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Board of Directors
Margaret Lysy
Founder, Artistic Director, SOL-LA Music Academy
Lecturer, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Dean Schramm
Chair, SOL-LA Music Academy
Principal, The Schramm Group
Board Member, LAβs Best After School Program
John Stofko
Vice Chair, SOL-LA Music Academy
Healthcare Industry Executive
Community Volunteer
Banafsheh Bayati
Physician/Surgeon,
Private Practice
Parent and Community Volunteer
Paul Cummins
Chairman Emeritus, SOL-LA Music Academy
Educator and Author and Founder of New Visions
Katharina Leduc
Patron of the Arts
Parent and Community Volunteer
Antonio Lysy
International Cellist
Professor and String Area Chair, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Founder of Incontri in Terra di Siena
James Newton Howard
Composer and Pianist
Tate Rider
Division Vice President at DaVita Kidney Care
Mario Spanicciati
Chief Strategy Officer of Blackline β A Leader in Financial Close Solutions
Tracy Sykes
Trustee, University of Southern California
Sean Weber-Small
Board Member
Hans Zimmer
Composer
Leadership Team
JERRA SPENCE
Executive Director
jerraspence@sollamusicacademy.org
MILENA RAYCHEVA
Operations Manager
milena.raycheva@sollamusicacademy.org
General inquires: operations@sollamusicacademy.org