Our Team

Meet the JPMP Board

Roy Nathanson, President
Roy Nathanson has had a varied career as a saxophonist, composer, bandleader, poet, actor and teacher. In the 80’s he and Curtis Fowlkes formed the Jazz Passengers, a New York City downtown jazz band who, along with Roy’s Sotto Voce project, became a vehicle for a variety of his music/theatre projects and text/music experimentations. Nathanson sees JPMP as a structure to foster the creative and educational/activist goals that have been at the heart of the Jazz Passengers’ work.

Dana Ware, Secretary and Executive Director
Dana Ware, known professionally as Dana Hall, is an attorney with a solo practice focused on clean energy. Motivated by her desire to repair the world and sustained by her love of the uniquely American artform of jazz, Dana leverages her experience with business and non-profit organizations, along with her familial connection to the Jazz Passengers, to be JPMP’s first Executive Director. She looks forward to helping the organization grow and realize its dreams.

Andrew Gurian, Treasurer
Andrew Gurian has been making films since the age of 12. He began working
in video in 1972 with Shirley Clarke’s TP Videospace Troupe, is a periodic guest lecturer at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study and has published in the Millennium Film Journal. His work has been presented on WNET/Channel 13, at the Museum of Modern Art, and at the Metropolitan Museum, among other venues. Andrew’s projections have been a part of Subway Moon since its inception in 2007.

Zuri Gordon, Member
Zuri Gordon is a graduate of Brandeis University living and working in New York City. As an alumna of the Institute of Collaborative Education, Zuri participated in the first iteration of Subway Moon that performed in Paris, France in 2008. Zuri now works with JPMP, Inc. as a fundraising coordinator and teaching artist. She is also an assistant to the Executive Director, working on organizational development and alumni and partner outreach.

Tim Kiah, Member
Tim Kiah is a double bass player, singer, composer, teacher and performer who studied at the Boston Boy Choir School and later at the Eastman School of
Music while obtaining a degree in Nursing from the University of Rochester. He also received an MFA in Music from the City College of New York where he
formed a group called Nurse Kaya to emphasize the healing nature of music. Tim began performing and teaching with Subway Moon in 2007 and has been a core member of our team ever since.

Gabrielle Napolitano, Member
Gabrielle Napolitano has experience in design, marketing, events, retail, and community building. She started as an Art Director for Columbia House
Music Club and now she has a diverse list of clients from small local businesses to large companies to non-profits. She owned a successful childrens’ retail shop in downtown Brooklyn called Still Hip, and produced an award winning family concert series. Gabrielle is the VP of Signature Events for NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) NYC.

Vivian Hernandez-Ortiz, Member
Vivian Hernandez-Ortiz is a native New Yorker, who attended public schools from Pre-K to 12th grade. She learned clarinet at the age of 12 and attended the High School of Performing Arts, St. Lawrence University, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. After a fellowship at NBC News, Hernandez-Ortiz began freelancing as a field producer and worked as an associate producer at ABC News PrimeTime. She produced overseas and regional stories for the newsmagazine shows, including the program 20/20. She has worked as senior producer at a local cable news channel, and has produced and managed original programming, from features to community events for FiOS1 News, in Long Island and the NYC area. In 2018, Hernandez-Ortiz was producer, writer, filmmaker and creative director for AmeRican Poet Tato Laviera, an introspective film on the life and legacy of Tato Laviera, Nuyorican poet, playwright, and community activist from the Lower East Side.