
Steven N. Haas, Asst. Secretary
Trustees
Dana Brown
Malik Brown
Rhonda Chatzkel
David Connor
Kevin Cunningham
Ann Marie Edwards
Andrew Eisenstein
Susan Gleeksman
Donald Haskin
Jeffrey Kallberg
Juliette Kang
Lynn McCormick
Brian Pinheiro
Jim Samaha
Michael J. Semes, Esq.
Joel Smith
Fred Stein
Steve Utkus
Jeannine Burky Webber
Colin Wetherill
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
Leonard Mellman, Honorary Vice President
Andrea Baldeck, Honorary Trustee
Joseph M. Field, Honorary Trustee
Carole Gravagno, Honorary Trustee
Edward L. Snitzer, Honorary Trustee
Bruce Rosenfield, Of Counsel
Branch Boards
Visit the Mary Louise Curtis Branch page
Officers
Carolyn Marconi, President
Sam Aronson, Vice President
Ann C. Lebowitz, Treasurer
Ania Mikson, Secretary
Eric Anderson, Branch Director Emeritus
Harrilese DuRant Miles, Branch Director Emerita
Directors
Judson Aaron
Leah Mellman Bowes
Nate Bronstein
Terry Champion
Julie H. Chelius
Diane DiGiacomo
Victoria Genuardi Edwards
Libby S. Harwitz
Peter Kohn
Andrea Ranton
Brian Rothenberg
Paul Schraeder
VISIT THE GERMANTOWN BRANCH PAGE
Officers
Baird Standish, President
Robert Goldberg, Vice President
Michael Soulé, Treasurer
Kenneth Weiner, Secretary
Directors
Rebecca Anwar
Tamika Boateng
Graham Brent
Joanne Fishman
Susan Freeman
Harold Golden
Donald Maloney
Lori Thorell
Gail Tomas
VISIT THE KARDON-NORTHEAST BRANCH PAGE
Officers
Karen B. Gurmankin, President
Dan Singleton, Vice President
Bob Borenstein, Treasurer
Mary Beth Kramer, Secretary
Directors
Louis DePaul
Timothy Friel
Florence Ierardi
Steve Lanciano
Gloria Pugliese
Betsy Shrader
VISIT THE WILLOW GROVE BRANCH PAGE
Officers
Ralph Arpajian, President
Molly Mahoney, Vice President
Belinda Hull, Treasurer
Wendi Barish, Secretary
Directors
Ethan Dennis
Carol Etlen
Bruce Frazier
Barbara Menin
Jack Rosenbloom
Michael Ryan
Konnie Stark
Lorelei Krall Toombs
Sharlyn Mellman Weitz
VISIT THE WYNNEFIELD BRANCH PAGE
Officers
Amy Hughart, President
Guissou Dabiri, Vice President
Gary Bridges, Treasurer
Nancy Gellman, Secretary
Directors
Timothy Adams
Mary Jane Bobyock
Wesley Broadnax
Kimberly Cooper
David Deets
Jill Fenton
Gordon Fink
Trenya Garner
Celia Joseph
Sean Kardon
Jeffrey Levinsohn
Sandra G. Malard
Jeffrey Margolies
Martha Schleifer
Steven Schultz
Teri Simon
Officers
Kyle Ruffin, President
Marlyn Kalitan, Vice President
Delia Brown, Treasurer
Directors
Nancy Broz
Jacqueline Crisdon
Roy Dawson
George Kehner
Matt Solin
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.