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Advisory Council

 
"It is inspiring to work with such talented and dedicated professionals in service of the world's most talented and dedicated artists. We sincerely thank each and all of the Council's members for devoting their valuable skills to the service of humanity's greatest vision of itself."
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Kenneth Schneider, President of The Apogee Foundation

The Foundation's Board of Directors and its executive officers are advised by an Advisory Councils constituted of professional and regional experts, in some cases divided into specialized advisory committees.

The Foundation has named the following leading figures as members of its Advisory Council for the current season.

To insure democratic evolution, fresh supplies of ideas, and new forms of progress inspired by various types of expertise and from different cultures around the world, the chairs and members of the Council and its committees are periodically rotated and refreshed.

 

Regional and International Advisors:
Tommy Helsby  

Tommy Helsby
London, England

 
Chairman for Europe, the Middle East and Africa of Kroll risk consulting
Yuri Kuznetsov  

Youri Kuznetsov
Odessa, Ukraine

 
Head of the Department of Culture and Tourism for the Odessa Province of Ukraine, and Master Instructor of the Piano at the Odessa Conservatory
Francesca Martonffy  

Francesca Martonffy
Geneva, Switzerland

 

Global Leadership Fellow for the World Economic Forum and co-author of "Helping Talent Thrive", a policy analysis produced for Apogee by Harvard's Kennedy School of Government; formerly National Program Director and Acting CFO of the World Affairs Councils of America and Chairman of Art Enables

Tadao Otsuki  

Tadao Otsuki
Tokyo, Japan

 

CEO and Founder of Otsuki Consulting International; formerly Chairman and CEO of Novations Group, Director of Drake Beam Morin worldwide, and President and CEO of Pepsi-Cola Japan and the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company

Ronald F. Thiemann  
Ronald F. Thiemann
Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)
 
Bussey Professor of Theology at Harvard Divinity School, Faculty Associate at Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and Faculty Fellow at Harvard's Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations; formerly Dean of Harvard Divinity School and Acting Provost and Acting President of Haverford College
Professor Yu Rongfu  

Yu Rongfu
Beijing, China

 

International Secretary and Professor of Music at the Central Conservatory Music School in Beijing; formerly Director of the Central Conservatory Music School

 

Arts and Education Advisors:
Professor Nina Balabina  

Nina Balabina
Stockholm, Sweden

 

Founder and Artistic Director of Lilla Akademien, Sweden's leading music school, and Master Instructor of the Violin

Yuri Kuznetsov  

Youri Kuznetsov
Odessa, Ukraine

 
Head of the Department of Culture and Tourism for the Odessa Province of Ukraine, and Master Instructor of the Piano at the Odessa Conservatory
Semion Yaroshevich  

Tatyana Markova
Odessa, Ukraine

 
Deputy Director of the Stolyarsky State Music School and President of the Stolyarsky Charity Fund; author of several musicology books used in music schools throughout Ukraine and the former Soviet Union
Ronald F. Thiemann  

Ronald F. Thiemann
Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

 

Bussey Professor of Theology at Harvard Divinity School, Faculty Associate at Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and Faculty Fellow at Harvard's Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations; formerly Dean of Harvard Divinity School and Acting Provost and Acting President of Haverford College

Professor Yu Rongfu  
Yu Rongfu
Beijing, China
 
International Secretary and Professor of Music at the Central Conservatory Music School in Beijing; formerly Director of the Central Conservatory Music School

 

Financial and Fundraising Advisors:
Michael A. Fortier  

Michael A. Fortier
London, England

 
Managing Director of Slavia Capital; formerly Managing Director of Salomon Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan investment banks
Richard Klein  

J. Richard Klein
Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

 
Business Counselor and Nonprofit Management Specialist for the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
Tadao Otsuki  

Tadao Otsuki
Tokyo, Japan

 

CEO and Founder of Otsuki Consulting International; formerly Chairman and CEO of Novations Group, Director of Drake Beam Morin worldwide, and President and CEO of Pepsi-Cola Japan and the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company

 

Public Relations and Communications Advisors:
Nick Halliwell  

Nick Halliwell
Kiev, Ukraine

 
Associate with Vik Capital; formerly Investment Manager of Millhouse Capital and Head of International Media Relations for Sibneft Oil Company
John Mann  

John A. Mann II
Moscow, Russia

 
Head of Public Relations for Millhouse LLC; formerly Head of International Media Relations for Sibneft Oil Company

 

Apogee Advisory Council Member Ronald F. Thiemann, Bussey Professor of Theology at Harvard University
  Window on the Apogee World
In July of 2007, Apogee welcomed Professor Ronald F. Thiemann to the Foundation's Advisory Council. Dr. Thiemann serves as the Bussey Professor of Theology at Harvard Divinity School, as well as Faculty Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Faculty Fellow at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations.
Professor Thiemann has a special interest and profound expertise in the reunification of the spiritual and creative aspects of the performing arts as well as in international affairs and the development of nonprofit organizations.

 
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