The following individuals have been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of ME2/orchestra, a classical music ensemble for individuals with mental health issues and the people who support them:
Lisa Angstman, Ph.D., is a Licensed Psychologist-Doctorate providing individual therapy for adolescents and adults at Cedar Brook Associates in Williston, Vermont. Her clinical interests include adolescent psychology, trauma and recovery, self-injury, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Dr. Angstman lives with her husband and four children in Williston, Vermont. Her family shares an appreciation for music: her youngest son is a violinist in ME2/orchestra, and her oldest daughter is a pianist pursuing a music degree at the New England Conservatory in Boston.
Lori Bottom works as a consultant developing eLearning and instructor lead course wear for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and Vermont Information Processing. She is a graduate of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. She’s written two sewing books, published by Chilton Book Company, that together have sold over 170,000 copies. She and her husband live in Warren, Vermont. They make frequent visits to the Walnut Hill School in Massachusetts where their daughter is studying music.
William Tilley received his education at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and has been a bass player for almost thirty years. He is well known to Vermont concert-going audiences. In addition to being a musician, Tilley has worked in diverse areas of interests. He was chairman for two years of the HIV Resource Allocations Committee which raised and distributed almost 28 million dollars in Federal HIV grant money for the City Of Philadelphia. He has also lectured and written articles about ocean liners and maritime history. Tilley maintains his own private studio in Charlotte, VT, where he teaches not only bass players but a large variety of general music courses to the general public, professionals, and students.
Peter Dwyer recently completed the ten-month program in audio technology at The School of Audio Engineering in Manhattan. He is currently interning and actively working on projects with Big Heavy World, a nonprofit radio station that archives and promotes music in Vermont, and RETN (Regional Educational Television Network), a nonprofit television station that produces and provides educational media in twelve Vermont towns. Dwyer is a graduate of South Burlington High School and played principal trumpet with the Vermont Youth Orchestra for two years. In addition to serving on the Board, Dwyer also rehearses and performs as a member of ME2/orchestra. Born and raised in northern Virginia, he moved to Vermont in 2007 and lives in Williston with his family.