NATIONAL ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION - Key Persons
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Vice President, Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Director, the Judson Foundation
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- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
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- Assistant Secretary
- Assistant Treasurer
- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
- Member of the OFFICERS Team
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Executive Director
- Member of the OFFICERS Team
Executive Director Eric Kuttner began his affiliation with the National Orchestral Association as a volunteer. Recognizing his extraordinary talents, NOA's late Chairman Frances Kennedy recruited Mr. Kuttner to write and edit the documentary, Leon Barzin and the National Orchestral Association, and subsequently he became Executive Director. He also created the Association's website, and manages the day-to-day activities of the Association.
In addition to his duties as Executive Director, Mr. Kuttner has been seen on the New York stage in a variety of Off-Broadway productions, and on television in various national commercials for major corporations. Most recently he appeared at New York's HERE Arts Center, performing the title role in The Diamond Eater, a play written by Tony-nominated costume designer Carrie Robbins. Mr. Kuttner received his BA from SUNY-Binghamton, and was awarded the Levin Scholarship at Rutgers University, where he received his MFA in Acting. He also won an interdisciplinary grant from the Mason Gross School of the Arts for a production of one of his plays. Other works of his were produced in New York by the American Folk Theater and the Waterfront Ensemble. He is an alumnus of the National Music Camp, Interlochen.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Secretary
- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
- Member of the OFFICERS Team
Job Titles:
- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
- Member of the OFFICERS Team
- Secretary
- Treasurer
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- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
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- Attorney
- Chairman
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
- Member of the OFFICERS Team
- President
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Macula Foundation
Matthew Trachtenberg is an attorney, and Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Orchestral Association. In 2006, Mr. Trachtenberg retired from a career in banking, having held a variety of senior officer positions, most recently as a Senior Vice President with U.S. Trust. He also served as a Managing Director of First Republic Bank, held private banking positions with both Fleet Bank and PNC, and for over two decades served in various executive capacities for Manufacturers Hanover Corporation, including Secretary of the Board and Officer-in-Charge of the Manufacturers Hanover Foundation.
Mr. Trachtenberg has been an active volunteer for many non-profit organizations. In addition to his leadership role with the National Orchestral Association, he served for almost two decades as a Trustee of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, where he was Treasurer and Chairman of the Finance Committee. In 1998, he was a recipient of the United Hospital Fund of New York's Distinguished Hospital Trustee Award. He also served as a Trustee of Continuum Health Partners, was a member of the Education Advisory Committee for the Lighthouse for the Blind, a trustee of the Joffrey Ballet, and is a former President of the USO of Metropolitan New York.
Mr. Trachtenberg is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Macula Foundation (dedicated to leading-edge research on diseases of the retina, including macular degeneration), where he serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee. In addition, he is a Director, Treasurer and Secretary of the Pat Palmer Foundation, an organization dedicated to the protection, preservation and health of parrots.