Our Board of Directors
Committed to the service of NCO
Joe Duffy
President
Joe Duffy serves as President of Naples Community Orchestra and performs with the orchestra as a clarinetist. He joined NCO in 2024 and subsequently became a Board member, initially leading its marketing, communications and website efforts.
Before retiring in 2018, Joe was a senior partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and a member of the leadership team for its U.S. Advisory business. He is the founder of the Symphonic Winds of Southwest Florida and has performed with several area ensembles, including the Naples Concert Band. Joe also serves on the Board of the Music Foundation of Greater Naples as Past President.
Nicholas Turner
Vice President & General Manager
Nicholas “Nick” Turner serves as Vice President and General Manager of Naples Community Orchestra, overseeing many of the operational and production details that bring each concert to the stage. He also performs with NCO as a volunteer trumpet player and serves as the orchestra’s stage manager.
A graduate of Florida State University and former member of the FSU Marching Chiefs, Nick also performs at local churches. A member of a Naples pioneer family, he has a deep appreciation for the city’s history and the community NCO serves.
John Weiss
Treasurer
John Weiss serves as Treasurer of Naples Community Orchestra and performs with the orchestra as a cellist. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Lehigh University and a master’s degree in teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Before retiring, John worked as a systems consultant for Metropolitan Life. His extensive musical and nonprofit experience includes more than 35 years with the Marywood University College-Community Orchestra and the Arcadia Chorale in Pennsylvania. He has held several leadership roles with the Chorale, contributing to financial development, grant writing, audience development and program planning.
Sharon Griffin, PhD.
Director
Sharon Griffin serves on the Board of Naples Community Orchestra and divides her year between Naples and New Castle, New Hampshire. Before retiring, she was a professor of psychology and education at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Sharon remains actively involved in supporting live music in both of her communities. She serves on the Performance Committee of the Portsmouth Athenaeum, which presents chamber concerts and other musical programs for New Hampshire’s greater Seacoast community. She brings to NCO a lifelong interest in education, music and community engagement.
John Spadaccini
Director
John Spadaccini serves on the Board of Naples Community Orchestra and performs with the orchestra as a violinist. His professional career has focused on helping college students prepare for meaningful work, including leadership roles in career services at Northeastern University, Northland Pioneer College and Ave Maria University.
John holds degrees in elementary education and college student development and counseling. His musical experience includes performing with the Melrose, White Mountain and Warwick symphony orchestras as well as NCO. He brings to the Board a strong commitment to education, service and helping people realize their potential.
Janice Mintel Jack
Past President
Janice Mintel Jack serves as Past President of Naples Community Orchestra and chairs its fundraising and donor-relations efforts. During her tenure as President, she provided important leadership through a period of artistic and organizational growth.
A lifelong musician, Janice has studied piano, violin, flute and voice and has performed with numerous choirs, orchestras and ensembles. Her musical experiences include performances in Dijon and Paris. She spent 33 years as an educator and school administrator before serving another decade as an adjunct professor. Janice divides her time between Bonita Springs and Illinois and sings with the choir at First Presbyterian Church of Bonita Springs.
Elaine Chase
Secretary
Elaine Chase serves as Secretary of Naples Community Orchestra. Her lifelong relationship with music began with childhood piano lessons and continued through studies in piano and dance at the Juilliard School’s Preparatory Division.
Elaine earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Rochester and spent 30 years working in Michigan public schools as a school psychologist and counselor. Since moving to Florida, she has volunteered with local schools, a women’s shelter and Literacy Volunteers of Collier County. She especially values NCO’s intergenerational model, which brings students, community musicians and professionals together through orchestral performance.
Stan Anderson
Director
Stan Anderson serves on the Board of Naples Community Orchestra and performs with the orchestra as a trumpet player. He studied trumpet with musicians from the Cleveland Orchestra and Ohio Chamber Orchestra and received a scholarship to attend the Festival of a Thousand Oaks Music Camp, where he studied with Boston Symphony Orchestra principal trumpeter Armando Ghitalla.
Stan’s professional career has included leadership roles in higher education, human resources, talent acquisition and executive recruiting. A Florida resident since 2007, he also performs with several Naples-area churches. He brings to NCO extensive experience in music, organizational leadership and recruiting.
Boris Sandler
Director
Boris Sandler serves on the Board of Naples Community Orchestra and brings extensive professional orchestral experience to its leadership. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, he began studying violin at age seven and later performed concertos by Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Mozart with the Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra.
After moving to the United States, Boris studied with Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School and continued his studies at the Manhattan School of Music. He joined the Naples Philharmonic in 2001 and has also performed internationally, including with the opera orchestra in Valencia under Lorin Maazel. Boris and his wife, pianist Bella Gutshtein, founded the Estero Concert Series.
