Our Team
Board of Directors & Leadership
Board of Directors
Cory Reeves, President
Cory Reeves' affiliation with YNYC began in 2009; he has served on the board for over 10 years of that time. Prior to his role as Vice President of the board, he served as Treasurer from 2010-2015 and Interim President from 2015-2016. Cory also serves on the Board of Directors for Kinnara, the Atlanta-based professional choir. He is an executive with Lexia Learning, an educational technology firm specializing in Grades K-12 literacy and language education.
Larry Dworkin, Treasurer
Lucy Mayer, Secretary
Lucy Mayer works at a boutique marketing and communications agency in Manhattan. She was a member of the Mixed Ensemble for nearly 10 years and also serves on the board of the New York Choral Consortium.
Richard Berg, Member-at-Large
Richard Berg first joined YNYC in 2008, and has sat on the Board since 2023. Local affiliations have included the acclaimed ensemble Choral Chameleon; the music ministries of St Vincent Ferrer, St Luke in the Fields, and Holy Trinity Episcopal; and new-music champions Cantori New York, where he served as Board President from 2018-2023. Richard is also a jazz instrumentalist, software engineer, and host/trainer for an ever-growing cast of foster dogs.
Abbey Hendrix, Member-at-Large
Abbey Hendrix joined the Board of Directors in 2023. Her YNYC journey began in 2018 when she joined the Treble Ensemble, and in 2019 she filled the role of Soprano I Section Leader. She facilitated multiple projects for the choir such as session singing work for an award winning commercial and a collaboration with Brad Wells of Roomful of Teeth. Though she moved to San Francisco in 2021 for her job as Music Supervisor at Apple, she remains close to YNYC’s members and leadership and holds the organization close to her heart.
Elisa Nikoloulias, Member-at-Large
Elisa Nikoloulias started her career in the finance departments of two top theatrical publishing houses before transitioning her passion for the arts, education, and human rights to Nonprofit Administration. After 10 years serving New York State Health Foundation, she will call The Rauschenberg Foundation home as their Finance Manager in 2021. Elisa currently serves on the Board of the TreasureHouse Chorale and Chamber Orchestra as well as the New York Choral Consortium. Prior to joining the Board of the Young New Yorkers' Chorus, she held multiple leadership roles, most recently being the Managing Director of the Treble Ensemble. Elisa is a freelance singer, serving the music ministry of Union Church of Bay Ridge.
Jessica Shaw, Member-at-Large
Jessica Shaw joined YNYC's mixed ensemble in 2007, has sat on the board since 2010, and was President of the Board from 2018 until 2021. She is the Senior Vice President of Sync Licensing at Sony Music. She met her husband in YNYC and is the proud mom of two young future YNYC members.
Jon Weiner, Member-at-Large
Alex Canovas, General & Artistic Director (ex-officio)
Leadership
Ryann Bieber, Leadership Manager
Ryann Bieber is a founding member of the Treble Ensemble and is currently the longest tenured singing member of the organization, having joined YNYC in 2012. In her time with YNYC she has sung in both ensembles and held a multitude of leadership positions. She graduated from The New School in 2016 with a B.A. in Sociology & Music and has worked in events and education. When she’s not singing, she loves cooking, crafting, and traveling.
Casey Rice, Mixed Ensemble Manager
Casey Rice has been singing with YNYC since 2016 (if you don’t count her high school collab with YNYC in 2010), stepping into the position of Manager of the Mixed Ensemble in 2022. She graduated from Westminster Choir College in 2016 with a B.M. in Music Education, is currently enrolled in the Post Baccalaureate Advanced Certificate program in Music Education at CUNY Queens College, and has been teaching music in NYC independent schools for the past 4 years. When she is not singing with her students or in YNYC, she is likely spending time with her beloved dog Blue, listening to show tunes, traveling, or planning her upcoming wedding.
Sarah Rosenblatt, Treble Ensemble Manager
Sarah Rosenblatt has been singing with YNYC as a low-note-loving alto since 2016. She spends her days on construction scaffolding as a preservation architect and wanders around cities pointing out the quirky details most people don't notice. She moved to Jackson Heights in 2010, and promises to take you to all the good food spots if you visit Queens.