Board & Staff
CYO flourishes year-to-year in large part because of the intense, committed involvement of our Board members. This dedicated group spends a remarkable amount of time making concerts happen, managing budgets, raising funds and wisely steering the CYO ship, so we can continue to share our exciting musical mission with young musicians and audiences.
Board of Trustees/Affiliations
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President: Peter Klein |
Foundry Partners LLC |
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Treasurer: Cheryl Murrin |
Westfield Bank |
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Secretary: Gail Opaskar |
Assistant Principal, Cleveland Metropolitan Public Schools |
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Mark E. Avsec, Esq. |
Partner Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff |
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Ken Buzzelli |
Clinical Manager,Child Guidance and Family Solutions |
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Debra Fath |
Nurse, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Rehab |
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Harry P. Hawkes |
Partner and Vice-President, Booz and Co. |
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Dean Hinterberger |
Insurance, retired |
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Haydee Pagan |
Special Education Cleveland Metropolitan School District |
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Joe Weagraff |
Marketing, TES Engineering |
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Ron Willner |
Director of Event Services Cleveland Medical Mart and Convention Center |
Advisory Board
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Jon Anderson |
Lead singer/co-founder rock group YES |
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Michael Garson |
Piano, David Bowie, Freeflight |
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Daniel Goldmark Ph.D |
Musicology: American Popular Music, Case Western Reserve University |
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Richard King: Principal Horn |
The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Institute of Music |
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Donna Lee, DMA |
Piano Chair, Kent State University, Kent-Blossom Music Festival, Brevard Music Center |
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Julie Myers-King |
Cello, The Akron Symphony Orchestra |
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Graham Nash |
Vocals/co-founder rock group Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young |
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Cyrus Taylor, Ph.D |
Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University |
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James ‘JY’ Young |
Guitar and Vocals, rock group STYX |



