UNI Suzuki Association
The UNI Suzuki Association is a non-profit corporation established to support the UNI Suzuki School. Members of the association's governing board are parents and other interested adults who are charged with the responsibility supporting the school by serving as an advisory board for setting policy and charting the course for the future as well as coordinating volunteers and raising funds. This is a working board, and many helping hands are needed for communication, hospitality, etc. Your participation and interest are needed and your ideas are welcomed. The UNI Suzuki School is an organization which believes parents need to have, and should have, a say in their children's education.
Parents interested in serving on the board should contact the current board president, their teacher or the Suzuki Director or Coordinator.
Current officers are: (to meet current board members or for their contact information, scroll down)
- Matt Gibbon, president
- Elisabeth Bieber, vice president
- Bee Tee, secretary
- Sunshine Yang, treasurer
- Gyobanna Driver
- Suzanne Bullard
- Cathy Craig
- T-shirt Chair: Jan Nagle
Board members have assisted with:
- redesigning the registration procedures
- helping with play-ins and other special performances
- assisting with workshops and master classes
- hosting parent meetings
- planning the family ice cream social and talent show
- organizing volunteers
- updating the UNI Suzuki School Handbook
- donations to the Streed Memorial Library
- participating in summer civic events
- working to get media coverage of our events
- contacting parents to help with treats at all of our events
- fund raising- Because fees do not cover all operating and financial aid expenses during the year, a special fund raising committee organizes several events during the year. The proceeds benefit everyone and enhance the quality of our program. The committee welcomes your ideas and suggestions.
Gyobanna Driver is a native of Bogota, Colombia and mom to Madelyn (violin-age 5). She joined the board in 2017 and has been involved as a Suzuki parent since 2014. She is a physician working at Sartori Hospital Emergency department. She has been involved in a number of community organizations and participated in medical missions in Colombia, Haiti and Jamaica through the years. She is currently an active member of the YWCA. She loves dancing and traveling with her husband, Jeff.
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Jan Nagle had two daughters in the Suzuki School starting in 1980, and now has a granddaughter and grandson in the school. She works in their family-owned business, Nagle Signs, Inc. with her husband John and all three of her children. Jan serves as t-shirt chairman.