Board of Directors, 2009-2010

Maury Brown, President
Carol Cumming, Vice-President
Mark Servis, Treasurer
Timothy Hackman, Secretary
Bob Abraham
Dr. Sanford Brotman
Don de Laski
Ellen Dykes
Maggie Earnest
John Hardisty
Edward Kelly
Ray Lupo
Sozeen Mondlin
Wally Plummer
Patricia Ward

A. Scott Wood, Artistic & Executive Director, ex officio

Robert Abraham

Joined the board in October 2009

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

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.

Carol Cumming

Ms. Cumming has worked in music and software publishing for 25 years. At Oxford University Press in Oxford, England Ms. Cumming edited music books, managed music production and marketed OUP's first electronic publications. At Cherwell Scientific Publishing in Oxford she directed international offices in Frankfurt, Germany and Palo Alto, CA. Currently she is a partner with the popular "Amion" hospital-wide scheduling software, and the VP of Operations for Adept Scientific, Inc. Ms. Cumming studied music at Pomona College in Claremont, CA and at Oxford University in England where she specialized in 20th C. music history and electronic music composition. Ms. Cumming plays the horn and piano and is studying conducting. She serves on the board of the Children's Chorus of Washington and joined the Amadeus Board in 2008.

Donald de Laski (Past President)

A graduate of Duke University and George Washington University Law School, Mr. de Laski 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

Board Member as of August 2007

Maggie Earnest

Board Member since August 2008

Timothy Hackman

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) While at TRW, Mr. Hardisty was involved in systems engineering involving spacecraft, the FAA and Fingerprint identification. For the last ten years he has volunteered as Chief/Assistant Chief for the Fairfax County Election Board. He played the flute and later studied voice (he is a tenor). He has a BS from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from Harvard University.

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.

Ray Lupo

Raphael (Ray) Lupo is a Partner at the law firm of McDermott Will and Emery where he was, until March 2007, the Head of the Intellectual Property Department of over two hundred lawyers. Mr. Lupo began his law career in 1968 as an Associate Solicitor of The United States Patent and Trademark Office, where he argued over one hundred appeals before The U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. From 1977 until 1980, he was The Deputy General Counsel For Patents of The Department of Energy, where he litigated patent rights for Government-owned inventions created at the National Laboratories at Oak Ridge, Los Alamos, and Livermore. In 1980 he entered private practice where he remains today. He serves mainly as litigation and trial counsel in patent infringement matters before The Federal District courts. Mr. Lupo also has an active appellate practice before The Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit. During his career, Mr. Lupo has conducted over 70 patent infringement trials, and has appeared in over two hundred appellate matters. In 2006-2007, Mr. Lupo was named one of the Top 100 Lawyers In Washington D.C. Mr. Lupo has both electrical engineering and law degrees from George Washington University where, during the 1990s, he was an Adjunct Professor. Mr. Lupo and his wife Debbie reside in McLean. He joined the Amadeus board in 2008.

Sozeen Mondlin

Board Member since July 2009

Jennifer Murphy

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.

Mark Servis

Former Managing Tax Director, KPMG; now with CapitalOne

Wally Plummer

George "Wally" Plummer was born and raised in New Jersey. He received his BA from Rutgers and became an officer in the Army. He spent 10 years in the Middle East and received an MA in Arab Affairs from the American University of Beirut. Mr. Plummer worked as an Army intelligence officer in the Middle East, the State Department and the Pentagon. He retired in 1983 as a Colonel and went to work with FMC Corporation as a consultant in international business development. Since retiring from that position in 1998 he has studied the oboe and Italian. He has been a singer in various choral groups and is a member of a daytime barbershop chorus, as well as a serious biker.

Patricia Ward

Mrs. Ward is a Great Falls resident and a retired business owner. Her connection to the Great Falls community is life-long; she is a member of the Alumna Association Leadership Council of the Madeira School and a longtime parishoner and choir member at St. Francis Episcopal Church. She has also served as a volunteer with the AFS Aunt/Uncle program. She is married to attorney Paul B. Ward, who is an active tenor and trumpeter. Mrs. Ward has served on the Amadeus board since 2005.

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