The Atlanta Music Project

Board of Directors

  • Philip M. Juravel, CPA, CITP

    BOARD CHAIR & TREASURER

    Phil Juravel is the owner of Juravel & Company, LLC, a small full service CPA firm in Alpharetta, Georgia in operation since 1987. Phil is presently the Treasurer of the Georgia Ensemble Theatre Company in Roswell, Georgia. The company operates out of the Roswell Municipal Auditorium and does numerous main stage professional productions as well as a Conservatory for children in the summer. They also do several productions for the local schools…Read More

  • Dr. Ebbie Parsons, III

    Dr. Parsons is Managing Partner at Yardstick Learning, which provides specialized management and operations consulting services to K-12 schools, school districts, mid-cap businesses (<$250MM), non-profits, arts-based organizations, and faith-based organizations. Formerly, Dr. Parsons was Chief Operating Officer at Learn It Systems, where he was responsible for management oversight of Learn It Systems’ operations…Read More

  • Aisha Bowden

    Aisha Bowden is Acting Executive Director and  Co-Founder/Director of AMPlify, the Choral Program of the Atlanta Music Project. In 2012, Aisha completed the Sistema Fellows program, a prestigious, post-gradaute fellowship of New England Conservatory that trains gifted musicians and educators to lead El Sistema-inspired programs in the United States. Prior to the fellowship, Aisha was an award-winning public school music educator for nine years…Read More

  • Dantes Rameau

    Born in Ottawa, Canada, bassoonist Dantes Rameau is of Haitian and Cameroonian descent. He is Founder of Empowered Artists Consulting, which provides “Strategies For Social Good” to arts-based non-profits. Prior to this, he co-founded the Atlanta Music Project and spent 2.5 years as its Executive Director where he raised over $750,000 dollars…Read More

  • James Watson, CFA

    James Watson is Director of Music at the Ben Franklin Academy and the Program Director for Village Capital. James splits his time between running student bands, facilitation music performance classes, and working with impact driven entrepreneurs to help them develop strong business models, successful ventures, and connect to sources of funding…Read More

  • Jim Williams

    Jim Williams, a Chicago native, is the founder and CEO of M.O.R.E. Computer Supplies, a Michigan based company that provides a full line of office products from computers and office furniture, to gift baskets and paper clips Jim is semi retired and is in the third year of a five year plan for employees to purchase his interest, and is looking forward to the completion of the process…Read More

  • Austin Dickson

    Austin Dickson is President and Executive Director of Literacy Action, Georgia’s largest nonprofit provider of adult basic education. Before joining Literacy Action, Dickson served as director of philanthropy for Action Ministries, a statewide, faith-based, homeless services and basic needs organization. He also has worked for the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta on its regional and environmental initiatives…Read More

  • Joyce A. Moore

    Joyce A. Moore is a life long resident of the metropolitan Atlanta area and grew up in Lawrenceville, GA. She graduated from Clark Atlanta University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Education…Read More