Executive Committee
OFFICERS
Will Silvio – President
Professor, Harmony
wsilvio@berklee.edu x8206
Faculty Bio
David Thorne Scott
Executive Vice President
Professor, Voice
dscott@berklee.edu x2822
Faculty Bio
I get a thrill out of making and maintaining relationships with my neighbors. I get a thrill out of collaborating with musicians and venue staff to communicate emotion to audiences. I get a thrill from helping students from all over the world achieve their dreams. I get a thrill from engaging fellow Berklee Faculty Union members in order to build power. The theme? Relationships are wealth. We can’t pull together unless we talk together.
Andrew Shryock
Secretary/Treasurer
Associate Professor, Core Music
ashryock@berklee.edu
Faculty Bio
I'm proud to work for the Union because an organized faculty ensures a fair and transparent relationship with administration. This allows every one of us to bring our best energy and do our best work at Berklee.
Prince Charles Alexander
Grievance Officer
Professor, Music Production and Engineering
pcalexander@berklee.edu x3168
Faculty Bio
Prince Charles believes that the Berklee Faculty Union is one of the strongest faculty unions in academia. He is the son of an OFCCP and EEOC investigator whose role as the Berklee Faculty Union Grievance Officer has given him an invaluable lens into issues that affect us all as employees of the institution, and as role models for our students. Prince Charles uses his Music Production and Engineering skill sets as a basis for communication building between faculty, administration and student concerns.
Elizabeth Seitz
Vice President, Full-Time Faculty
Professor, Core Music
eseitz@berklee.edu
Faculty Bio
Elizabeth has been a member of the union executive committee since the merger between The Boston Conservatory and Berklee in 2016. She believes that a strong union means better working conditions for faculty. Ultimately, better working conditions mean a better learning environment for students.
Nichelle Mungo
Vice President, Part-Time Faculty
Associate Professor, Voice
njmungo@berklee.edu x8957
Faculty Bio
I was voted in unanimously and unbeknownst. It was stated to me by the committee: "The work you are doing for our community is not going unnoticed." By any means, I am one to stand for and do what is right to the best of my abilities, even when having to stand alone speaking unpopular truths. Prior to being appointed, the union has always been supportive and responsive to any need I had (including one of unfair treatment). Earnestly giving back is always the best policy and being in a position to do so is an honor! Since being a part, I continue to realize the importance of advocating for our elite faculty as we are in the trenches of cultivating our extraordinary students, and deserve both satisfactory conditions to teach in as well as equitable pay for our services.
DIVISION REPRESENTATIVES
Wendy Rolfe
Performance
Professor, Woodwinds
wrolfe@berklee.edu
Faculty Bio
Laboring on an assembly line in a bakery factory revealed to Wendy the importance of collective action in achieving improved working conditions. She has served on national and local Boards of Directors, learning non-profit leadership and tax codes. In addition to being on several BFU Contract negotiation teams, Wendy has also been on teams negotiating Collective Bargaining Agreements for two Boston Musicians' Association (Union) orchestras.
Michael Abraham
Professional Writing and Technology
Associate Professor, Music Production and Engineering
mabraham@berklee.edu x8584
Faculty Bio
Alicia Bower
Professional Education
Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts
abower@berklee.edu x6517
Faculty Bio
Alicia has been a proud supporter of unions since attending her first union rally with her parents when she was 7 years old. She is a member of a number of campus groups that support positive change in the college and community. Alicia has a research background, which helps her to understand the importance of thoroughly investigating complex organizations.
Michael Hanley
Music, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Assistant Professor, Voice and Opera
mhanley@berklee.edu
Faculty Bio
Michael Hanley is excited to begin his role as a member of the Union Executive Committee. He is a former member of NYSUT and Syracuse University Adjuncts United, where he was a strong advocate for the interests of part-time faculty.
Paul Masters
Theater, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Assistant Professor, Theater
pmasters@berklee.edu
Faculty Bio
Paul has represented the Boston Conservatory at Berklee's Theatre Division on the UEC since 2019. As a representative, Paul has been involved in the Union's Anti-Racism Committee (ARC), as well as efforts to support part-time faculty, achieve cross-institutional parity, and build faculty community within the Theatre Division. Paul is excited to continue working with the Union for another term!
Denise Pons-Leone
Dance, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Professor, Dance
dpons@berklee.edu
COUNCILORS
Utar Artun
Assistant Professor, Ensembles
uartun@berklee.edu x6531
Faculty Bio
Utar Artun is a dedicated researcher and analyst. Especially, on workplace benefits, financial well-being, wealth growth, and retirement planning. Utar had a chance to experience various hardships of being an international and part-timer. With this in mind, Artun brings an international perspective to BFU.
Michael Johnson
Professor, Contemporary Writing & Production
mjjohnson@berklee.edu x6050
Faculty Bio
I am in my 14th year at Berklee as a Part-timer, and my second term as a Councilor in the Berklee Faculty Union. I proudly represent my colleagues in this position. I also maintain the BFU website. I am proud of the work we have done fighting for our faculty in the last two years, especially as a pandemic potentially threatened our lives and livelihoods. From the vantage point of a part-time faculty member, I believe the work of the Union has left me in a better place than my part-time colleagues at other institutions.
Teodros Kiros
Professor, Liberal Arts
tkiros@berklee.edu
Faculty Bio
At a crucial time in which the human is dissolving in race, gender, sex and class, we need a new voice who looks at the American condition through the lens of the human and restore the battered dignity of blacks and browns, who are being killed everywhere, and women of all colors who are still being treated unfairly. My work at the union as a professional moral philosopher is to highlight, analytically dissect and formulate alternatives to the deplorable present condition, as this applies to our condition at Berklee.
Stephanie Reich
Professor, Liberal Arts
sreich1@berklee.edu x6031
Faculty Bio
Stephanie is a Full Professor of Social Sciences in Liberal Arts,( Part-time) who has been teaching a full-time load at Berklee for fourteen years and has served on the UEC since 2016.
She brings to the classroom and to UEC an extensive background in music and urban studies/ politics. Courses: City Life, City Blues, Blues and Southern Cultures. Her analysis skills include agenda setting, decision making processes, leadership and organizational behavior case studies. Stephanie’s parenting skills are refreshed each semester.
Rachel Devorah Wood Rome
Assistant Professor, Electronic Production & Design
rrome@berklee.edu
Faculty Bio
Since arriving at Berklee in 2017, Rachel has worked in and outside of the classroom towards gender equity and social justice. As a former public and corrections librarian in New York City, Rachel’s union organizing started with the AFSCME AFL-CIO Local 130 and she’s proud to bring her unique experience to the Berklee Faculty Union. Rachel teaches in the Creative Coding minor and is an avid urban gardener and forager.
Department Reps
Berklee
Professional Education
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kevin Block-Schwenk
Faculty Bio
kblockschwenk@berklee.edu
Music Business and Management
Andrea Johnson
Faculty Bio
arjohnson@berklee.edu
Music Therapy
Brian Jantz
Faculty Bio
bjantz@berklee.edu
Professional Music
Jes Perry
Faculty Bio
jsarinperry@berklee.edu
Professional Performance
Bass
Tom Appleman
Faculty Bio
tappleman@berklee.edu
Brass
Wendy Rolfe
Faculty Bio
wrolfe@berklee.edu
Ear Training
Robin Ginenthal
Faculty Bio
rginenthal@berklee.edu
Ensemble
Rebecca Cline
Faculty Bio
rcline@berklee.edu x2993
Guitar
Bobby Stanton
Faculty Bio
bstanton@berklee.edu
Percussion
Sergio Bellotti
Faculty Bio
sbellotti@berklee.edu
Piano
Hey Rim Jeon
Faculty Bio
hjeon@berklee.edu
String
Mimi Rabson
Faculty Bio
mrabson@berklee.edu
Voice
David Scott
Faculty Bio
dscott@berklee.edu
Woodwind
Wendy Rolfe
Faculty Bio
wrolfe@berklee.edu
Professional Writing and Music Technology
Composition
Margaret McAllister
Faculty Bio
mmcallister@berklee.edu
Contemporary Writing and Production
Michael Johnson
Faculty Bio
mjjohnson@berklee.edu
Electronic Production and Design
Daedelus Darlington
adarlington@berklee.edu
Film Scoring
Andreas Bjorck
Faculty Bio
abjorck@berklee.edu
Harmony and Jazz Composition
Winnie Dahlgren
Faculty Bio
wdahlgren@berklee.edu
Music Production and Engineering
Bora Uslusoy
Faculty Bio
buslusoy@berklee.edu
Songwriting
Jimmy Kachulis
Faculty Bio
jkachulis@berklee.edu
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Dance
Alissa Cardone
Faculty Bio
acardone@berklee.edu
Theater
Paul Masters
Faculty Bio
pmasters@berklee.edu
Voice and Opera
Marilyn Bulli
Faculty Bio
mbulli@berklee.edu