BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BRYAN S. HALES – EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER, BOARD PRESIDENT
Bryan Hales is a community leader from Winnetka, Illinois. His daughter is enrolled in YCT.
VAN CROCKER, JR. – EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER, TREASURER
Van Crocker, Jr. is a community leader from Winnetka, Illinois. He has one child enrolled in YCT.
LINDA KIRACIBASI – EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
Linda Kiracibasi has been the Lower School Music Teacher at the North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, Illinois since 1978. She teaches general music Junior Kindergarten through Fifth Grade, and conducts two choruses: Singing Raiders (Senior Kindergarten, First, and Second Grades) and Lower School Chorus (Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grades).
Previously, Linda taught Lower School Music at Colorado Academy in Englewood, Colorado. She also founded and conducted the Classic Children’s Chorale in Evanston from 1979-1983, and has sung with Coriolis, a chamber a cappella group, since 1986.
Linda has been a YCT Board member since 2007 and is a strong advocate of music education, especially singing, for all children of all ages.
Previously, Linda taught Lower School Music at Colorado Academy in Englewood, Colorado. She also founded and conducted the Classic Children’s Chorale in Evanston from 1979-1983, and has sung with Coriolis, a chamber a cappella group, since 1986.
Linda has been a YCT Board member since 2007 and is a strong advocate of music education, especially singing, for all children of all ages.
MONIQUE MAYE – EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER, BOARD VICE PRESIDENT
Monique Maye is a native of New York City, where she attended Brooklyn College, Monique also received a Law degree from Massachusetts School of Law. During her collegiate career, Ms. Maye lettered in softball and basketball. Beyond her collegiate years, she played and coached Professional basketball in Europe. She also coached basketball at the collegiate level at Brooklyn College, New York City and Northeastern University, Boston Massachusetts.
Moreover, while building a client base spanning the national and international markets, Ms. Maye, created basketball camps and tours for professional athletes to showcase their talents for international basketball scouts. She successfully negotiated sponsorships from corporate sponsors, like NIKE and New Balance.
With devotion for developing talent, Monique is currently a Professor at Columbia College Chicago teaching in the Business and Entrepreneurship Department, developing Undergraduate and Graduate courses in sports management, talent management, law, entrepreneurship and marketing.
Moreover, while building a client base spanning the national and international markets, Ms. Maye, created basketball camps and tours for professional athletes to showcase their talents for international basketball scouts. She successfully negotiated sponsorships from corporate sponsors, like NIKE and New Balance.
With devotion for developing talent, Monique is currently a Professor at Columbia College Chicago teaching in the Business and Entrepreneurship Department, developing Undergraduate and Graduate courses in sports management, talent management, law, entrepreneurship and marketing.
KATHERINE SOLVERSON – EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
Katherine Solverson has been a board member of the Youth Choral Theater of Chicago since 2018. Katherine uses her event planning experience and skills to held coordinate and execute our annual fundraising gala and concert. All three of her children have participated in YCT over a number of years. They were thrilled to sing in choir, as well as to participate in performances of Music Theater Works' Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and at the corporate event singing "A Million Dreams" at the Field Museum. She and her family reside in Evanston, where Katherine grew up and sang in a children's chorus. Her passion for music in the arts began then, and she strives to foster a love for music in her children's lives as well. Katherine is excited to be starting a new chapter in her life, working at Twombly Asset Management in Northfield.
LAURA TOMACIC – BOARD MEMBER
Laura Tomačić has served on the YCT Board of Directors for the past six years. She currently works in a support staff capacity at Niles North High School assisting students and their families. Laura is able to pursue her passion of performing by working as a stand-in and background actor for various productions filming in Chicago. A resident of the Village of Lincolnwood for many years, she also serves as a Commissioner on the Parks and Recreation board. Laura is married and the mother of two sons, one of whom is a graduate of YCT.
