Board of Trustees

Jane Erickson
Jane Erickson
President
2009-2012


Sandra Schilling
Sandra Schilling
Vice-President
2011-2013

Christina Lance
Christina Lance
S
ecretary
2009-2012

Nicole Krone
Nicole Lash
Treasurer
2011-2013

  • Member of Summit Chorale since 2007
  • Past Membership Chair
  • Graduate of Westminster Choir College, Princeton NJ; Masters work Boston University
  • Choral Conductor, drama director, and producer for 35 years, retired
  • Voice teacher and pedagogue
  • Author, speaker: Adult Stem Cell Transplants
  • Past President, Maplewood South Orange Firstnight
  • Past Chair and Current Secretary, Presbyterian Women Rummage Sale, Prospect Presbyterian Church, Maplewood
  • Chair, Class of 1970 Reunion
  • Soloist, Prospect Presbyterian Church Choir
  • Member, Organist/Choir director coaching team
  • Member, ACDA, MENC, NJEA
  • Member of Summit Chorale since 2010
  • Co-Chair, Logistics Committee
  • Currently works for New Providence Middle School, Secretary to the Principal
  • Previously Executive Assistant to President/CEO Bayer Pharmaceutical Corporation
  • Presently performs with Stony Hill Players
  • Board Member Stony Hill Players
  • Previously performed with Koblenz Stadt Theater, and Krefeld Stadt Theater, Germany
  • Studied voice in Manhattan, Germany and Salzburg, Austria
  • Former alto soloist Central Presbyterian Church of Summit, First Presbyterian Church of Madison and United Methodist Church of Totowa
  • Performed with Ridgewood Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company, Masterwork Chorus, New Jersey State Opera Chorus, and Pro Arte Choral
  • Member of Summit Chorale since 2008
  • Chair, Media Committee
  • Coordinator, Championship Communications, at the United States Golf Association
  • Five years of Sports Television production and management experience with ABC Sports and NBC Sports/Olympics
  • Member of Bridgewater (NJ) Church of Christ, serving as assistant Sunday School teacher
  • Former member of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic Choir (4 seasons)
  • Member of Summit Chorale since 2007
  • Chair, Finance Committee
  • 2009 graduate of Rutgers University's Masters in Financial Accountancy program
  • Currently works for Wilkin & Guttenplan, P.C., in East Brunswick, NJ, as an auditor and CPA
  • Worked at Bioarray Solutions (in Warren, NJ) from May, 2007 to July, 2008 as an accounts payable clerk and financial assistant

Mike Baruffi
Michael Baruffi
2010-2013

Barbara Kimmich
Barbara Kimmich
2010-2013

Vikrant Lal
Vikrant Lal
2011-2012

  • Member of Summit Chorale since 1993
  • Employed at Mars Snackfood USA in Hackettstown
  • Served as volunteer Music Minister at Resurrection Parish in Randolph from 2001 to 2003
  • Member of Summit Chorale since 2009
  • Previously sung with Bay Area Chorus in Clear Lake, TX and Corpus Christi Chorale in Corpus Christi, TX
  • Currently a Group Leader and Research Chemist at Lummus Technology’s Technology Development Center in Bloomfield, NJ
  • Worked for Celanese Chemicals as a researcher in Texas and Oberhausen, Germany
  • Member of Summit Chorale since 2009
  • Member of Summit Chorale since 2010
  • Chair, Corporate Sponsor Committee
  • Manager, Concerts/Family Entertainment, MSG Entertainment (covering events at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, and the Beacon Theatre)
  • 1992-2001 – Event Coordinator, Radio City Entertainment (Special Events including 5 Super Bowl Halftime Shows, “The NFL at 75”, and Radio City Music Hall Grand Re-Opening)
  • 1985-1999 – Actor/Tour Coordinator, National Theater of the Performing Arts (educational theater touring company)
  • B.A., Speech & Dramatic Arts, University of Iowa

Larry Schwenk
Larry Schwenk
2009
-2012

Margie Tuttle
Margie Tuttle
2011
-2013

 


  • Member of Summit Chorale Board (in separate terms) since 1996
  • Retired from AT&T in 1989
  • Served as market research and planning volunteer, United Way in New Jersey and New York City
  • Served as  Director of Development, Masterwork Music and Art Foundation
  • Served as Member, Board of Trustees, The Historical Society of Somerset Hills
  • Member of Summit Chorale since 2007
  • Episcopal priest and Director of Pastoral Care at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville
  • Board Certified Chaplain - certification through the Association of Professional Chaplains.
  • Member of Association of Professional Chaplains
  • President-elect of the Assembly of Episcopal Healthcare Chaplains