New Jersey Arts Education Partnership Governance
The New Jersey Arts Education Partnership is a co-sponsored project of Music for All. The programs and activities of the NJAEP are under the guidance of the Governance and Steering Committees. Kristin Golden Wenger serves as the Director of the NJAEP, and Bob Morrison of Music for All providing guidances on behalf of the Governance Committee.
 Governance Committee:
The Governance Committee is made up of the project’s major partners: The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, New Jersey Department of Education, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, ArtPRIDE NJ and Music for All. The major responsibility of the Governance Committee is to provide oversight and guidance in achieving the goals of the organization.
Steering Committee:
The Steering Committee is made up of representatives from the major arts education associations, arts education providers and organizations, higher education, art supervisors, county arts agencies and parent groups. The responsibilities of the Steering Committee are to: create and design the agenda and goals of the NJAEP; determine the number of meetings necessary to carry out the accepted goals; attend all meetings of the full group and working committees; serve on committees or task forces and offer to take on special assignments; be informed about the organization’s mission, services and programs; inform others about the organization; make significant contributions to the work of the committee and the organization and work to achieve the goals of the organization. The committee has established several task forces to address key issues related to the release of the final New Jersey Arts Education Census Project report.
Members of the Steering Committee:
| Carol Belt |
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Board Member, Trenton Education Dance Institute |
| Macada Brandl |
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Executive Director, Dance New Jersey |
| Larry Capo |
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Executive Director, Young Audiences of New Jersey
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| Arthur Factor |
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Arts Education Advocate |
| Kim Defibaugh |
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Supervisor, Visual and Performing Arts, Toms River & AENJ |
| John Devol |
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Executive Director, Arts Horizons |
| Ruth Fost |
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Executive Director, Pushcart Players |
| Mary Eileen Fouratt |
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Executive Director, Monmouth County Arts Council |
| Don Gephardt |
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Dean, College of Fine and Performing Arts, Rowan University |
| Ed Guinan |
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President, Speech and Theatre Association of NJ |
| Maureen Heffernan |
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Executive Director, Institute for Arts and Humanities Education |
| Geri Iannaconi |
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Director of Performances, Arts Horizons, Member NJ PTA |
| Jeanne Jablonski |
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Teacher and Artist, Logan Elementary Schools |
| Bill May |
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Supervisor, Fine and Performing Arts Newark Public Schools |
| John McEwen |
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Executive Director, New Jersey Theatre Alliance |
| Robert McGarry |
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Supervisor of Arts Education, East Brunswick & Art Administrators of NJ |
| Robin Middleman |
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Arts Education Coordinator, NJ State Council on the Arts |
| Bob Morrison |
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Chairman Emeritus, Music for All |
| Nick Santoro |
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Advocacy Chair, NJ Music Educators Association |
| Shirley Sasor |
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Executive Director, Teen Arts |
| Dale Schmid |
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Coordinator, Division of Fine & Performing Arts, NJ Dept of Education |
| Donna Serio |
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Director, Fine and performing Arts, NJ Music Educators Association |
| Alysia Souder |
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Director of Education, Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey |
| Desiree Urquhart |
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Vice President, Arts Education, NJ Performing Arts Center |
| Kristin Golden Wenger |
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Director, New Jersey Arts Education Partnership |
| Alan Willoughby |
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Executive Director, Perkins Art Center |
| Vanessa Young |
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Executive Director, Very Special Arts |
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