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Board of Directors

Rebecca Gafford - Church and Community Volunteer, Dallas, TX

Dr. Zebulon Highben - Professor, Duke Divinity School and Director of Music, Duke University Chapel

Prof. Ellen Johnston - Professor Emerita, Virginia Theological Seminary

Dr. Charlotte Kroeker - CMI Executive Director

Dr. Robert C. Mann - CMI Senior Resource Librarian

Sue McAdams, CMI Board Vice-Chair, Educational Consultant, Dallas, TX

Dr. Mark McKnight - Emeritus, Head of University of North Texas Music Library

Rev. Andy Odom - CMI Board Chair, Senior Pastor, Canyon Creek Presbyterian Church, Richardson, TX

Michael Sanford - CMI Board Secretary and Liaison for St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Dallas, TX

Dr. Tim Shewmaker, Organist/Director of Music, St. Mary Parish, Marshall, MI

Diana Warner - Lay Musician, Argyle, TX

Kim Warner - CMI Board Past Chair, Argyle, TX

Rev. Dr. Paul Westermeyer - Emeritus Professor, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN

Rev. Dr. Newell Williams - President Emeritus, Brite Divinity School, Ft. Worth, TX

Advisory Directors

Annette Albrecht - Retired Organist, Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, Dallas, TX

Rev. Dr. Warner M. Bailey - Director of Presbyterian Studies, Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, TX

Rev. Timothy Binkley - Head of Special Collections and Archives, Berea College, Berea, KY

Dr. Carey Cannon - Director of Music, Arts & Traditional Worship, Highland Park United Methodist Church, Dallas, TX

Dr. Michael Conrady, Organist/Choirmaster, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Dallas, TX

Harriet Cousins - Community and Church Leader, Dallas, TX

Greg Elam - Public Relations Consultant, Eugene, OR

Ruth Ann Ernst - Business Owner and Lay Musician, IL

Michael Fuchs, Educator and Church Stewardship Consultant, Colleyville, TX

Tracy Gomes - Economist and Consultant, Catholic lay leader, Bedford, TX

Rev. Dr. James Haner - Lutheran Pastor, Dallas, TX

Doug Haney - Church Musician and Associate Pastor, Wilshire Baptist, Dallas, TX

Dr. C. Michael Hawn - Richmond, VA

Hal Hopson - Composer and Church Musician, Austin, TX

Martha Hopson - Church Musician, Austin, TX

Dr. Paul Klemme - Church Musician, Salem, OR

Sueda Luttrell - Church Musician and Handbell Consultant, Fort Worth, TX

Curtis C. Meadows - Non-Profit Consultant, Dallas, TX

Nesha Morey - Children's Music Educator, Retired, Arlington, TX

Susan Patterson - Attorney, Dallas, TX

John Rutzler - CPA, Carlisle, PA

Enika Schulze - Philanthropist and Retired Publisher, Dallas, TX

Dr. Tim Sharp, Executive Director (retired), American Choral Directors Association

David Swierenga - Data Information Specialist, Plano, TX

Annell Williams - Community Volunteer, Dallas, TX

Stan Woodward - Business Owner, Dallas, TX

In Memoriam

Mary Ruth Caldwell, Dallas, TX

Eugene Frazier - Board Treasurer, Dallas, TX

Dr. Robert Frazier - Church Musician, Winston-Salem, NC

Lois Ann Godfrey - Church Musician, Tyler, TX

Jeanne Johnson, Dallas, TX

Harold W. McGraw, Jr. - Darien, CT

Diane Parry - CMI Board Vice-Chair, Church Leader and Musician, Plano, TX

Rev. Donald Stake - Liturgy Writer and Scholar - Schenectady, NY

Anne Stewart - Dallas, TX

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