Executive Board
NJMEA 2011-2012 Board of Directors Appointed Members
Area of Responsibility
President, Keith Hodgson Mainland Regional HS
keithhodgson1@mac.com 609-317-0906
Past-President, William McDevitt Vineland High School
billnjmea@aol.com 856-794-6800 x2539
President-Elect, Joseph Jacobs Ventnor Middle School
jjacobs@veccnj.org 609-487-7900
Executive Secretary-Treasurer Deborah Sfraga Ocean Township Schools
debnjmea@aol.com 732-686-1316
Communications (TEMPO/Web) Thomas A. Mosher, Retired
tmosher@njmea.org 732-367-7195
Region Executive Members
NJSMA President, Michael Kallimanis Waldwick Middle School
mkallimanis@njsma.com 201-370-0423
CJMEA
President, Andrew Veiss So. Plainfield Middle School
president@cjmea.org 908-754-4620 x378
SJCDA President, Art McKenzie Overbrook High School
amckenzie@pinehill.k12.nj.us 856-767-8000 x3044
SJBODA President, John Stanz Eastern Regional High School
jstanz@eastern.k12.nj.us 856-784-4441
TEMPO
Chorus Performance Kathy Spadafino East Brunswick High School
kspadeb@aol.com 732-613-6969
Chorus/Orchestra/Jazz Joseph Cantaffa Howell High School
jcantaffahhs@hotmail.com 732-919-2131
Collegiate Chapters Shannon Chase Rutgers University
schase@rci.rutgers.edu 732-932-1517
Conferences Marie Malara Sayreville Middle School
malara97@aol.com 732-525-5290
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Retired Music Educators Christine Sezer Retired
drcsezer@gmail.com 570-756-2961
Urban Music Initiative Suzanne M. Kane West Side High School skane@nps.k12,
nj.us
Administration Ronald Dolce Retired
rdolce561@aol.com 732-574-0846
Advocacy Nick Santoro Retired
nb1331@quixnet.net 732-246-7223
Band Festivals/Classroom Music Nancy Clasen Thomas Jefferson Middle School
nancydidi@hotmail.com 973-766-5343
Band Performance Albert Bazzel Winslow Twp. Middle School
fenwayfollower5@comcast.net 856-358-2054
Choral Festivals Viraj Lal Newark Academy
vlal@newarka.edu 973-992-7000 x238
Corporate Development Robert Schiavinato
rschiavinato@aol.com
Higher Education Larry DePasquale Rowan University
depasquale@rowan.edu 856-256-4896
Music Industry Ron Beaudoin Music & Arts Center
rbeaudoin@musicarts.com 215-620-1484
Opera Festival Stevie Rawlings Paramus High School
srawlings@paramus.k12.nj.us 201-261-7800 x3069
Orchestra Festivals/Performance Susan Meuse Hammarskjold Middle School
susanmeuse@gmail.com 732-613-6890
NJMEA RESOURCE PERSONNEL Name
Email Address
Administrative Matters
.....................................................Keith W. Hodgson ....................................................
keithhodgson1@mac.com All-State Band Coordinator
...............................................Donna Cardaneo ..........................................................
dcardaneo@aol.com All-State Chorus, Orchestra & Jazz Coordinator
.................Joseph Cantaffa .................................................
jcantaffahhs@hotmail.com All-State COJ Committee ......................................................Dick Smith .........................................................
njallstatecoj@webtv.net All-State COJ Committee ......................................................Jack Roland ........................................................
jrowland41@gmail.com Association Business
...........................................................Deborah Sfraga ............................................................
debnjmea@aol.com Band Procedures Chair
........................................................Matthew Spatz ..............................................
matthew.spatz@millburn.org Choral Procedures Chair ..................................................Kathleen Spadafino ............................................................
kspadeb@aol.com Collegiate Student Volunteer Coordinator ............................Michael Saias ...........................................................
saiasm@hotmail.com Composition Contest
........................................................Robert Frampton ..................................................
rtframpton@comcast.net Jazz Procedures Chair ............................................................ Jeff Kunkel .............................................................
drkunk@comcast.net Marching Band Festival Chair
.............................................Nancy Clasen ....................................................
nancydidi@hotmail.com Membership
.......................................................................Deborah Sfraga ............................................................
debnjmea@aol.com Middle/Jr. High School Band Festival .................................... Chris Pinto ......................................................
cpinto@nburlington.com Middle/Jr. High School Choral Festival ............................ Larry De Pasquale ....................................................
depasquale@rowan.edu MIOSM
..............................................................................Nancy Clasen ....................................................
nancydidi@hotmail.com NJMEA Historian
................................................................Nick Santoro ............................................................
nb1331@quixnet.net NJMEA Solo & Ensemble Festival
......................................Nancy Clasen .....................................................
nancydidi@hotmail.com NJMEA State Conference Exhibits Chair
............................Nancy Clasen .....................................................
nancydidi@hotmail.com NJ Society for General Music
..............................................Nancy Clasen ....................................................
nancydidi@hotmail.com NJMEA State Conference Committee
.................................Ron Beaudoin .................................................
rbeaudoin@musicarts.com NJMEA State Conference Manager
......................................Marie Malara ............................................................
malara97@aol.com NJMEA/ACDA Honor Choirs
...........................................Deborah Mello ................................................................
dmello@nac.net NJMEA Summer Conference
.............................................Joseph Akinskas.............................................
JoeA_NJMEA@comcast.net November Convention-NJEA
..............................................Nancy Clasen ...................................................
nancydidi@hotmail.com Opera Festival Chair
...........................................................Stevie Rawlings ...............................................
stevierawlings@verizon.net Orchestra Procedures Chair .................................................. Susan Meuse .....................................................
susanmeuse@gmail.com Research
......................................................................Carol Frierson-Campbell ...................................
friersoncampbellc@wpunj.edu Students with Special Needs
...............................................Maureen Butler ........................................................
mbutler@mtlakes.org Supervisor of Performing Groups ............................................ Joe Jacobs ................................................................
jjacobs@veccnj.org Tri-M..................................................................................Keith Hodgson .................................................
keithhodgson1@mac.com
REPRESENTATIVES/LIAISONS TO AFFILIATED, ASSOCIATED AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
American Choral Directors Association ................................... Viraj Lal ..................................................................
vlal@newarka.edu Governor’s Awards for Arts Education .................................................................................................................................................. NJ Association for Jazz Education .......................................... Jeff Kunkel ...........................................................
drkunk@comcast.net NAfME
..............................................................................Keith Hodgson .................................................
keithhodgson1@mac.com Music Industry
....................................................................Ron Beaudoin .................................................
rbeaudoin@musicarts.com NJ Music Administrators Association
.....................................Ron Dolce ..............................................................
rdolce561@aol.com NJ Retired Music Educators Association ............................. Christine Sezer .........................................................
drcsezer@gmail.com NJ TI:ME ........................................................................... Rick Dammers .......................................................
dammers@rowan.edu Percussive Arts Society
........................................................Dominic Zarro ...................................................
DEZarro@optonline.net
COMMUNICATION SERVICES/PUBLIC RELATIONS
Executive Secretary-Treasurer
..............................................Deborah Sfraga ..........................................................
debnjmea@aol.com Editor - TEMPO Magazine
.............................................Thomas A. Mosher .......................................................
tmosher@njmea.org Web Master (
njmea.org)
..................................................Thomas A. Mosher .......................................................
tmosher@njmea.org
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