Non-Musical Specialty: Finance

  • Steven Alexander

    Steven Alexander

    Steven Alexander holds a BM in Music Education from the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music. After graduating, he applied his teaching skills to broader contexts in both music and business. As the first graduate of the combined MA in Music Leadership (Eastman) and MBA (Simon) program at the University of Rochester, class of…

  • Gary Roebuck

    Gary Roebuck

    Gary Roebuck currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of the Open Technology Fund, a Congressionally authorized non-profit organization committed to advancing global Internet freedom. For over two decades he has enjoyed a varied career in nonprofit management spanning the domains of finance, IT, HR, and fundraising within arts, environmental, and member-driven organizations. Eastman’s ALP was…

  • Juliet Grabowski

    Juliet Grabowski

    Juliet is a Managing Director & Partner at BCG, focused on Financial Institutions and on Finance Function Excellence. She has advised clients on a number of strategic topics, including organizational and operating model design, cost reduction, end-to-end process optimization, agile transformation, and leader enablement.

  • Marissa Arciola

    Marissa Arciola

    Marissa is a bassist, strategist and leader with a unique combination of artistic and business experience helping her build on founder Samer Ali’s vision of the Syrian Music Preservation Initiative. Marissa completed her undergraduate degree in double bass performance at the Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of renowned soloist, James VanDemark and Curtis…

  • Kathleen Van Bergen

    Kathleen Van Bergen

    Now in her 12th season at the helm of Artis—Naples, CEO and President Kathleen van Bergen continues to chart an assured and ambitious course for the organization. Her dedicated oversight is recognized throughout Southwest Florida and the greater arts community as an example of leadership geared toward prudent growth and relationship building. Gulfshore Life magazine…

  • Richard Li

    Richard Li

    Richard holds BM, MM, and Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, along with an MBA from Georgetown University. At LionTree, Richard advises leading technology and media companies on mergers & acquisitions and other transformational deal structures.