Meet the Team
Officers
President
Cydney Halpin
pres@njjs.org
Executive VP
Elizabeth Kavlakian
vicepresident@njjs.org
Treasurer
Mike Katz
treasurer@njjs.org
VP, Membership
VP, Publicity/Jersey Jazz Editor
Sanford Josephson
sanford.josephson@gmail.com
Recording Secretary
Irene Miller
Directors
Jay Dougherty
Cynthia Feketie
Paul Flexner
Pete Grice
Carrie Jackson
Caryl Anne McBride
Robert McGee
James Pansulla
Stew Schiffer
Elliott Tyson
Jackie Wetcher
Advisors
Don Braden
World-Class Tenor Saxophonist, Flutist, Composer and Educator
Mariel Bildsten
Trombonist, Bandleader, Side-Woman, and Educator
Ted Chubb
Vice President (Jazz Education + Partnerships), Associate Producer (Jazz House Kids), Trumpeter, Composer, and Educator
Jason Olaine
Vice President of Programming (Jazz at Lincoln Center)
Al Kuehn
Founding New Jersey Jazz Society Board Member
Creative Collaborators
Mike Bessire
Art Director, Jersey Jazz
Baseline Creative Group, Inc.
Derek Forehand
Website Development
Prism Digital
Christine Vaindirlis
Webmaster & Video Post Production
Ubuntu World Music, LLC
Ryan Roberts
Branding/Graphic Design
1202 Creations