Current Presidents
Houston Music Teachers Association (HMTA) President: Zhu Zhu
Texas Music Teachers Association (TMTA) President: Lesley McAllister, NCTM
Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) President: Dr. Kevin Chance, NCTM
Board of Directors 2026-2027
Executive Council
Zhu Zhu, President
Kana Mimaki, President-Elect
Xiyao Wang, 1st Vice President (Membership)
Norman Schack, 2nd Vice President (Student Affiliate)
Anna Golka, 3rd Vice President (Programs)
Sergei Savitski, Treasurer
Pavlo Savitski, Secretary
Lynn Anders, Member-at-Large
Committee Chairs and Coordinators
Attendance Chair – TBA
HMTA Baroque Competition Chair – Kao Taniguchi
Blanton-Kelly Chair (3 year Trustee) – Jiena Gu (review)
Blanton-Kelly Trustees – Roy Wylie, Norman Schack, Rebecca McDonald (review)
Bylaws Chair – Jane Perkyns (review)
HMTA Chamber Music Chair – vacant
HMTA Concerto Competition Chair – Richard Marshall
TMTA Convention Ensembles Chair – Mei-En Chou
Dorothy Kelly Scholarship Competition Chair – Roksana Savitski
Historian Chair – Sally Thai (review)
HMTA Music Festival Chair – Olga Marek
HMTA Musicales Chair – Mei-En Chou
National Certification Chair – Martha Thomas, NCTM
Nominations Chair – Leena Soo (review)
HMTA/TMTA Original Composition Contest Chair – Anne Amador
HMTA Piano Contest Chair – Jiena Gu, Dr. Sohyoung Park
SA/TMTA Performance Contest Chair – Katarina Loudermilk
HMTA Teacher/Student Recognition Awards Chair – (review)
HMTA Technology Chair – Yvonne Chen (review)
SA/TMTA Theory Chair – Hong Li
HMTA Website Chair – Sergei Savitski
TMTA/SA World of Music Chair – Tien
Past HMTA Presidents
1941-1942 Helen Saft*
1942-1943 Leota Stilwell*
1943-1944 Joseph Henkel*
1944-1945 Dawn C. Crawford*
1945-1947 Jane Kearney*
1947-1949 Clara Radoff*
1949-1950 Mozart B. Hammond*
1950-1952 Edward Acton*
1952-1953 Jenny Seddon*
1953-1954 Rebecca Friedman Miller*
1954-1956 Frances Mahr*
1956-1958 Donald E. Johndon*
1960-1962 Floyd D. Funk*
1962-1964 Kathryn Boyd Sakowitz*
*deceased
1964-1966 Katherine Kucera*
1966-1967 Alberta Degarimore*
1967-1969 Mable Burr Owen*
1969-1971 Ronald L. Becker*
1971-1973 Kay Bjelland*
1973-1975 Thelma Hearn*
1975-1977 Philelle McBrayer*
1977-1979 Bonnie Journaey*
1979-1981 Niki Jelson*
1981-1982 Louise Christensen*
1982-1983 William Chaisson*
1983-1985 Jane Sugars
1985-1987 Ethel Tucker*
1987-1990 JoAnn Hoffman*
1990-1996 Paul Krystofiak*
1996-1998 Molly Hammond
1998-2000 Laurie Lindemulder
2000-2002 Dr. Ann Rivers Witherspoon
2002-2004 Norman J. Schack
2004-2006 John Ford
2006—2008 Dr. Paul Boyd
2008-2009 Dr. Jerico Vasquez
2009-2012 Wilford E. Glenn, Jr.
2012-2014 Rodolfo Morales
2014-2016 Emmeline Kramlich
2016-2018 Dr. Andre LeCour
2018-2020 Marina Agadjanova
2020-2022 Norman Schack
2022-2024 Jienna Gu
2024-2026 Wilford E. Glenn, Jr.