Leadership
Board of Directors
BSIA is governed by a volunteer board of directors who bring expertise in music therapy, mental health, law, nonprofit management, and the arts. Every board member contributes their time without compensation — because the mission is personal to each of them.
Peter Jampel
President & Founder
Dr. Peter Jampel is a retired Adjunct Associate Professor of Music Therapy at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education & Human Development, and former Director of Day Treatment Services at the Baltic Street Clinic, SBPC. Peter’s vision is to expand access to arts-based mental health care.
Nir Sadovnik
Treasurer
Nir Sadovnik, MA, MT-BC, LCAT, serves as Associate Director of Therapeutic Rehabilitation Services at Metropolitan Hospital and is co-chair of Health and Hospitals’ Creative Arts Therapy Council. He is the director of music therapy at the Brooklyn Music School. Nir combines clinical and professional practice with roles as an adjunct instructor at several higher education institutions, bringing extensive clinical and academic experience in music therapy to the board.
Mark Leibowitz
Secretary & Marketing
Mark Leibowitz is an Instructor of Art at Pratt Institute and the founder of NYC Urban Sketchers. He brings a background in visual arts education and community engagement to BSIA’s marketing and outreach efforts.
Steven Blau
Legal
Steven Bennett Blau has practiced law in New York since 1975 and is admitted to multiple U.S. District Courts and the Second and Fourth Circuit Courts of Appeals. Appointed an ADR Mediator by the Southern District of New York in 2001, he has served as lead class counsel in numerous litigations.
Jahshly Phebee Boursiquot
Marketing
Jahshly Phebee Boursiquot is a graduate of New York University with a B.A. in Psychology and an aspiring physician. Her experience supporting psychiatric care and working with refugee and immigrant students has shaped her commitment to advocacy and expanding access to community-based mental health support.
David Read Johnson
Board Member
Dr. David Read Johnson is a clinical psychologist and drama therapist who helped found the National Association for Drama Therapy and later led national creative arts therapies coalitions. He was on the Yale School of Medicine psychiatry faculty from 1980 to 2024 and now heads the Foundation for the Arts and Trauma.
Joel Gorinsky
Board Member
Joel Gorinsky is a retired attorney who spent 37 years with the Mental Hygiene Legal Service in the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department of New York State, representing people in underserved and embattled communities until his retirement in 2022.
Sherry Reiter
Board Member
Dr. Sherry Reiter, PhD, LCSW, is a Registered Poetry and Drama Therapist/Trainer and Associate Professor at Touro College, with an adjunct faculty role at Hofstra University. She directs The Creative “Righting” Center and co-authored Writing Away the Demons and Twice Chai: A Jewish Road to Recovery.
Marc Goloff
Board Member
Dr. Marc Goloff is a clinical psychologist and the retired Chief of Psychology at the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System. A former certified music therapist, he remains an amateur singer and guitarist active in the arts community.