About Us

PARTNERS FOR THE ARTS, INC.

  • encourages and promotes the career of emerging performing artists by sponsoring competitions and public presentations
  • promotes and interacts with performing arts organizations and schools of music in mutually beneficial activities, and
  • collaborates with others to develop educational programs that nurture audience development and love of classical music and the arts.

Board of Directors (*Founding Members)

Chairman of the Board and President
*
Leilane Grimaldi Mehler

Vice-President
Tom Helinski

Secretary
Alan Savada

Treasurer
Dena Feeney

Artistic Directors
*
Elaine R. Walter, Ph.D.
Richard Fazio, D.M.A

Program Director
Frank Conlon

Artists Liaison 
*Victoria Tresansky

Development Director
Mark W. Ohnmacht

Communications Director
Sherry Watkins

 

Emeriti:
*Robert Misbin, MD
*✧Cyd M. Everett
*✧Audrey Pendergast

(✧ Deceased)