IAWM COMMITTEES

Click below to read descriptions of each committee. Contact the President or committee chair if you are interested in furthering IAWM’s many activities.

• Advocacy & Public Relations Committee
• Awards & Concert Committee
• Communications & Website Committee
• Conference Committee
• Development & Marketing Committee
• Finance Committee
• Membership Committee
• Nominations/Elections Committee

 

 

Advocacy & Public Relations Committee

The Advocacy & Public Relations Committee aims to promote IAWM’s awareness worldwide, and stimulate membership through developing industry allies and memberships/partnerships, integrating projects that promote the music and awareness of women in music and outreach to media and broadcasting.

Wanda Brister, Chair,
Julia Palmer and Natalia Rojcovscaia
Linda Rimel – Radio Requests & Broadcasts
Ursula Rempel – Radio Requests & Broadcasts

 

 

Awards & Concert Committee

The IAWM Awards / Concert Committee is comprised of three subcommittees which plan, coordinate and communicate the IAWM annual concerts and awards.

Search for New Music (SNM)- honoring compositions by women
Michelle Cheng, Chair

Pauline Alderman Awards – honoring writing about women and music
Monica Buckland

Concert  – plans the annual IAWM concert
Natalia Kazaryn Chair,
Natalia Rojcovscaia

Education Grant 
Nicole Murphy

Programming Award
Roma Calatayud-Stocks

 

 

Communications & Website Committee

The Communications Committee is responsible for all external communication from the IAWM website and social media sites. This committee works closely with the Advocacy & Publicity and Marketing committees and the rest of the board in developing organizational communication messaging. It is comprised of three subcommittees:

IAWM Website
Sarah Westwood, webmaster
Angela Elizabeth Slater, web content
Christina Butera, radio requests, web content
Nicole Murphy, Online Journal Research
Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner, listserv

Journal
Eve R. Meyer, journal editor in chief
Samantha Ege
Kimberly Greene
Lynn Gumert
Anita Hanawalt

Social Media Networking

Carolina Hengstenberg & Lil Lacy,
Angela Elizabeth Slater, administrator

 

 

Conference Committee

The Conference Committee vigilantly seeks out international and U.S. sites for future Conferences.  Any institution wishing to host a Conference should contact the committee chair or president. During the two years preceding a Conference, the committee supports the preparations by the host committee.

Jane Rigler & Dana Reason co-chairs,
Eline Cote

 

 

Finance Committee

The committee coordinates with other IAWM committees on income producing projects and approves all non-budgeted expenses. The chair is responsible for all financial transactions for IAWM, including financial updating, fiscal management and developing the budget.

Deb Saidel, Chair,
Christina Rusnak

 

 

Global Initiatives Committee Historian

This committee works closely with the Advocacy & Publicity, Membership and Communications committees and the rest of the board to foster and develop awareness, and connection with members throughout the world, forming diverse partnerships and transformative opportunities for membership expansion, alliance, equity, community engagement and outreachThe committee coordinates with other IAWM committees on income producing projects and approves all non-budgeted expenses. The chair is responsible for all financial transactions for IAWM, including financial updating, fiscal management and developing the budget.

Karen Walwyn, Chair
Roma Calatayud-Stocks, Deborah Nemko & Gaby Alvarado

 

 

Historian

Historian works with the Secretary, Communications, Membership Committee and the rest of the board in documenting organizational activities and history, member information, board meetings and decisions, awards communication and statistics.

Wanda Brister Rachwal

 

 

Marketing & Development Committees

The Marketing and Development chairs put forth all marketing and fundraising recommendations. This committee carries out IAWM’s Marketing and Development Strategies to increase external knowledge and membership for IAWM, and to coordinate all development activities. Members work closely with the Advocacy and Communications Committees.

Marketing & Branding: Kathryn Woodard, Chair,
Natalia Kazaryn & Gaby Alvarado

 

Development: Deborah Nemko, Chair,
Matthew Hoch

 

 

Membership Committee

The Membership Committee verifies and maintains the informational database for all members, circulates a directory and executes the annual membership drive.

Julia Mortyakova Chair,
Kerensa Briggs

If you are looking to join or renew your membership, you may do so here.

 

 

Nominations/Elections Committee

The IAWM board invites people to nominate themselves and others, with permission, to the IAWM board. The Nomination / Election Committee receives nominations and supporting materials, and facilitates the annual election of new board members.  Contact the President or committee chair if you are interested in joining the board and/or serving on one of IAWM’s committees.

Dana Reason, Chair