Gabriel Sakakeeny
Executive Director
Gabriel Sakakeeny is a visionary polymath with a deep background in the arts and sciences. He is an internationally-recognized conductor, composer, inventor, and organizational consultant with more than three decades experience in transforming people and organizations through insight learning, new technologies, and creative, strategic change initiatives.
His wide experience includes lead audio engineer for Precision Fidelity, co-founder of Jupiter Systems (now Antares Audio Technologies,) president and founding Music Director of the American Philharmonic Association, strategic change consultant to Hewlett-Packard, Agilent Technologies, Verigy, and many others. He is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.
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Catharine Bramkamp
President, Board of Directors
Catharine Bramkamp holds an MA in Creative Writing from Sonoma State University and a BA in English from UC Santa Barbara and a professional certificate from SSU specifically for Social Media.
She is the author of twenty books, a published poet and podcaster. She is currently teaching for Sierra College and the University of Hawaii. She currently serves as a board member for the Nevada County Arts Council, Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce and Empire Country Club. She is a past board member for the American Philharmonic.
She lives in Nevada City, CA with her husband.
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Krisha Montmorency
Secretary, Board of Directors
Krisha Montmorency has more than two decades of experience as an orchestra violinist, personnel manager, music librarian, and international tour manager. She intimately understands the needs of working musicians and the staff and audiences that support them. She has served on the Board of Directors for the American Philharmonic Association and is a member of the American Federation of Musicians.
Ms. Montmorency currently serves as Music Librarian for Classical Tahoe and co-founder of GSKM Music Services. She collaborates closely with musicians and conductors from the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Opera, Toronto Symphony, Chicago Symphony, and other world-class institutions.
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Wendell Diller
Vice President, Board of Directors
Wendell Diller is internationally recognized as an industry leader in the field of high fidelity audio. He has marketed Magneplanar loudspeakers for almost fifty years and will continue to do so as long as his health allows. But serving as the VP Marketing for Magnepan Inc. has only been a means to an end.
The son of a minister in a small community church in Grants Pass, Oregon, he attended Grace Bible College in Grand Rapids, Michigan to follow in his parent's footsteps. That did not go well. But, with experienc comes wisdom. He saw that there are many ways one can minister to the spiritual and emotional needs of people. Sharing great music with people is one of those ways, and so he found his niche in music technology.
Passionate about inventions and designs since he was a boy, Mr. Diller is now a veteran inventor holding six patents in the area of natural conservation and outdoor living. That same life-long passion for ground breaking inventions is what brought him to The OSIRES™ Project as its primary driver and main exponent.
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Matt Naughtin
Member, Board of Directors
Matt Naughtin is a renowned orchestra librarian, composer, violinist, and author. Music Librarian for the San Francisco Ballet since 1997, he is the author of Ballet Music: A Handbook, the authoritative reference work on ballet music published by Rowman & Littlefield. From 1977 to 1997, he played in the Omaha Symphony Orchestra and served as the Symphony's Music Librarian, Program Annotator, Resident Composer, and Musical Arranger. He has also served as Music Librarian of the Peninsula Music Festival, Colorado Music Festival and San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
He is a graduate of Northwestern University in Music Performance with an emphasis in violin and composition. As the proud father of a daughter and a son, he is now a proud grandfather as well.