OUR PEOPLE

Beth Blatt Founder and CEO

Beth has written musicals and marketing plans, worked in Toulouse (France) and Tokyo (Japan), dubbed kung fu films and shared the screen with Godzilla. Somehow, Hope Sings seems to make use of every checker in her checkered past. She is an award-winning writer Read More

Porfirio Piña 

To hear people talk, Porfirio may be the most likeable man in Latin Music. And he cooks mean Dominican Cuisine.  Porfirio is Senior Director of Writer & Publisher Relations for Latin Music at BMI, he serves as the Director of the BMI Foundation’s peermusic Latin Scholarship ( a national competition for young Latin songwriters and composers), and Read More

Mary K Marsden

Mary K almost died twice. After that, she decided she would only do things that mattered. Hope Sings is one of them.  She is a proven entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in global marketing and management with some of the software industry's best companies. She has led the successful commercialization of dozens of software products and rolled-out over 20+ Read More

Michael A. Freedman  

Michael A. Freedman has 25 years+ experience in building media businesses and in investment banking. He is currently CEO of Fuel Outdoor Holding, which owns and operates Out-of-Home media businesses in 9 of the 15 largest markets in the United States. He is also manager and one of the original founders of Read More

Elizabeth Roberts

Elizabeth P. Roberts is Director of Development - Campaign & Individual Giving at the Boston Symphony Orchestra.  As a volunteer she currently is President of Read More

Polly Kelekis Advisory Board

Polly is an international development consultant with 17 years of experience. Prior to her current consulting roles for the UN, she was a Senior Manager in the New Business Development Department at FINCA International, responsible for managing FINCA’s relationships with Read More

Mindy Figueroa

“I am passionate about life, helping people and making a difference in the world (I know it sounds cliché) but I really mean it. Ah, a secret....I have a victory dance, my team makes fun of me, I dance every time we achieve little triumphs... When our hearts connect with other human beings there is a music explosion in my head and I have to dance......we love the way music allows us to create a neutral playing field. Cheers to hope, cheers to Hope Sings!” Mindy is president and founder of Read More

STAFF

Zhaokun Ma    Resident Tech/On-line Business-building Dynamo

At age 9,  Zhaokun Ma  moved to the United States without knowing more than five words in English. Today, to make up for his subsequent quietness as a child, Zhaokun writes, blogs, and socializes avidly, yet it is through his participation in business enterprises and entrepreneurship that Zhaokun ultimately hopes to lend a voice to the people and the ideas that are dear to him.  

Maggie MacPherson   Videographer

Maggie is a student of Radio and Television Arts at Ryerson University in Toronto. She loves photography and video and hopes to one day make everyone in her life’s dreams come true by sharing their talents with the rest of the world. In her free time she likes to sing, eat chocolate and practice yoga (but mostly just eat chocolate). She was born and raised in Beautiful British Colombia and hopes to one day return to live in Vancouver and work in the film or television industry.

Raul Silva Behrens    Hispanic/University Outreach Manager

Raul is currently pursuing the same degree as Ben Stein from the same school. He fully plans on following in his footsteps, including droning out "Bueller" in a remake of Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Allie Silver    HS International Correspondent

Allie works in radio, live events (Chicago summer music/dance festivals), and is currently nomading her way through Latin America.  Her dream? To create a community for women in the international music industry and ncourage female leaders of tomorrow to pursue their passions of working in world music at home and abroad. That’s some dream. We like it. Read More

Danielle Oliveira   Hispanic Music Partner Outreach

Danielle has helped organize/run both the Latin Alternative Music Conference (New York) and the Boston Latino Film Festival. Another from the Gang of Berklee.

Mandi Kitchen   Music Partner Outreach

Mandi, a pianist/singer/songwriter, has managed artists’ websites and promo pages for Red Light Management and taught music and music therapy. One of the brilliant kids from Berklee.

Robyn Metko

A fourth-generation musician and daughter of legendary accordionist Dick Metko, Robyn Marie was christened “Polka Princess” by her high school classmates.WAPL Morning Show host Rick McNeal would later grant Robyn Marie the esteemed title of “Prize Fairy” during her tenure with Woodward Communications Radio Group.