Meet the Practicing Musician Team!
![Stacey Swanson](https://practicingmusician.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Stacey-Swanson-e1685502561298-400x457.jpeg)
Stacey SwansonChief Operating Officer
“I believe everyone deserves access to a musical education. It’s a powerful tool for expression and identity, and helps to foster skills needed in life such as perseverance, patience, interacting with others, and working towards a goal.”
![Dr. Frederick Burrack](https://practicingmusician.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Fred-Burrack-e1685502355822-400x457.jpeg)
Dr. Frederick BurrackChief Education Officer
“Music learning helps children develop fine motor skills, aids emotional and behavioral maturation, increases creativity, develops self-esteem, and most importantly engages students in a means of aesthetic expression.”
![Hawke Robinson](https://practicingmusician.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Hawke-Robinson.jpg)
Hawke RobinsonChief Technology Officer
“My overarching goal in life has been to do as much as I can to improve the overall human condition during my brief existence.”
![David Nguyen](https://practicingmusician.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/David-Nguyen-1-400x457.jpeg)
David NguyenAmbassador Marketing Manager
“If you would know if a people are well governed, and if its laws are good or bad, examine the music it practices.”
![Egils Boitmanis](https://practicingmusician.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Egils-Boitmanis.jpg)
Egils BoitmanisMarketing Advisor
![Stephen Nelson](https://practicingmusician.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Stephen-Nelson-e1663785170346-400x458.jpeg)
Stephen NelsonSenior Director of Education
“Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.”
![Dave Kabrich](https://practicingmusician.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Dave-Kabrich-1.jpeg)
Dave KabrichWordPress Manager
“Music is life itself.”
-Louis Armstrong
-Louis Armstrong
![Margo Tsunemori](https://practicingmusician.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/margo-tsunemori.jpg)
Margo TsunemoriCares Manager
“Music starts in the womb with the beat of a heart and continues to enrich us throughout our lives. Teaching children to nurture that connection is my passion. Continuing to do this through Practicing Musician brings me an abundance of joy.”
![Dr. Robert (Rory) Creigh](https://practicingmusician.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Rory-Creigh-e1685434071862-400x457.jpeg)
Dr. Robert (Rory) CreighJunior Director of Education and AI
“Like a journey, music has the ability to take us places without moving an inch. It can transport us across time, cultures, emotions, and experiences – making it one of the most potent tools for understanding humanity.”
![Courtney Prather](https://practicingmusician.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/courtney-prather.jpg)
Courtney PratherGraphic Design