Frances Robertson
Chair

• AmSAT Board of Directors, Member-at -Large, elected 2003.
• Private Practice Binghamton, NY, Montrose, PA 1996.
• Group classes, Broome Community College, YWCA, Binghamton, NY.
• Graduated American Center for The Alexander Technique, NYC 1992.
• Bachelor Fine Arts, Boston University, School of the Arts, Theatre Department, 1974.
• Professional Actress, 1974-1996.
• Retired Union Member in good standing of Actors Equity, Screen Actors Guild, Am. Fed. TV and Radio Artists.

Ralph Zito
Past Chair and Secretary

• Elected Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT) - 2005
• Chair, Continuing Education Guidelines Committee
• Certified, American Center for the Alexander Technique, June 1999
• Diploma in Acting, The Juilliard School Drama Division, June 1985
• AB cum laude in Biological Anthropology, Harvard University, June 1981
• Theater voice teacher and voice/dialect coach for professional theater productions since 1988
• Faculty, The Juilliard School Drama Division since 1992; Chair, Voice and Speech Department since 1999

Clare Maxwell
Treasurer

• Elected Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT) 2005
• Certified, American Center for the Alexander Technique, New York City, June 2000
• Volunteer Faculty, American Center for the Alexander Technique, 2000 - present
• Bachelor of Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, concentration in dance and political science, 1986
• Private Practice and group classes in New York City since 2000, with a special interest in applying the principles of the technique to developmental movement and to the process of making dances
• Professional Choreographer, Dancer, and teacher of dance for children, nonprofessionals, and professionals, 1980 - present

Patricia Gallup
Member at Large and Affiliated Societies Representative

• As Member-at-Large, currently serves as AmSAT's official representative to the global group of 15 Affiliated Societies. Has served on the Board of Directors since June 2002, serving as Chair Elect, Chair, Past Chair.
  
• Believes in passionate, articulate, and accurate promotion of the Alexander Technique and AmSAT.
  
• Primary practice is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan; also teaches in Three Rivers, Michigan and Northern Indiana. 
  
• Graduated in December 1998, from Victoria Training Course for the Alexander Technique, London, England. Has been a Teaching Member of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (STAT), London, since 1999, and a Teaching Member of AmSAT since returning from England early in 2000.
  
• Professional Background: 1979 - 1995, Technical Training Specialist, Designer, and Marketing Communication Coordinator for Knoll Inc, a global office furniture / seating manufacturer.
  
• Bachelor of Arts Degree in Design from California State University, Los Angeles, 1974.

Alex Farkas
Member at Large

• Elected Member-at-large June 2007.
• Member, Continuing Education Committee.
• Certified, Victoria Training Course (UK), Shoshana Kaminitz,
• 1998, Member STAT (UK)
• Former Faculty School of Music, Yale University; Hartt School, U. of Hartford
• Currently teaching at Bard College Conservatory Program and Conductors Institute;
• B. A., The City College, New York, 1962; M. M., Manhattan School of Music, 1965; Diploma,
• Kodaly Musical Training Institute, 1975
• Pianist, active chamber music player, voice teacher and vocal accompanist.

Don Higdon
Member at Large

• Trained at Manhattan Center for the Alexander Technique. Certified in 2005.
• Service on Government Relations Committee began in 2005.
• AB in English Literature, Brown University, 1958
• President Higdon Elevator Co. (Sold to Thyssen Krupp in 2004).
• Board of Directors, National Association of Elevator Contractors.
• Former Chairman of the Board, YCS, New Jersey's largest non-profit welfare agency for needy children.
• Bassist with Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra; freelance jazz player.

Priscilla Hunt
Member at Large

• Member at large, July 2005-June 2006
• Alexander Technique post-graduate training on John Nicholls' post- graduate course, 'The Carrington Way of Working.', 2005-2006.
• AmSAT and ATCNE teaching certifications, January 2003; AmSAT membership since 2002.
• In practice at Amherst MA from 2003; Group classes in Pioneer Valley, MA.
• Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures, Stanford University, 1979.
• M.A. with distinction in Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of California at Berkeley, 1972.
• B.A. magna cum laude in Russian, Barnard College, 1969.
• First chair flutist, Boston youth Symphony, 1964.
• Winner of concerto competition to play with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, 1960.

Don Kieffer
Lay Member

• BA, Psychology, Clark University, 1975
• Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of South Dakota, 1979
• Clinical Fellow, Harvard University Medical School, 1978-1979
• National Director of Training, The Diet Workshop, 1985 – 1990
• Private Practice in Psychotherapy, 1992 – Present
• Entrepreneur for several small businesses1
• Chair, Humanities and Social Science Department, New England Institute of Technology, 2003 to present
• Actor/Director/Producer for community theater groups, 1981 to present
• Married to an Alexander Technique Teacher since 1984