Staff

Part Time Staff:

3

Full Time Staff:

1

Contract Staff:

15

Volunteers Annually:

25

Retention Rate:

100%

Lech Usinowicz, Executive Director
Start Date: 2013

Lech Usinowicz, Executive Director/Founder of BFF (October 2013), graduated with honors in music education and music business from Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO, has taught elementary music for 7 years, plus 2 years as middle school and high school orchestra director for Bayfield Schools. He completed all three levels of Orff-Schulwerk certification in June 2011. Lech is a bassist in the San Juan Symphony, assisted in merging the Durango Youth Symphony and San Juan Youth Symphony, and was named Artistic Director of the San Juan Youth Symphony Orchestra in August 2016. He co-founded (2011) and serves as Academic Director for the Durango Chamber Music Academy. Ensembles under his direction have won numerous (17 and counting) gold medals at Elitch Garden's music festivals from 2011 to present.

Teresa Walter, Office Manager
Start Date: 2020

Teresa Walter has a variety of office and project management experiences in the Denver and Boulder areas prior to moving to SW Colorado in the fall of 2019. She has a lifelong passion for music and helping others. Teresa joined Be FRANK in the fall of 2020 taking on bookkeeping and office manager duties.

Karl Herr, Associate Executive Director
Start Date: 2016

Karl Herr, BFF Board member since January 2016 and Associate Director since October 2016, retired after 34 years in public education, including 21 years as a school administrator, four as Personnel Director, and nine as a teacher. His duties including proposal, grant, and newsletter writing in addition to various administrative tasks. He has worked predominantly with minority populations, mostly on/near the Navajo Nation. An amateur musician and songwriter, he has been part of several Americana bands over the the last 20 years.

Boards

Board Type:

Local

Meetings per Year:

12

Term Length:

2

Term Limit:

3

Total # of Board Members:

6

Clients on Board:

Yes

# of Client Board Members:

4

Board Demographics:

Female:

3

Male:

3

Transgender Female:

0

Transgender Male:

0

Gender Other:

0

Black or African American:

0

Asian:

0

White:

4

Hispanic or Latino:

1

Multiracial:

1

American Indian or Alaska Native:

0

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander:

0

Other Ethnicities:

0

Average Number of Years Current Board Members Have Served on Board

3

Attendance Percentage for Board Meetings

84%

Percentage of Board Members that Contribute Dollars

100%

Percentage of Board Members that Contribute In-Kind

100%

Percentage of Board Members that have Completeted the Colorado Secretary of State's Nonprofit Board Member Course:

0%

Nonprofit completed the Colorado Nonprofit Association's Excellence in Principles & Practices Recognition Program?

No

Committees

Board Development / Board Orientation
Board Governance
Community Outreach / Community Relations
Finance
Fundraising