Our Board
Board of Directors
Elizabeth Hainen, Artistic Director and Founder
Principal Harp, The Philadelphia Orchestra
Faculty, Curtis Institute of Music and Temple University
Anita Henderson, Chair
Senior Fellow, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Robert Schwartz, Chair Emeritus
President, Co-Founder & Executive Director Emeritus, Juvenile Law Center
Chair of Advisory Committee to the Children’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch
2003-2012, Chair of Board of the Philadelphia Youth Network
Diane Mallery, Vice Chair
Engagement Team Leader, Dunleavy & Associates
Anna Marie Ahn Petersen, Secretary
Violist, Piasecki Family Chair, The Philadelphia Orchestra
Patty Ellis, Finance Committee Chair
Retired Financial Controller
Alexandra Chamberlain
Director of Marketing & Public Relations, BELFOR Property Restoration
Former PR Account Executive, Cashman & Associates
Chris Deviney
Principal Percussion, The Philadelphia Orchestra
Graduate Program Faculty, Temple University
Karen Eskridge
COO, Johns Hopkins HealthCare (retired)
Executive Director, BeYoutiful Brown Girl, Inc.
Sheri Ranger
Former Real Estate Broker
Founder & Owner, Mortgage Brokering Firm
Jonathan Stiles
Director of Marketing at Museum of the American Revolution
Former Dancer, Philadelphia Ballet
HONORARY ADVISORY BOARD
In addition to its Board of Directors, The Lyra Society is also fortunate to have a group of honorary board members. These honorary board members, who support The Lyra Society’s mission, generously serve as informal advisors to the Board and The Lyra Society’s leadership team.
Peter A. Benoliel, Co-Chairperson
Carole Haas Gravagno, Co-Chairperson
Joshua Bell, Concert Violinist
Tan Dun, Composer
Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor
Joseph Kluger, Principal at WolfBrown
Jan Krzywicki, Composer
Philip Maneval, Composer
Susann McDonald, Indiana University Distinguished Professor of Harp
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor