Board of Directors
Lorrie Murray, Founder/Executive Director Bay Area Music Project
Lorrie Murray is a passionate advocate for arts education and serving the educational and social needs of multicultural, lower income communities. She founded Bay Area Music Project to enrich the lives of children and their families through music education.
Lorrie has over 20 years experience in the music industry as a concert promoter, tour manager and stage performer. She has an equal amount of experience as a graphic designer and marketing consultant. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Media Design from Northeastern University, Boston.
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Don Hardy: Board President, Documentary Filmmaker, co-founder of KTF Films
Don Hardy is the co-founder of KTF Films, a documentary production company based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Don’s films have played to sold-out audiences at prestigious film festivals and have been seen by millions of people around the world. Over the years, Don has won numerous awards for his films, photography, and editing including 6 Emmys, 3 Edward R. Murrow Awards, 7 Associated Press Awards, the prestigious San Francisco Bay Area Photographer of the Year Award and more than 15 National Press Photographer Association Awards.
Shawn Dailey, Board Treasurer
Shawn Dailey is a producer, talent manager, and former musician with over twenty years in the music business.
Betsy Weiss: Board Secretary; Academic Intervention Specialist
Betsy Weiss has nearly 30 years teaching experience in the Alameda Unified School District. In 1993 Betsy helped launch Paden School, a school that opened as a developmentally appropriate, multi-age, year round K-8 school on the West End of Alameda that worked closely with the Museum of Children’s Art (MOCHA). In 2003, Betsy became the Title I Reading Teacher/Literacy Coach at Washington School. Nine years later she joined a team of teachers, parents and an administrator that worked together to promote innovation in the Alameda Schools. Their work resulted in the closure of Washington School and the creation of Maya Lin School, an integrated arts magnet school that opened in the Fall of 2012 in the site of the former Washington School. Betsy continues to work as the Title I Coordinator at Maya Lin School.
Lorrie Murray is a passionate advocate for arts education and serving the educational and social needs of multicultural, lower income communities. She founded Bay Area Music Project to enrich the lives of children and their families through music education.
Lorrie has over 20 years experience in the music industry as a concert promoter, tour manager and stage performer. She has an equal amount of experience as a graphic designer and marketing consultant. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Media Design from Northeastern University, Boston.
Email Lorrie
Don Hardy: Board President, Documentary Filmmaker, co-founder of KTF Films
Don Hardy is the co-founder of KTF Films, a documentary production company based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Don’s films have played to sold-out audiences at prestigious film festivals and have been seen by millions of people around the world. Over the years, Don has won numerous awards for his films, photography, and editing including 6 Emmys, 3 Edward R. Murrow Awards, 7 Associated Press Awards, the prestigious San Francisco Bay Area Photographer of the Year Award and more than 15 National Press Photographer Association Awards.
Shawn Dailey, Board Treasurer
Shawn Dailey is a producer, talent manager, and former musician with over twenty years in the music business.
Betsy Weiss: Board Secretary; Academic Intervention Specialist
Betsy Weiss has nearly 30 years teaching experience in the Alameda Unified School District. In 1993 Betsy helped launch Paden School, a school that opened as a developmentally appropriate, multi-age, year round K-8 school on the West End of Alameda that worked closely with the Museum of Children’s Art (MOCHA). In 2003, Betsy became the Title I Reading Teacher/Literacy Coach at Washington School. Nine years later she joined a team of teachers, parents and an administrator that worked together to promote innovation in the Alameda Schools. Their work resulted in the closure of Washington School and the creation of Maya Lin School, an integrated arts magnet school that opened in the Fall of 2012 in the site of the former Washington School. Betsy continues to work as the Title I Coordinator at Maya Lin School.
PROGRAM ADVISORS
Stanford Thompson: Play On Philly, Executive Director, Chairman of El Sistema USA
Stanford Thompson is a musician and educator who is passionate about using music for social action and serves as the Founder and Artistic Director for the El Sistema-inspired program, Play On, Philly! and the Chairman of El Sistema USA. He also serves on the boards of the Interlochen Center for the Arts, the Philadelphia chapter of the American Composers Forum, Jubilee School, and as Chairman of The Curtis Institute of Music Alumni Council. He regularly contributes to the communities of TED, League of American Orchestras, and El Sistema-inspired initiatives around the world. Trained as a professional trumpeter, Mr. Thompson has performed and soloed with major orchestras around the world while actively performing chamber music and jazz. Stanford is a native of Atlanta, GA and holds degrees from The Curtis Institute of Music and the New England Conservatory’s Abreu Fellows Program.
Judy Blank
For the past 25 years Judy Blank has been volunteering for nonprofit organizations that support music education throughout the Bay Area. She started fundraising through the Alameda Education Foundation for music programs in schools served by the Alameda Unified School District and served three years as a board member for Young Audiences of Northern California, a nonprofit focused on music education for students. AMP is a perfect fit to support musical experiences for students. Growing up, Judy enjoyed participating in choirs and has returned to her love of singing with the Alameda Community Chorus. She has a Bachelors of Science in Dental Hygiene from University of Michigan and an MPA with a focus in marketing from Golden Gate University.
Stanford Thompson is a musician and educator who is passionate about using music for social action and serves as the Founder and Artistic Director for the El Sistema-inspired program, Play On, Philly! and the Chairman of El Sistema USA. He also serves on the boards of the Interlochen Center for the Arts, the Philadelphia chapter of the American Composers Forum, Jubilee School, and as Chairman of The Curtis Institute of Music Alumni Council. He regularly contributes to the communities of TED, League of American Orchestras, and El Sistema-inspired initiatives around the world. Trained as a professional trumpeter, Mr. Thompson has performed and soloed with major orchestras around the world while actively performing chamber music and jazz. Stanford is a native of Atlanta, GA and holds degrees from The Curtis Institute of Music and the New England Conservatory’s Abreu Fellows Program.
Judy Blank
For the past 25 years Judy Blank has been volunteering for nonprofit organizations that support music education throughout the Bay Area. She started fundraising through the Alameda Education Foundation for music programs in schools served by the Alameda Unified School District and served three years as a board member for Young Audiences of Northern California, a nonprofit focused on music education for students. AMP is a perfect fit to support musical experiences for students. Growing up, Judy enjoyed participating in choirs and has returned to her love of singing with the Alameda Community Chorus. She has a Bachelors of Science in Dental Hygiene from University of Michigan and an MPA with a focus in marketing from Golden Gate University.