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Suffolk Chapter of the
American Guild of Organists


Chapter Officers

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The 2022 - 2024 Executive Board

DEAN
Dr. Joseph W. Woo MD
Minister of Music - Community Church of East Williston, East Williston, NY
josephwoomd@gmail.com

SUB-DEAN
William R. Margiotta
Director of Music, Organist, St. Anthony of Padua RC Church, East Northport, NY
bill29@optonline.net

 SECRETARY
Joan Wingerter, MLS
Director of Music, Stony Brook Community United Methodist Church, Stony Brook NY
jpwin@optonline.net

TREASURER
Eleanor J. Gould, BA Accounting
Organist, St. Patrick RC Church, Smithtown NY

elegould@verizon.net

MEMBER-AT-LARGE (through June 2026)
Christine Kenny, MS
Director of Music. Organist, St. James Lutheran Church, St. James NY
kennycm@optonline.net

MEMBER-AT-LARGE (through June 2024)
Maureen Husing, MA
mhusing@gmail.com
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Current Board Appointments 


Certification
Deanna Muro, MM, CAGO,
Director of Music – St. Joseph’s RC Church, Kings Park
deanna8980@yahoo.com

Newsletter Editor
Maureen Husing, mhusing@gmail.com

Placement
Christopher Cusumano, MA Organist. Choir Director – Villa St. Joseph Convent, Rockville Centre
chapelcus@optonline.net

Publicity
Paul Elsener, Organist - Calvary Lutheran Church, Hauppauge NY
elsenerp@verizon.net

Jen Chapman (Photography and Social Media)

Registrar
Brenda A. Clark, Ph.D, MA Admin, CAGO
Director of Music, Organist – First Presbyterian Church, Northport
musica12@verizon.net

Scholarships
Joan Daly-Lewis, Ed.D,, Director of Music, Organist, Choir Director, Minister of Music, St. Anselm's Episcopal Church, Shoreham, NY
jdalylew@optonline.net


Webmaster
Paul Elsener . See listing above.
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Chaplain
The Reverend Charles Van Houten
Pastor, Stony Brook Community United Methodist Church, Stony Brook NY
pastorcvanh@gmail.com

A complete SAGO Members' Directory is published each year and is made available to members only.
Contact the Registrar to request an additional copy of the current Directory.


Chapter History and Past Deans

The Suffolk Chapter of the AGO was chartered on February 25, 1946 as the "Suffolk Branch Chapter."  Ernest A. Andrews was the founder of the chapter and held the first meeting in his Setauket home.  On February 11, 1957, a second charter was issued to the "Suffolk Chapter."  Since the second charter, the Suffolk Chapter has been in continuous operation for over fifty years. 
1957-59          Catherine Margeson         
1959-61          Frances Madsen Davis     
1961-63          Hazel Blakelock              
1963-65          Donald M. Studholme       
1965-67          Shadley Belkap               
1967-68          Louise Seebeck               
1968-70          Charles Drexler, AAGO    
1970-72          Frances Madsen Davis     
1972-74          Charles J. Schwack         
1974-76          Richard Smid                  
1976-78          Charles F. Van Schaick   
1978-81          Adele Haritonoff, CAGO   
1981-82          Rachel Kasianowicz        
1982-84          Mark Child                      
1984-87          Isabelle Jackson             
1987-89          Mark Engelhardt             
1989-91           Beverly Simmons            
1991-93           Carol Weitner, AAGO      
1993-95          Deanna Muro                  
1995-97          Cynthia Holden, AAGO    
1997-99           Vaughn Watson              
1999-2001      Anne Bergeron                 
2001-03         Vaughn Watson              
2003-06        Christine Bouton, CAGO  
2006-08        Deanna Muro, CAGO
2008-10         Deborah Jenks, CAGO
2010-12          Claire Klein, CAGO
2012-14           Ray Henderson, CAGO
2014-18            Matthew Koraus, FAGO
2018-22                Paul Elsener
2022-              Dr. Joseph Woo MD

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