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Mission

Founded in 1984, the mission of the Alumni and Friends (A&F) is to raise funds, mainly through an endowment, to benefit the school and its students; to bring together students, alumni, and friends of the school and its two legacy institutions, The High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts High School, to assure continuity of community support for the school; and to promote the highest standards of excellence in arts education. 

A&F is a non-profit, 501 (c) 3 organization. Our EIN is 13-3166108. You may examine our filings with the New York State Department of Law here.

Peter Frishauf, M&A 66
pfrishauf@yahoo.com

Staff

Executive Director: Steve Asher                                                          steve.asher@alumniandfriends.org  

Administrative Assistant: Natalia Stachula, LaG 06 natalia.stachula@alumniandfriends.org

Administrative Assistant: Kyle Hausmann                                             kyle@alumniandfriends.org                                                                                                         
Board of Directors
Officers

Peter Frishauf, President M&A 66 pfrishauf@yahoo.com

Barbara Weitz Pollard, Vice President, PA 53

Peter Bakstansky, Past President, M&A 57

Walter Mankoff, Secretary, M&A 47,

Michael Kates, Treasurer, M&A 57
 

Directors

Abigail Edgecliffe-Johnson LaG 94, Benjamin Flaim LaG 96, Warren Kass M&A 52, Gabriel Kosakoff M&A 44, Christine J. Scott-Deutsch M&A 67

Kim Bruno, Ex Officio, Principal, F.H. LaGuardia H.S.

Honorary Board

Carole Bayer Sager, Shelly Berger, James Burrows, James Conlon, Audrey Flack, Charles Fox, Norman Gladney, Milton Glaser, Peter A. Kavanagh, Richard A. Klein,* Linda Kline, June LeBell, Irene Oxman Levoy,* Hal Linden, Priscilla Lopez, Melissa Manchester, Peter Nero, Toby Perlman, Robert Rindler, Tony Roberts, Jerrold Ross,* Esmeralda Santiago, Neal Slavin, Susan Levitt Stamberg, Nasha Thomas-Schmidt, Jonathan Strasser,* Marcus Thompson, Suzanne Vega, Herbert Wachtell, Palomba Charach Weingartern, Peter Yarrow.  

*These Honorary Directors have Also Served on the Board