OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors of Making Books Sing is a dedicated team representing the worlds of literature, the arts, education, business and marketing. 

Barbara Zinn Krieger

Artistic Director and Founder, Making Books Sing

President

Kimberley Fiterman-Duepner  

KFD Designs                          

                Vice President                                    

Kent Lawson

Magna Software Corporation

Treasurer                                            

Sally Brown

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Secretary

Michele Cohen Tocci

The David Berg Foundation    

Brandon Gruner

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

M. Hope Helfenstein, CFP

UBS Financial Services

Debra Sue Lorenzen

Executive Director and Co-Founder, Making Books Sing

Rosemarie Palombo

David Benken Technical Production Services

Mike Schmitt

MS Architect pc                                     

Jeanne M. Stafford

Garden City Union Free School District  

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• Our Board of Directors & Resource Council
• Our Funders
• Feature of the Month

OUR RESOURCE COUNCIL

Rebecca Arkenberg

Emily Arnold McCully
Author and Illustrator
Caldecott Medalist

Steve Osgood
Music Director, American Opera Projects
Conductor, New York City Opera

Sybille Pearson
Playwright and Dramaturg
Professor, New York University

Making Books Sing Crew (Junior Committee)

Brigitte Barnett

Making Books Sing (Teaching Artist)

Nelson Berroa        

Man Financial

Rolando Brown

Parallel Movement

Katharine Chaffee

Young Audiences New York

Jean Gordon

Independent IT Manager

Jennifer Houseal

Making Books Sing

Ali Knight

NYC Justice Corps, Prisoner Reentry Institute

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Nash Lowrance

Goldman Sachs

Sophie Lowrance

Sterling Stamos

Robyn Marks

Fountain House

Nadine Michel

Young & Rubicam

Havelock Nelson

Goodman Media

Joseph Pisicchio

Eye Fuel Media

Javier Sanchez

Making Books Sing (Teaching Artist and Co-chair of Making Books Sing Crew)

Osmond Wilson

New York City Elementary School Teacher