The Harmony Project boasts a small but active hands-on Board of Directors comprised of community leaders. The Board is seeking to expand the program’s donor base in order to enroll the many children now on our waiting list.

Board of Directors

Howard Banchik, Chair
President,
Westwood Financial Corporation

Todd Brown
Owner and Vice President,
Royal Oak Property Services

Benedikt Brydern
Composer,
Con Sordino Music

Ariane David, Ph.D.
Founding Partner and Senior Consultant,
The Veritas Group (organizational development)

Margaret Martin, Dr.P.H., Founder
Health Educator
Writer/Composer

Todd Nathanson
President
illi Commercial Real Estate

Karen Kay Platt
Community Leader
Music Center for Performing Arts
Beverly Hills Education Foundation

Susan Plutsky, Ph.D.
Professor of Marketing,
California State University at Northridge

Tony Silbert, Treasurer
Silbert Consulting Services
(consulting for nonprofit organizations)

C. Timothy Smoot, Secretary
Attorney

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF:

Myka Miller, Executive Director

Abel Delgado, Music Director and Conductor

Erin Barnes, Program Manager

David Pittel, Administrative Assistant

Olivia Sanchez, Program Assistant

Current Standing Committees

• Program Committee– investigates and recommends to full Board all program policies and procedures, as well as new initiatives.
• Finance Committee – develops budgets, oversees financial and tax reporting, directs excess cash, secures insurance, deals with all financial matters as they arise.
• Long-Term Planning Committee – investigates and recommends to full Board strategies for future growth and development.
All Directors are volunteers and receive no remuneration for their participation. The full Board meets every other month. Committees meet as needed.