TEAM

Cecilia Fletcher Lieberman - Leadership/Fundraising

Over the last 25 years, Cecilia Fletcher Lieberman has worked in various roles within organizations based in New York City and southern Connecticut that serve communities in need, advocate for women’s health, and promote the performing arts. A native of Chile, Mrs. Fletcher Lieberman has partnered with the Catholic Church to help underprivileged Spanish-speaking immigrants transition into life in America. As a cancer survivor, she also devoted herself to helping Pink Aid, a nonprofit promoting cancer awareness and free breast cancer screenings to low-income communities in Connecticut. She most recently served as a member of the board of the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts in Westport, bringing music and culture to the region. She also helped Baby Buggy, the Robin Hood Foundation, and Near Far Aid in their missions to relieve the burdens of distressed communities. She is currently serving as a member of the board of the YWCA Greenwich, on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, stand up for social justice, help families, and strengthen communities. She is the wife of Jonathan Lieberman, and the mother of Mark and Tatiana. She resides in Greenwich, CT.

Anastasia Cifuentes - Leadership/Fundraising

Anastasia Cifuentes co-founded an investment company called Neruda Ventures. Neruda is based in New York City, and primarily invests in Latin America. Anastasia loves to write, and has published articles in The Huffington Post and Scientific American. In addition to serving on the governing board of the Mark Fletcher Studio, Anastasia serves as recruitment chair on the young leadership board of America Needs You, an organization that fights for economic mobility for ambitious, first-generation college students. She has also mentored at Built by Girls, an organization that prepares female and non-binary students in college and high school for careers powered by technology. Anastasia received a BA in political theory and a certificate in Chinese language and culture from Princeton University.

Alex Freedom - Leadership/Studio

Alex “Freedom” Friedman is an educator and musician from Randolph, New Jersey. He attended Bard College with Mark from 2008 to 2012. His endeavors as a percussionist have taken him around the world, from Bahia to Brussels to Bali. He is a passionate teacher, who worked for the Arts and Literacy after-school program for five years as a teacher and an administrator. He also tours and records with Odetta Hartman, Torraine Futurum, Lust$ickPuppy, and Wallet! He is on the leadership committee of the Mark Fletcher Studio and is a die-hard Liverpool FC supporter.

John Spencer - Fundraising Chair

John Spencer is a drummer and software engineer living in Brooklyn, NY. Born and raised in Oakland, CA, John moved to NYC in 2011 to study jazz drumming at Manhattan School of Music. After finding a new passion for software engineering, John transferred schools and graduated from CCNY with a BS in computer science. John now works as a site reliability engineer for Bowery Farming, an indoor farming company. John continues to make music and play in bands, and you can catch him performing anywhere from the dingiest dive bar in NYC to the Barclays Center.

Jonah Wolf - Engagement Chair

Jonah is a graduate student in economics at John Jay College. He played with Mark in the bands sham-poo and Stringer. Jonah is also board secretary for the New York City Labor Chorus.

Matthew Elmquist - Recruitment Chair

Matt is a guitarist and software engineer from New York City. Matt's love of music was kindled in the nurse's office of the Collegiate School in 2002, when Mark Fletcher taught him how to play his first song on guitar, "Dammit" by Blink-182.

Joseph Izzo - Studio Chair

Joe is space junk momentarily animated by electricity in Brooklyn, NY.