Board of Directors
2007-2008

Stephen Beebe (Treasurer)
Since Mr. Beebe’s retirement in April 2003, he has served in various capacities with local non-profit organizations. Currently he is Treasurer and member of the Executive Board of The Amadeus Concerts, Inc. and Treasurer and member of the Board of Great Falls Friends. In addition he is a volunteer at Great Falls National Park. Prior to Mr. Beebe’s retirement he was a senior executive with extensive experience as both General Manager and Chief Financial Officer of several major international telecommunications companies. From Aug 2001 until March 2003, Mr. Beebe served as CFO and on the Board of Management for Priority Telecom, a European regional carrier headquartered in the Netherlands.  From Aug 1998 until May 2000, Mr. Beebe served as Senior VP for Teleglobe Communications Corp. From February 1996 until July 1998, Mr. Beebe was the VP for Finance for Global One, a newly formed multi billion dollar Joint Venture. From 1983 until 1996, Me. Beebe was the VP for Finance for Sprint International and a predecessor company, Telenet Communications Corp. 

Dr. Sanford Brotman
Retired from private dental practice in Alexandria after 42 years. Dr. Brotman writes the program notes for the Amadeus concerts, as well as performing administrative work for our office. His history of community work goes from the 1960s to the present day, including the Alexandria Dental Clinic, a resettlement committee for Russian Jewish refugees, Northern Virginia Dental Society Patient Relations Committee, and assistance with Afghan refugees after the Russian invasion. Currently he volunteers at the Northern Virginia Dental Clinic, teaches basic literacy to adults, and is, in his own words, “maybe the oldest undergraduate (non-degree) at George Mason University.”

Maury Brown (Vice President)
Mr. Brown served the Agency for International Development as Director of Data Processing and Director of Development Information. He founded and chaired the International Network for Development Information Exchange which comprised more than 90 government and international agencies Since retirement in 1998 he has been a management consultant to the World Bank and several private companies working in international development. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in international relations from Syracuse University and New York University. Mr. Brown is a graduate of the Erie (PA) Conservatory of Music where he studied musical theory and composition. He was selected as first chair clarinet and saxophone to the Northwest Pennsylvania District Band two years in succession. He developed his musical talents into a lifelong avocation, attending musical performances in many parts of the world. Mr. Brown joined the Amadeus Board in 2005 and also serves on the Board of OAR, a non-profit organization providing rehabilitation services to inmates at the Fairfax Adult Detention Center. Mr. Brown actively mentors inmates at that facility.

Donald deLaski (Past President)
graduate of Duke University and George Washington University Law School, was a C.P.A. in private practice for thirty years.  In 1983 he founded Deltek Systems Inc., a computer software company specializing in government contract accounting. He was Chairman and C.E.O. for fifteen years and it became the leading company in its field. In 1998 he and his wife Nancy, started a foundation focusing on asthma for children in Washington, D.C.  Projects with Howard University Medical School and Kaiser Permanente covered hundreds of uninsured children in the area. Recently the foundation has strongly supported the arts with special emphasis on education for youth. Two years ago the de Laskis were instrumental in starting a very successful summer music camp at George Mason University. Mr. de Laski serves on the Foundation Board of George Mason University, is a board member and treasurer of Center for Mind Body Medicine, and a Board member of The Sitar Center in Washington D.C.

Ellen Dykes
New Board Member as of August 2007

David Fox
Mr. Fox is president of Fox & Associates, International, which provides consulting services to the public safety and justice community. He is a Senior Forensic Advisor with the U.S. Department of Justice, International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP). Mr. Fox provides consulting services in areas that include information technology, data communications, and forensic sciences, e.g. automated fingerprint information systems (AFIS), ballistics identification (IBIS), DNA matching (CODIS), questioned documents and digital photography. Mr. Fox’s activities have included assignments in Bulgaria, Colombia, Republic of Georgia, and Pakistan. Prior to forming Fox & Associates, International, Mr. Fox had a 36-year IBM career focused on assisting public safety and justice agencies worldwide. Mr. Fox is a graduate of The University of California at Berkeley.

Christophe Gissinger
CEO, PackOnLine

Timothy Hackman (Secretary)
is a recently retired IBM executive.  His 34 year career spanned law and public affairs activities. He has been an active non-profit volunteer and leader, including:  Senior Warden of his church; a founder of the International School of Stuttgart (Germany); the incorporator and first Secretary of the Board of Housatonic Habitat for Humanity (Danbury, CT).  In addition to the Amadeus Concerts, he has devoted numerous hours to volunteer efforts on hurricane relief, local parks, home building, homeless shelters, outreach, etc. Tim enjoys classical music, and has sung in choirs almost all his life.  He was also an instrumentalist during his formative years. Tim lives in Great Falls, and has an electrical engineering degree from Bucknell University and a law degree from Yale University.

John Hardisty
Retired Executive at TRW (now Northrop Grumman)

Edward Kelly
Mr. Kelly is currently a consultant with the Hay Group, a global human resources management consulting firm. Before joining the Hay Group, he had over 30 years of professional experience at the federal, state, and local levels, with international organizations, a non-profit trade association, and in the private sector. He has also held adjunct teaching appointments at universities in New England. Mr. Kelly has been in elected leadership positions at the local and regional levels of one of his professional societies and at the neighborhood commission level of a local government. He has won awards from the federal government for his work in historic preservation and urban design and from one of his professional societies for the design of a new federal program. Mr. Kelly has an undergraduate degree in Architecture from the University of Notre Dame and a graduate degree in Urban Planning from Harvard University. Mr. Kelly has had a life-long interest in classical music: in addition to his membership on the Board of Amadeus Concerts, he and his wife have been active supporters, volunteers, and donors for many years.

Jennifer Murphy (President)
Mrs. Murphy is Assistant Vice President for Research & Economic Development/Director of Technology Transfer at George Mason University. She is also the Executive Director of George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc.(GMIP), a non-profit corporation established to manage the university’s intellectual property. Ms. Murphy has been an enthusiastic supporter of and donor to the Amadeus Concerts for many years. She has served on the Board of Directors for three years. She is an active volunteer and lay eucharistic minister at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Great Falls where she was Senior Warden from 1991 to 1993. Currently she chairs the Stewardship Committee at St. Francis.

Jillian Poole
Ms. Poole, CEO, Fund for Arts & Culture in Central & Eastern Europe, has a wide background in institutional development for museum and performing arts organizations, government liaison, and nonprofit management including public relations and fundraising. For nineteen years she was responsible for planning and executing the development programs of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a responsibility that ultimately included its partner The National Symphony Orchestra. Prior to that, she held a similar position at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. She was also Adjunct Professor of Arts Management in the graduate school of the American University for 16 years. She has been retained as consultant to a variety of cultural organizations.

Mark Servis
Former Managing Tax Director, KPMG; now with CapitalOne

Roger Sudduth
has been a Virginia resident for over 30 years. He with his wife Christal, married for 52 years, reside at 511 Arnon Lake Drive, Great Falls, VA.  He is the President of a Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small business Enterprise known as Secure Computing and Communications, Inc. with an interest in information assurance.  He is also an employee of EMC, a large data storage company. Both he and his wife have been long time supporters of Amadeus Concerts.  Currently, he is serving as President of the organization. Sudduth is also the Dranesville representative on the Fairfax County Public Library Board of Trustees, a post he has held for over ten years. Roger Sudduth served in the U.S. Navy for 22 years, retiring as a Captain in 1975. The couple have three children. 

Patricia Ward
Retired Owner of “The Silk Purse”, ladies dress shop