Board of Directors
Joy Reed Belt, Ph.D.
Joy Reed Belt is a professional recruiter and executive career strategist; a licensed professional counselor; and an art gallery owner. She owns Joy Reed Belt & Associates, Inc.; Joy Reed Belt Search Consultants, Inc; and Career Resources, Inc. and she is a partner in and former managing director and chairman of the board of OI Partners, Inc., the world’s largest career consulting partnership. Named as one of the top 250 recruiters in North America, Joy is a Fellow of the Institute for Career Certification International. For more than 15 years, she authored “Career Strategies,” a nationally-syndicated newspaper column. She continues to speak throughout the country. In 2002, she established JRB Art at The Elms, an art gallery in the Paseo arts district of Oklahoma City, which features the works of emerging, established and internationally-exhibited artists. Joy attended college on a voice scholarship; received an undergraduate degree in drama; completed graduate work in comparative literature; and received her Ph.D. in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Oklahoma. She completed three years of post-doctoral training with the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry Post-Graduate Psychotherapy Program, and she has studied at the College of Organization and Management at Yale University. She has served as a director of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, United Way of Central Oklahoma, St. Anthony’s Hospital Foundation, Healthcare Systems of Oklahoma, the World Affairs Council of Central Oklahoma, the board of advisors of the University of Florida, and Charter 35, a professional women’s organization. She currently serves as a director of the Paseo Arts Association; chairs the Arts Advisory Committee for the University of Central Oklahoma; and is a member of Art Table, the international leadership organization for female arts professionals.
Ed Beaudette
Past Brightmusic board president Ed Beaudette is a retired ExxonMobil Engineering Manager. He is an active supporter and leader of a variety of non-profit cultural and civic organizations including United Way, Shawnee Area Chamber of Commerce, Shawnee Youth and Family Resources, American Red Cross, National Railway Historical Society, Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, Chamber Music in Oklahoma. Ed also served twenty years as an elected School Board member and president. Vietnam-Era Veteran - Captain, U S Army Corps of Engineers, BS Physics - Norwich University, MS Engineering - Boston University.
Steve Blevins, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma; Staff Physician at the General Clinical Research Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Bachelor of Science from Yale University; Doctor of Medicine from Baylor College of Medicine; Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Ann Bonsteel
Currently the Financial Administrator for St. Paul's Cathedral in Oklahoma City; spent 20 years in the Investment Banking and the Mutual Fund industries in both Oklahoma City and Little Rock, Arkansas; attended Oklahoma State University majoring in Radio, TV and Film; volunteers as the Altar Guild Director at St. Paul's Cathedral and is a member of Impact Oklahoma; served as the PTO President and Treasurer for Northern Hills Elementary in Edmond Oklahoma.
Chad Burrow, co-artistic director
Co-Artistic Director of Brightmusic; assistant professor of Clarinet, University of Michigan; faculty member of the Alpen Kammermusik Festival (Liesing, Austria); Quartz Mountain Music Festival Orchestra, and the Camerata Pangae; member of Duo Clarion along with his wife, pianist Amy Cheng; Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), where he studied with Russell Dagon; Master of Music degree from Yale University, where he studied with David Shifrin. See complete bio here.
Amy I-Lin Cheng, D.M.A., co-artistic director
Co-Artistic Director of Brightmusic; concert pianist, avid chamber musician and international educator; has performed in venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to the National Recital Hall of Taiwan; graduate of Curtis Institute of Music (BM) and Yale University School of Music (MM and Artist Diploma); currently a candidate for her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the New England Conservatory. See complete bio here.
Grant J. DeFehr, senior vice president and treasurer
Chair, Finance Committee, member, Executive Committee. Grant is the President of Serva Corporation, an oilfield manufacturing affiliate of Wexford Capital out of Greenwich, Connecticut. He is also a co-owner of the Bricktown Spanish tapas restaurant Bolero. From December 2006 until November 2008, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Diamondback Energy Services LLC. From March 2006 to November 2006, Mr. DeFehr served as Chief Operating Officer of Great White Energy Services. Mr. DeFehr received a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2005 (where he was elected to Order of the Coif); a Masters degree in Public Policy from Harvard University in 2005; and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia in 1999 (where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was a member of the varsity tennis team).
Rebecca (Becky) Duckworth
Specialty Insurance Manager, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, Tulsa, OK. Chartered Property/Casualty Underwriter Designation; member of national and Central Oklahoma Chapter of CPCU Society; Insurance Women’s Club of OKC; BA in International Economics and Business and Spanish, Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA.
Bill Duckworth
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Wilcox, Jones & McGrath, an Oklahoma-based insurance organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City; active in the insurance industry for 25 years, with a variety of key leadership roles on both the insurance company and agency sides of the business; involved in several community arts organizations, including Allied Arts, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, City Arts Center and Oklahoma City Philharmonic; holds several professional designations, Bill is a graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis and holds a graduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh; member of several management and insurance organizations and is a passionate advocate of Stephen R. Covey’s Seven Habits approach to leadership.
David Grizzard
Chair, Audience Development and Publicity Committee. David Grizzard is associate Creative Director for Relevant Products, an Oklahoma City-based giftware and product design company. A graduate of Oklahoma Christian University, he began his career as a graphic designer and copy writer for Walker Creative, then worked almost 10 years as art director and product manager for United Design Corporation. In 1999, he joined Jordan Associates as art director. He volunteers for several local arts organizations, including The Girlie Show and Individual Artists of Oklahoma (IAO), and has been a past vice president of the Oklahoma Graphic Communication Society.
Lisa Harvey-Reed is the principal oboist of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic as well as longtime principal oboist of the Lawton Philharmonic. She is the oboist in the Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble. She has been Instructor of Oboe at Oklahoma City University's Wanda L. Bass School of Music for over twenty years and maintains a private oboe studio. Statewide, she has performed with the Enid Symphony and Tulsa Symphony. Summer festival performances include the Duncan Music Festival, Sommerfest in her native Minnesota, the New Hampshire Music Festival and the Festival of Two Worlds in Charleston, SC and Spoleto, Italy. She has previously taught at the MacPhail Center for the Arts, a satellite school for the University of Minnesota. Ms. Harvey-Reed earned a Bachelor of Music in Oboe Performance from Indiana University and completed a Master's of Music in Oboe Performance from the University of Oklahoma. Carl Holub, formerly of the Minnesota Orchestra, the late Jerry Sirucek of Indiana University and the late John Mack of the Cleveland Orchestra are her greatest musical influences.
David R. Johnson, president
Chair, Executive Committee. Retired former partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (1987-2003); former partner in the Houston, Texas and Washington, D.C. offices of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (1971-72 and 1974-87); attorney in the Office of the General Counsel, Department of the Air Force (1972-74). In Oklahoma City: a member of the Oklahoma City Pianists' Club, the American Guild of Organists and the Petroleum Club of Oklahoma City. In Washington, D.C.: a member of the D.C Bar, the bars of various federal courts, and the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. Graduate of College High School, Bartlesville Oklahoma (1964); Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (1968); and the University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia (1971). Additional graduate work in the College of Charleston Department of English, Charleston, South Carolina (2004-05). Piano student of the late Martha M. Boucher, Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Edward Knight, D.M.A.
Edward Knight is Director of Composition and Composer-in-Residence at Oklahoma City University; BME from Eastern Michigan University, MM and DMA from University of Texas at Austin, with postgraduate study at London’s Royal College of Music; studied privately with John Corigliano and was the first American to win the Sir Arthur Bliss Memorial Award for outstanding composer at RCM; music performed by Marquita Lister, Paul Neubauer, and the New York Philharmonic in venues ranging from the Hollywood Bowl to Carnegie Hall; ASCAP’s Nissim Award for Best New Orchestral Work; Best Song Cycle from the American Art Song Competition; fellow at Yaddo, MacDowell, Ucross, Copland House, and Djerassi; published exclusively by Subito Music; recordings are available from Albany Records, ERMMedia, and Capstone Records.
Eric T. Laity
Chair, Governance Committee. Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Oklahoma City University School of Law; educated at Harvard; practiced law in Dallas and Houston before joining the faculty at Oklahoma City University School of Law. Professional memberships: International Fiscal Association, American Society for International Law.
James H. McPhee
Vice Chair, Finance Committee. Senior Staff Analyst, Midstream & Marketing Division - Devon Energy Corp.; BA University of Michigan; member: Gas Processor's Association; National Energy Services Association; Houston Energy Association. Volunteer: United Way of Oklahoma Allocations Committee, Mark Twain Elementary School Tutoring Program; Carpenter Square Theater.
Margôt L. Nesbitt, Ph.D.
Retired Clergy, St. Paul's Cathedral; M.A. in Art and PhD in Medieval History from OU; OU Arts Alliance; Oklahoma City Museum of Art; Connoisseur Club.
Andrew B. Peterson, secretary
Member, Executive Committee. Andy Peterson is an Associate at the law firm of McAfee & Taft, Oklahoma City's largest law firm. He received undergraduate degrees in biochemistry and Spanish from the University of Oklahoma in 2001 and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2006. As a law student, he was a member of Oklahoma Law Review, the National Trial Competition Team and the recipient of numerous honors, including the Nathan Scarritt Prize for the highest academic standing in his class, Welcome D. Pierson Award, S. T. Bledsoe Memorial Prize, Comfort Scholarship, and 13 American Jurisprudence Awards. Following his undergraduate studies and before entering the legal profession, Andy taught introductory Spanish at the University of Oklahoma and served as the director for the University of Oklahoma Modern Languages Learning Center.
H. Scott Raab
Choral Director and Organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral since 1978; Bachelor of Music degree in Organ Performance from University of Houston; Master of Music degree in Organ Performance from University of Michigan; Chair of the Diocesan Music Commission; former Dean of the Oklahoma City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists; member, Association of Anglican Musicians. Appointed Canon Musician for St. Paul’s Cathedral in 2002 by Bishop Moody who awarded him the Distinguished Ministry pin.
Lawrence D. Reed
Lawrence D. Reed is a vice president and financial advisor in the Global Wealth Management Group of Merrill Lynch, where has worked for almost 30 years. A native of Norman, Larry received his bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Oklahoma; his master’s degree in music from the University of Indiana in Bloomington; and further post-graduate work in music at the University of Wisconsin. He has served on the music faculties of Baylor University and Oklahoma City University. He is a bassoonist with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra, and has performed extensively with other orchestras, including the Lawton Philharmonic, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Waco Symphony, Plattville (Wisconsin) Symphony, Wichita Symphony and the orchestra of the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. He has served on the boards of the Norman Arts and Humanities Council, the Harrison Academy for the Performing Arts, the Children’s Arts Network, and the Board of Visitors for the University of Oklahoma College of Fine Arts.
Jonathan Ruck
Assistant professor of cello at University of Oklahoma Music School; former teaching assistant to Distinguished Professor Janos Starker at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music; held positions at DePauw University and Hampden-Sydney College, and served as guest-teacher at the University of Illinois. Performs with the Holmberg Quartet, Oklahoma City’s Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble, and serves as principal cellist of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic; currently completing doctorate studies at Indiana University. See complete bio here.
Deborah McAuliffe Senner
Chair, Donor Stewardship Committee, member, Executive Committee. President of Allied Arts, one of the leading nonprofit cultural organizations in Central Oklahoma. Originally from Tulsa, she has lived in Oklahoma City most of her life. She received her college degrees from St. Gregory’s University and Benedictine College in Kansas, where she double-majored in communications and theatre. An accomplished fundraiser of15 years, she has raised millions of dollars for the arts, social services, education and faith-based organizations. She has worked for Allied Arts in various roles, most recently as Vice President, until being named President on July 1, 2009.
Kip Welch
Chair, Fund-Raising Committee. Kip Welch is the Director of Recruitment at Chesapeake Energy. He has worked in the recruitment industry for over 20 years for companies including Starbucks Coffee and Cingular Wireless. Kip grew up in Arkansas where he studied piano from early childhood through college. He was also a member of a men’s chorus that performed in venues including Carnegie Hall. Kip graduated from Hendrix College and has lived and worked in Dallas, San Francisco and is now very proud to call Oklahoma City his home. In addition to joining Brightmusic, Kip also serves on the Board of Directors for the OKC Philharmonic and has worked special projects for organizations including Central Oklahoma Humane Society and Reach Our Community.
John S. Williams, vice president and director of special projects
Member, Executive Committee. President of Brightmusic from 2007-2010. BBA from University of Oklahoma; graduate of Institute of Advanced Advertising Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston; retired advertising executive, New York City and Los Angeles; principal in relationship marketing agency, Los Angeles; formerly listed in Who’s Who in American Business. Past board member, Tulsa Opera; currently serves as chairman, AIDS Commission, Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma.
Past Directors:
N. Luke Back
Matthew Dane
Christina Jennings
Jeffery R. Thyer
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