About

Board of Directors

From its inception, the NFA has been driven by leadership of exceptional vision and caliber, by flutists whose lives—as performers, scholars, pedagogues, and composers—illustrate the aspirations of the organization they shape.

Rebecca Johnson

President of the Board
(2022-2024)

Assoc. Prof. of Flute, Eastern Illinois Univ.

Letters from the President

Jennifer Grim

Vice President of the Board
(2022-2024)

Principal Flute, Mozart Orch. of New York
Principal Flute, Santo Domingo Festival Orch.
Assoc. Prof. of Flute, Frost School of Music

Alice Jones

Treasurer
(2024-2025)

Asst. Dean of Community Engagement and Career Services, The Juilliard School
Flute Faculty, Music Advancement Program, The Juilliard School

Adjunct Flute Prof., Montclair State Univ.

Lisa Bost-Sandberg

Secretary
(2023-2024)

Asst. Prof. of Flute, Univ. of North Dakota
Flutist-Composer

Kimberlee Goodman

Assistant Secretary
(2023-2024)

Exec. Director, McConnell Arts Center

Hideko Amano

(2023-2026)

Adjunct Prof. at Northeastern Illinois Univ
Dir. of Chicago Flute Workshop at MYAC

Dana Buick

(2023-2026)

Co-owner & Dir. of Operations/Marketing
Muramatsu America

Tadeu Coelho

(2021-2024)

Artist/Prof. of Flute, Univ. of North Carolina School of the Arts

Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington

(2023-2026)

Asst. Prof. of Flute, Univ. of Oregon

Lisa Garner Santa

(2022-2025)

Prof. of Flute, Texas Tech Univ.

Regina Helcher Yost

(2022-2025)

Second Flute, Charleston Symphony Orch.
Asst. Principal Flute, Colorado Music Festival in Boulder
Adjunct Prof. of Flute, Charleston Southern Univ.

David B. Houston

(2021-2024)

Flutist, The Houston Flute Studio

Danilo Mezzadri

(2022-2025)

Prof. of Flute, The Univ. of Southern Mississippi
Soloist, Gulf Coast Symphony Orch.
Soloist, North Mississippi Symphony Orch.

Kim (Scott) Strickland

(2021-2024)

Jazz Recording Artist
Flute Instructor and Administrator, Alabama School of Fine Arts

Mark Thomas, Founder

(1972-2022)