Board of Directors
Mark Kosower
President
Principal cello, The Cleveland Orchestra
Bachelor of Music-Indiana University; Master of Music and Artist Diploma-Juilliard School of Music
Ida Mercer
Executive Director
Faculty Cleveland Institute of Music and The Music Settlement; cellist Cleveland Pops Orchestra.
Bachelor of Music-University of Illinois; Master of Music-Yale University School of Music; Doctor of Music-Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Institute of Music.
Sally Jiang
Treasurer
Certified Public Accountant at PWC, audit and assurance advisory services to a wide variety of clients, both in the US and in China/HK and amateur cellist.
Bachelor of Science in Accounting-Case Western Reserve University.
Stephen Geber
President Emeritus
President Emeritus: Principal Cello- The Cleveland Orchestra 1973-2003. Faculty and Cello Department Chair, Cleveland Institute of Music, 1973-2016.
Bachelor of Music-Eastman School of Music
Pamela Kelly
Director of Scholarship Competition
Private Cello Instructor
Bachelor and Master of Music-Cleveland Institute of Music
Elaine Breiner
Physical therapist at the Cleveland Clinic, cello enthusiast, and an avid exerciser, training for old age.
Bachelor of Science-Baldwin Wallace College; Master of Science-Kent State University
Brian Dumm
cello, the Cleveland Orchestra. Faculty, Cleveland Institute of Music and Cleveland State University.
Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, Performer’s Certificate-Eastman School of Music
Damir Janigro
Chief Scientific Officer and acting CEO, Flocel, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio
PhD in Physiology - Univ. of Milano, Italy
Gayle Klaber
Cellist- Cleveland Pops Orchestra, Firelands Symphony Orchestra
BM University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Julie Myers King
faculty The Music Settlement; cello, Akron Symphony, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Cleveland Pops Orchestra, and the Athena Quartet.
Bachelor of Music-Indiana University; Master of Music-Louisiana State University
Beth Meany
Partner, WIN Collaboratory
Bachelor of Science - University of Michigan; MBA- Loyola University
Derek Snyder
faculty The Music Settlement; CelloCelli.com manager, publisher, and arranger
Bachelor of Music-University of Michigan; Master of Music-New England Conservatory.
Richard Weiss
First Assistant Principal Cello, The Cleveland Orchestra; faculty, Cleveland Institute of Music.
Bachelor of Music-Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York.
