Executive Director

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Executive Director	Mr. Jonah Rabinowitz
E-mail	jonahr@wosmith.org
Term Start	August 1995
Jonah's Experience: A native of New York, Jonah Rabinowitz has been the Executive Director of W.O. Smith/Nashville Community Music School since 1995. As a musician, he received his training at the Manhattan School of Music and later attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA. While there, he studied with Charles Schleuter (principal trumpet of the Boston Symphony Orchestra) and earned a Bachelor of Music degree in trumpet performance.Rabinowitz's performing career includes positions as the principal trumpet of the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic, principal trumpet of the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra, Atlanta Opera, and performances and recordings with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He has also been a faculty member at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta.Rabinowitz is the former director of the Georgia Academy of Music in Atlanta. From 2011-12, he was the president of Tennesseans for the Arts, Tennessee's leading arts advocacy group. He was a member of the steering committee for the Nashville Arts Coalition and also served as a member of Mayor Karl Dean's Music City Music Council. Rabinowitz graduated from Leadership Music in 1998. He also graduated from Leadership Nashville in 2013; after graduation he served as a member of the Leadership Nashville Logistics Team for the class of 2014.Rabinowitz was the recipient of the 2011 Edwina Hefner Community Leadership Award from the Nashville Symphony and the 2011 Governor's Arts Award for Leadership from TN Governor Haslam and the Tennessee Arts Commission.

Senior Staff

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Name	Title
Dr. Allyson McIntyre	Program Director
Mr. Jordan Morrison	Music Education Director
Ms. Anna Arata	Director of Donor & Media Relations

Staff

Full Time Staff	4
Part Time Staff	1
Volunteers	175
Contractors	0
Retention Rate	100%

Plans & Policies

Does your organization have a Fundraising Plan?	Under Development
Does your organization have a Strategic Plan?	Under Development
Years Strategic Plan Considers	5
When was the Strategic Plan adopted?	October 2023
Does your organization have a Management Succession Plan?	Under Development
Does your organization have a Policy and Procedure Plan?	Yes
Does the organization have a Nondiscrimination Policy?	Yes
Does the organization have a Whistle Blower Policy?	Yes
Does the organization have a Document Destruction Policy?	No

Evaluation

Is there a formal evaluation for...		Frequency (if applicable)
CEO/Executive Director	Yes	Annually
Senior Management	Yes	Annually
Non-Management	No	N/A

Affiliations

Affiliation	Year
Americans for the Arts	2009
Berklee City Music Network	2017
Nashville Arts Coalition	1995
National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts - Member	2014
Tennesseans for the Arts	1994

Awards

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Award / Recognition	Organization	Year
Governor's Arts Awards for Leadership	Governor Haslam & Tennessee Arts Commission	2011
National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award finalist	President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities	2011
'SunTrust Business Acumen in the Arts'	Center for Non-Profit Management Salute to Excellence	2012
Outstanding Network Partner	Berklee City Music	2018
Applause Award	Belmont University	2022
SupportMusic Merit Award for Outstanding Support of Music Education	The NAMM Foundation	2023

CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments

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The pandemic has affected revenue for W.O. Smith during the past two years. Two primary earned revenue sources were immediately unavailable, our facility rental program and on-site fundraising activities. Together, the revenue reduction has been over $200,000 annually. From July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021, staff reductions included 4 to 3 full-time positions. Eliminating some budget items allowed the school to reduce our annual budget to $450,000 from $600,000. Supporters' extraordinary giving helped the school see typical revenues while maintaining our reduced budget. A budget almost at pre-pandemic levels, adopted for the 2021-2022 school year, included the reinstatement of a fourth full-time position. The pandemic and resulting changes have not adversely affected the level of education or service that students and volunteer teaching artists receive from the school or staff. Our current staffing level and reallocation of some duties allow the school to maintain services while preserving capital to ensure our low-income students' continued success. The Board's leadership shows prudent stewardship of both human and financial capital.