Academic Leadership
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"In the largest sense, a leader builds on the past, manages the present, imagines the future, and does all three with a commitment to a greater good. As a representative of a community, in whatever way that community is defined, an effective leader serves a larger purpose, one whose influence will contribute uniquely to the benefit of a community, its health and promise." 

"My hope as a leader is that I can influence outcomes in a positive way, that I can help move a community forward productively and beneficially, and that my decisions will be informed by good thinking, foresight, and the best collective notion of those who I follow, lead, and serve."

Leadership Positions

As Head of an Academic Program:

• Director, School of Music, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, 1998-present
• Chair, Department of Music, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas, 1996-1998
• Director of Academic Support and the Freshman Year, Denison University, Granville, Ohio 1992-1995
• Chair, Department of Music, Denison Unviersity, 1990-1992

Other Leadership Positions

• President, College Music Society (two-year term beginning January 2017)
• President-Elect, College Music Society (2016)
• President, Washington Universities Music Administrators (consortium of colleges and universities in Washington State, 2004-2005, 2008-2014)
• Vice Chair, Faculty Senate, University of Puget Sound (2010-2012)
• Chair, Region 2 (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington)/Board of Directors, National Association of Schools of Music (2010-2011)
• Chair, College Music Society Committee on Academic Leadership and Administration (2007-2010)
• Chair, Artistic Advisory Committee and member of the Executive Committee, Tacoma Philharmonic (non-profit concert presenting organization, 2006-2010, now part of the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts)

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