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Institute Faculty

Institute Faculty

Institute Faculty are core lecturers who augment the GLI MBA learning experience through tailored seminars and interactive workshops that deepen the understanding of key concepts and themes.

Judith Hill Bose earned a Ph.D. in Urban Education from the City University of New York and a MM from The New England Conservatory. At Longy she directs the Teaching Artist Program in Cambridge and is the central architect of the MAT at the Los Angeles campus.
Dean
Longy School of Music
Professor Colbert has been active in the field of arts and culture for over 30 years, particularly in the performing arts, museum, and film sectors. In 2002, he was awarded the Order of Canada for his unique contributions in developing the arts management field and he was made Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2005.
Chair of Arts Management
HEC Montréal
Harry is a cultural consultant specializing in music projects and policy to create social impact. As the Head of Projects at the Center for Music Ecosystems, she leads efforts to conduct research and empower communities to utilize music as a tool for problem-solving on a global scale.
Head of Projects
Center for Music Ecosystems
Dr Andrea Creech is Professor of Education at University College London, having previously taught at the Open University and the Guildhall School of Music. Dr. Creech has held principal positions in orchestras in the UK and Canada, and founded a music school in the Republic of Ireland.
Faculty
McGill University
Meagan Curtis teaches Psychology at Purchase College. With a Ph.D. in Brain Sciences from Dartmouth College, Dr. Curtis was a postdoctoral fellow in the Music Cognition Lab at Tufts, and received her B.A. from Hampshire College in cognitive science and music.
Director, School of Natural and Social Sciences
SUNY Purchase University
Danilo Correa Dantas’ research interests are related to database marketing, music marketing, and electronic commerce. His work has been published in marketing and management scientific journals such as Management Decision and Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences.
Associate Professor
HEC Montreal
Canadian born soprano Janet Fischer holds an MMus and an MBA. In addition to her performing work, Fischer is a teacher, producer and strategy consultant. She founded Proper Opera in 2018 with the aim of effecting lasting social change through exceptional art.
Chief Executive Officer
Live Music Now (UK)
Daniela Fugellie is Professor of Musicology at Alberto Hurtado University. She is the lead researcher for the Fondecyt Initiation project “Alternative spaces of contemporary music in Chile (1945-1995) and holds a Doctorate in Musicology from the University of the Arts in Berlin.
Professor
Alberto Furtado University
Elliott N. Weiss teaches in the Technology and Operations Management area at Darden. He is the author of numerous articles in the areas of production and operations management and has extensive consulting experience for both manufacturing and service companies.
Senior Director
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Christina is the founder of HopeBound: a tech-based solution that provides access to mental health care for adolescents from marginalized communities. During her MBA at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, she was also a Stanford Social Innovation Fellow.
Founder
HopeBound
Assal Habibi’s research incorporates electrophysiology, neuroimaging and psychometric assessments. Dr. Hababi is leading a 5-year longitudinal study, in partnership with the LA Philharmonic, on the effects of early childhood music training in brain function development.
Faculty
University of Southern California
Dr. Susan Hallam—BA, MSc, Phd—has taught and led research at the Institute of Education since 1991, supporting a wide range of bodies including the ESRC, DfES, MoD, and a range of charities relating to attendance at and behaviour in school.
Faculty
University of London
Having held positions with Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Public Affairs Center for Public Leadership and the Entrepreneurship Division of The New England Conservatory, Eva is now Senior Research Fellow at Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Foundation.
Director of Cultural Leadership
J J & M Mandel Foundation
Evangelos Himonides held London’s first ever lectureship in music technology education and is now Reader in Technology, Education, and Music at UCL. He is Fellow of the RSA and Chartered Fellow (FBCS CITP) with the British Computer Society.
Faculty
University College London
Dr. Steven Holochwost is a Research Scientist at the Science of Learning Institute and a Visiting Assistant Professor at the School of Education. Prof. Holochwost is also Associate Principal at WolfBrown, where he evaluates programs designed for under-served youth.
Research Scientist
John Hopkins University
Senior management consultant in the corporate sector. A specialist in Thinking Tools and their application in the area of managing organizations, Bartek is an expert on Theory of Constraints in the area of strategy and marketing, innovative product development, and innovative problem solving.
Senior Portfolio Manager
The World Bank
Anirudh Krishna is the Edgar T. Thompson Professor of Public Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. He holds a PhD from Cornell University, and degrees from the Delhi School of Economics and University of Delhi.
Faculty
Duke University
Monks teaches entrepreneurship to music students at Cambridge University and leads the artistic vision of Armonico Consort, an organization that reaches 15,000 youth annually, offering life-changing experiences & performance opportunities through a variety of chorus-based projects.
Faculty, Cambridge University
Founder, Armonico Consort
Ivonne Chand O’Neal, Ph.D., is Chief Research Officer and Senior Policy Analyst for Creativity Testing Services, & Founder of MUSE Research. Dr. O’Neal was Founding Director of Research for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Research Director at the Geffen UCLA School of Medicine.
Chief Research Strategist
Crayola
Dr. Dennie Palmer, Principal Researcher at WolfBrown, is one of the leading arts education researchers and evaluators in the US. She holds a Doctorate from Harvard where she served as a researcher at Project Zero for more than a decade and then headed Harvard PACE.
Principal Researcher
WolfBrown
Rimalovski leads a pan-university initiative to support entrepreneurship and technology commercialization across NYU. He is Managing Director of the NYU Innovation Venture Fund, a seed-stage venture fund formed to invest in startups founded by NYU students, faculty, and researchers.
Managing Director
NYU Innovation Venture Fund
Originally from California and now living in Montreal, Laura Risk performs and teaches Scottish and Québécois fiddling internationally and has over a dozen albums to her credit. She holds a PhD in Musicology from McGill University.
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
Dr. Glenn Schellenberg is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto at Mississauga. He holds degrees in psychology and linguistics from the University of Toronto (BSc), and in psychology, cognitive studies, and statistics from Cornell University (PhD).

Faculty
University of Toronto

Susan is currently on the Board of Directors of King Manor Museum in Jamaica, NY and has contributed over a decade of public service and advocacy work on behalf of New York City’s community education councils. She has an M.L.S. from Columbia University and a B.A. from Barnard College.
Senior Social Sector Librarian
Foundation Center
Benjamin Simmons-Telep is a member of Business for Impact at Georgetown Univerity’s McDonough School of Business.
Business for Impact Teaching Fellow Georgetown University
Louis Songster is the co-founder of the Social Rocket Factory, and the CEO of the climate tech startup Climate.IQ. Louis holds an MS in Fundraising and Grantmaking from New York University.
Co Founder
Social Rocket Factory
Dr. Nathan Street is Director of Fine Arts for Guilford County Schools and Program Manager for the nationally acclaimed Guilford County Schools’ Summer Arts Institute. He holds degrees from Wingate University, UNC Greensboro, and Liberty University.
Director of Fine Arts
Guildford County Schools
Monique Van Willingh is Director of Music and Social Change Programs at Longy School of Music of Bard College. She holds degrees from Longy School of Music and the University of Cape Town (South Africa).
Assistant Dean
New England Conservatory
Melinda Waegerle is an Assistant Professor of Dance Education at UNC Greensboro, where her work focuses on dance education and integration across the curriculum. She earned her BS and MA in Dance Education at UNCG.
Faculty
UNC Greensboro
Ernesto Lewis: Seasoned wealth management pro with 15+ years advising HNW clients. Partner & MD at MMG Bank, leading a team. Board member at Quantia AFP. Business development expert, SMU & Thunderbird grad.
Wight Professor of Business
University of Virginia
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Founder
The Angel Band Project (United States)
Global Arts MBA 2023