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

President: Peter Klein

Foundry Partners LLC

Treasurer: Cheryl Murrin

Westfield Bank

Secretary: Gail Opaskar

Assistant Principal, Cleveland Metropolitan Public Schools

Mark E. Avsec, Esq.

Partner Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff

Ken Buzzelli

Clinical Manager,Child Guidance and Family Solutions

Debra Fath

Nurse, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Rehab

Harry P. Hawkes

Partner and Vice-President, Booz and Co.

Dean Hinterberger

Insurance, retired

Haydee Pagan

Special Education Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Joe Weagraff

Marketing, TES Engineering

Ron Willner

Director of Event Services     Cleveland Medical Mart and Convention Center

 

Advisory Board

Jon Anderson

 Lead singer/co-founder rock group YES

Michael Garson   

 Piano, David Bowie, Freeflight

Daniel Goldmark Ph.D

 Musicology: American Popular Music, Case Western Reserve University

Richard King: Principal Horn

 The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Institute of Music

Donna Lee, DMA

 Piano Chair, Kent State University, Kent-Blossom Music Festival, Brevard Music Center

Julie Myers-King

 Cello, The Akron Symphony Orchestra

Graham Nash  

 Vocals/co-founder rock group Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Cyrus Taylor, Ph.D

 Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University

James ‘JY’ Young    

 Guitar and Vocals, rock group STYX