HBS Personnel - 2026 Membership Year
HBS Executive Committee
Steven Plank, President (2026-2027)
Sandy Coffin, Vice President/President-Elect (2026-2027)
Elisa Koehler, Past President
Melissa Rodgers, Treasurer
Jared Wallis, Secretary
Steven Lundahl, Technical Director
Stephen M. Wadsack, General Manager (ex-officio)
HBS Board of Directors
Robert Collins (2025-2027)
Liza Malamut (2024-2026)
Bodie Pfost (2026-2028)
Adrian von Steiger (2021-2026)
Victor Yuen (2026-2028)
* The changes to the By-Laws as adopted in November 2020 states that Directors serve a 3-year term and may stand for relection for one additional term. The President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer are also members of the Board. (See the By-Laws for more details on the structure and governing procedures of the Historic Brass Society.)
Historic Brass Journal Editorial Staff
Stewart Carter, Co-Editor
Howard Weiner, Co-Editor
Benny Sluchin, Production Editor
Historic Brass Journal Editorial Board
Stewart Carter
Trevor Herbert
Kenneth Kreitner
Bryan Proksch (Elected by the Editorial Board - term 2025-2027)
Janet Page
Steven Plank
Helen Roberts
Howard Weiner
Christopher Monk Committee
Bruce Dickey*
Sabine Klaus*
Kenneth Kreitner*
Steve Plank
*Previous recipient of the Monk Award
HBS Staff
Stephen M. Wadsack, General Manager
Nick Harvey, Web Development
Past Staff, Officers and Board Members
We wish to thank the people below for their service to the HBS in alphabetical order. This is not a comprehensive list going back to the beginning of the HBS. If you see a worthy omission or anything that needs correction, please let us know.
| Name | Role(s) | Years |
| Jack Adler-McKean | Web Content Editor | 2020-2022 |
| Steven Anderson | Steering Committee Inaugural Member |
1989 1989 |
| Barry Baugess | Production Editor, Historic Brass Journal | 1991-??? |
| Cody Beard | Treasurer | 2023-2024 |
| Phil Benson | Treasurer | 1989 |
| Alex Bonus | Treasurer | ~2017-2022 |
| Ann Bundy | General Manager | 2024-2025 |
| Stewart Carter | Executive Editor/Co-Editor of the Historic Brass Journal and Chairman of the Editorial Board Steering Committe Inaugural Member |
1992- 1989 1989 |
| Sandy Coffin | VicePresident Events Committee Chair and organizer of multiple conferences Associate Editor Historic Brass Journal |
2026-2027 2022-2025 1992-? |
| Michael Collver | Steering Committee Inaugural Member |
1989 1989 |
| Stanley Curtis | Vice President President |
2021 2022-2023 |
| Jason Dovel | Board of Directors | ~2017-2025 |
| Ralph Dudgeon | Steering Committe Inaugural Member |
1989 1989 |
| Stephen Escher | Steering Committee Inaugural Member |
1989 1989 |
| Nick Harvey | Technical Director Technical Staff |
2023-2024 2023- |
| Trevor Herbert | Editorial Board Chair, Monk Award Committee Board of Directors |
???-2024 ~2003??-2024 ???-~2018 |
| Doug Hedwig | Steering Committee Inaugural Member |
1989 1989 |
| Joanna Hersey | Secretary Membership Committee |
2021-2024 2021-2024 |
| Fred Holmgren | Steering Committee Inaugural Member |
1989 1989 |
| Douglas Kirk | Steering Committee Inaugural Member |
1989 1989 |
| Linda Klein | Assistand Secretary | 1990 |
| Kenneth Kreitner | Editorial Board | ???- |
| Craig Kridel | Steering Committee Inaugural Member |
1989 1989 |
| Charlotte Leonard | Secretary | ???-2020 |
| Steven Lundahl | "Webmaster" Board of Directors Technical Director Interim Treasurer Inaugural Member Lifetime Member |
~1999-2019 ~2018-2024 2020-2023, 2025- 2022-2023, 2024-2026 1989 2024-Life |
| Liza Malamut | Board of Directors | ~2024-2026 |
| Audrey C. Manganaro | Social Media Editor | 2021-2023 |
| William Matthews | Steering Committee Inaugural Member |
1989 1989 |
| Scott Muntefering | Board of Directors | 2023-2025 |
| Arnold Myers | Editorial Board | ???-2024 |
| Jeff Nussbaum | President Managing Editor, Historic Brass Journal Events Committee |
1988-2020 1989-2020 2020- |
| Michael O'Connor | Newsletter Editor Web Content Editor Managing Editor, Historic Brass Today |
~1989-2005 ~2005-~20?? 2021-2024 |
| Janet Page | Editorial Board | 2023???- |
| Ben Peck | Board of Directors Executive Committee Inaugural Member Treasurer |
???-??? 1989 1989 1990-?? |
| Steven Plank | President Vice President, President-Elect Editorial Board |
2026-2027 2023-2025 ???- |
| Keith Polk | Steering Committee Inaugural Member |
1989 1989 |
| Brian Proksch | Web Content Editor Editorial Board, Elected member |
20??-2021 2025-2027 |
| Helen Roberts | Production Editor, Historic Brass Today Editorial Board |
2021-2024 2023???- |
| Viola Roth | Co-Production Editor, Historic Brass Journal Steering Committee Inaugural Member |
1989-1992? 1989 1989 |
| Anneke Scott | Board of Directors | 2021-2023 |
| Richard Seraphinoff | Steering Committee Inaugural Member |
1989 1989 |
| Benny Sluchin | Production Editor, Historic Brass Journal | ~1989???- |
| Karen Snowberg | Secretary Co-Production Editor, Historic Brass Journal Inaugural Member |
1989 1989-1992? 1989 |
| Adrian von Steiger | Board of Directors | 2021-2026 |
| Robert Stibler | Steering Committee Inaugural Member |
1989 1989 |
| Bradley Strauchen-Scherer | Board of Directors | ~2017-2022 |
| John Thomas | News Editor, Historic Brass Journal Executive Committee Inaugural Member |
1989 1989 1989 |
| Stephen Wadsack | General Manager | 2025- |
| Howard Weiner | Co-editor of HBJ and member Editorial Board | ???- |
| Chris Whitehead | Editor, Historic Brass Journal, Editorial Board Steering Committee Inaugural Member |
1989-1991 1989 1989 |
Note: In 1989, there were 320 Inaugural Members. By 1992, there were around 500 members and library subscriptions.
