…this is A D A S T R A
Executive Board
Russ Pieken
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Sheri Cain
Board Director & Co-Founder
Matthew Imber
Board Director & Co-Founder
Allison Davenport
Private Instructor/KC Area Musician
Lisa Jackson
Private Instructor/Violinist, Kansas City Symphony
Kirt Mosier
Educator/Composer/Conductor, Lee's Summit Symphony
Meaghan Pogorek
Educator, Shawnee Mission North High School
Rob Pogorek
National Adjustor, Farmers Insurance
Elizabeth Sayers
Community Supporter
Jennifer Shyver
Private Instructor
KC Area Musician
Mike Steffen
Music Educator
Financial Advisor
Edward Jones
Sarah VanLanduyt
Executive Director
Arts Council of
Johnson County
Kathy Van Lieshout
Kansas City PBS
Music Education
Support Team
Valerie Bell
KC Area Music Educator
Monty Carter
Private Instructor
KC Baroque Consortium
Trilla Ray Carter
Private Instructor
KC Baroque Consortium
Aimee DeSotel
Director of Orchestras and Bands
Eisenhower Middle School
Judy Erpelding
Director of Orchestras
Blue Valley North High School
Megan Gerbrandt
Director of Orchestras
Blue Valley Middle School
Michael Hanf
Director of Orchestras
Olathe East High School
Rena Ishii
Private Instructor
Kansas City Symphony
Dr. Jan Kraybill
Organ Conservator
Kauffman Center for the
Performing Arts
Duke Lee
Private Instructor
Kansas City Symphony
Joel Martin
Director of Orchestras
Olathe Northwest High School
Destiny Mermagen
Private Instructor/KC Area Musician
Prairie Classical
Michael Mermagen
Cello Professor
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Conservatory of Music
Cori Simmons
Director of Orchestras
Harmon High School
Michelle Sweeten
Director of Orchestras
Sumner Academy of Arts & Sciences
Sherry Wann
Director of Orchestras
California Trail Middle School
Community
Support Team
Amber Hipp
Kauffman Center for the
Performing Arts
Laurie Pieken
Educator
Olathe District Schools