PEOPLE
HOWARD BECKERMAN (Co-Founder/Chair) is President of Heartworks International, the arts, entertainment, and education product development company. A composer, lyricist, playwright, he is also a language educator, media producer, and author of award-winning musical programs and publications for learning languages.
LINDA BECKERMAN (Co-Founder/Executive Director) is Vice President of Heartworks International, an artist, and a writer. She has served as project manager of grant-supported theater arts development programs as well as for multilingual publishing and media projects.
MICHAEL ROMANELLI (Vice Chair) is a Financial Consultant at AG Edwards.
JOE POSPISIL (Treasurer) is Senior Manager of Sales Development for the CBS Radio Digital Media Group.
MARY JANE PELUSO (Secretary) is Languages Publisher of Yale University Press.

Advisory Council

HON. VIVIAN VILORIA-FISHER is the Suffolk County Legislator for the 5th Legislative District.
ARISLEYDA MALDONADO is a Financial Advisor and Certified Investment Management Analyst at Merrill Lynch.
CANDIDO GONZALEZ is a Senior Lecturer in Spanish at St. Joseph’s College.
LYNNE FOSTER is an elementary arts educator as well as a veteran actress in regional and Off-Broadway theaters.
LORENA DOHERTY is the Multicultural Librarian at North Shore Pubic Library and a professional storyteller.
LINDA CONTINO is the Choral Director at Ward Melville High School.
MARK BLANKENSHIP is a theater critic and journalist for the NY Times, Variety, and The New York Sun.

VICTOR ABRAVAYA is Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at Nassau Community College.

Worldwide Voices Founders Linda and Howard Beckeman participate in Stony Brook University's Host Family Program.