Elliott Forrest

Executive Artistic Director

Elliott is a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and producer. He is currently heard on Classical 105.9FM WQXR and guest-hosts for Leonard Lopate and John Schaefer and on WNYC. He is the Executive Artistic Director of ArtsRock. He's produced at The Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Center and scores of concerts, events and shows. He is the host and producer of the national radio concerts of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; and hosts and produces regular podcasts for the New York Philharmonic; has been the 'voice' of CNN and LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER on PBS. For more than 12 years he was with the A&E Television Network as host of Breakfast with the Arts and Biography.

Joe Morley

President

Joe has over 30 years of experience in the design, production and execution of all types of live events. Formally trained as a director and designer, Joe's theatrical credits include positions with The Baltimore and Annapolis Opera Companies, The Baltimore and Washington Ballet Companies, and the Broadway shows When Hell Freezes Over I'll Skate, On The 20th Century, Speed The Plow, and Sarafina.

Since leaving the Great White Way, Joe has brought this experience and expertise to his work as a producer for corporate events and videos. He has produced major events and installations for Marriott, Johnson & Johnson, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Kimberly Clark, to name just a few.

As a partner in the film production company Studio on Hudson, Joe has five feature length films on his resume. He was co-executive producer of the 2008 Sundance Award winning film Anywhere USA, and of Morgan Spurlock's critically-acclaimed and Academy Award nominated film, Super Size Me.

Joe has been a Rockland resident since 1997 and served as the very first president of ArtsRock before resuming the position this year.

Deirdre McLary

Vice President

Deirdre moved to Nyack from NYC in 2002. A native NYer, she attended Music & Art High School for flute and voice, and went on to study literature and writing at Queens College & Columbia University. Her love of music landed her a job as a publicity assistant for CBS Columbia Records in 1989, where she worked on campaigns for Mariah Carey, Leonard Cohen, Michael Bolton, Chris Whitley and Jamiroquai to name a few.

Upon moving to Nyack she shifted careers and moved into health care as a doula, childbirth educator and lactation consultant. She was a founding member of the Metropolitan Doula Group, one of the oldest collaborative doula advocacy groups. She served on their board for ten years and was influential in growing their numbers. Since 2010 Deirdre has been working for local Nyack pediatrician Dr. Kenneth Zatz as a lactation consultant and medical assistant.

Over the years she and her family have remained active and dedicated to supporting local arts and family programming. She led the local chapter of La Leche League for over a decade. She has held board positions with Children's Shakespeare Theater and Nursery School of the Nyacks. And at two different times she was acting President of DramaWorks, the Nyack High School parent-run fundraising and support group for theater arts in the Nyack school district.

Tim Domini

Treasurer

Tim has worked in financial management roles for over 25 years working in many industries until spending the last 15 years in the not-for-profit sector. Currently Tim is working at the New York Restoration Project.

Beyond Tim's work in accounting and finance he has held community leadership roles serving on the board for ten years of a co-op, nine years on the board for a community theater group, five years on the board of the Clarkstown theater festival and ten years as the co-chair of a chapter of a nationally-recognized networking group for Financial Professionals. Tim teaches one day a year at Julliard a presentation on how to look at not-for-profit financials.

Tim, a lifelong singer, is still actively singing with both Ridgewood Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company, the Woodcliff Lake Choraliers, and the Reform Temple of Rockland choir. Occasionally, you may find him at an open mic playing guitar and singing.

Married for more than 30 years to Barbara, Tim has one son who is a professional music theater performer.

Tim earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance and a Master in Business Administration from Babson College.

Simon Basner

Simon is an accomplished businessman and a patron of the creative arts. His passions include a healthy lifestyle, enjoying the Hudson River, and designing and refining unique buildings and homes. Community has always been a focus in his life. He served for 10 years as an active member of the Zoning Board of Appeals in his local village of Piermont, NY. Simon was the founder and original owner of Union Arts Center in Sparkill, NY. Simon's keen eye for detail and civic vision have greatly enhanced his ongoing input and guidance as an active member to the ArtsRock Board.

Jason Robert Brown

Jason is a Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist for the musical theater. His shows include Parade, The Last Five Years, The Bridges of Madison County, 13, Songs for a New World, Honeymoon in Vegas, Mr. Saturday Night, and his two new shows, The Connector and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. As a singer-songwriter, Jason tours the world performing with his band and orchestras, and he has released three widely acclaimed solo albums, Wearing Someone Else's Clothes, How We React and How We Recover, and Coming From Inside The House. Several of his songs, including "Stars and the Moon," "Still Hurting," and "Hope," have become concert and cabaret standards. He lives in Nyack with his wife, composer Georgia Stitt, and their two daughters.