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)
Guissou Dabiri, Vice President (Wynnefield)
Kyle Ruffin, Vice President (Camden)
Kevin Cunningham, Treasurer
Bruce Leto, Assistant Treasurer
Andrew Eisenstein, Secretary
Steven N. Haas, Assistant Secretary
Trustees
Ben Auger
Dana Brown
David Connor
Susan Gleeksman
Juliette Kang
Lynn McCormick
Brian Pinheiro
Philip N. Russo
Jim Samaha
Michael J. Semes, Esq.
Joel Smith
Fred Stein
Steve Utkus
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
Peter Kohn, Treasurer
Brian Rothenberg, Secretary
Eric Anderson, Branch Director Emeritus
Harrilese DuRant Miles, Branch Director Emerita
Directors
Leah Mellman Bowes
Nate Bronstein
Terry Champion
Julie H. Chelius
Diane DiGiacomo
Victoria Genuardi Edwards
Libby S. Harwitz
Sean Kardon
Phil Korb
Kaya Oyejide
Andrea Ranton
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 Boateng
Graham Brent
Joanne Fishman
Susan Freeman
Harold Golden
Donald Maloney
David Richman
Lori Thorell
VISIT THE KARDON-NORTHEAST BRANCH PAGE
Officers
Karen B. Gurmankin, President
Mary Beth Kramer, Vice President
Louis DePaul, Treasurer
Directors
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
Carol Etlen
Bruce Frazier
Margaret Griffen
Barbara Menin
Michael Ryan
Konnie Stark
Lorelei Krall Toombs
Sharlyn Mellman Weitz
VISIT THE WYNNEFIELD BRANCH PAGE
Officers
Guissou Dabiri, President
Nancy Gellman, Vice President
Gary Bridges, Treasurer
Jeffrey Margolies, Secretary
Directors
Timothy Adams
Mary Jane Bobyock
Kimberly Cooper
David Deets
Jill Fenton
Trenya Garner
Celia Joseph
Jeffrey Levinsohn
Sandra G. Malard
Martha Schleifer
Steven Schultz
Teri Simon
Officers
Kyle Ruffin, 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.