January 26, 2026 I Appointments, Event
NAMM Announces New 8 Board Members
From left: NAMM CEO John Mlynczak, School of Rock's Stacey Ryan, Eastman Music Company's Ryan Richman, Maxwell’s House of Music's Whitney McGuire McNicol, Lienau AV Associates' Chris Hutnick, The Music Shoppe's Jonathon Breen, Bertrand's Music's Jeff Bertrand and NAMM Chair Chris White. Not pictured: Zildjian's John Stephans.d
NAMM announced during its annual meeting of members at The 2026 NAMM Show that eight newly elected board members will be joining its board of directors.
The new members will serve a three-year term through January 2029 and will provide oversight and support of NAMM’s vision, mission and objectives. NAMM’s board of directors consists of 24 directors elected by the NAMM membership, each serving three-year terms in slates of eight.
“We are thrilled to welcome this new class to our board of directors,” said John Mlynczak, NAMM president and CEO. “NAMM is indebted to the talented coalition of industry leaders that choose to volunteer their time to guide our global organization into the future.”
The new board members include: Antonio Ferranti, president of Proel North America; Chris Hutnick, president of Lienau AV Associates; Jeff Bertrand, owner of Bertrand’s Music; John Stephans, CEO of Avedis Zildjian Company; Jonathon Breen, president of The Music Shoppe; Ryan Richman, vice president of Eastman Music Company; Stacey Ryan, president of School of Rock; and Whitney McGuire McNicol, co-owner of Maxwell’s House of Music.
Chris White, NAMM Chair and president and CEO of White House of Music, thanked the outgoing board members during the annual meeting of members and lauded their ideas and expertise, which have benefited the organization and its members as a whole. They are Lance Day of D’Addario, Josh Faust of Faust Harrison Pianos, Francois Kloc of Buffet Crampon, Kim Koch of Saied Music, Stacy Montgomery-Clark of SABIAN and Bryan Ottens of Peter E. Schmitt Co.
