David Wish

Founder and Executive Director

David has distinguished himself as a dynamic and visionary educational leader. In 2005, he was awarded a fellowship by the Draper Richards Foundation to support his work as social entrepreneur at Little Kids Rock. Before founding Little Kids Rock in 1996, he spent ten years as an elementary school teacher, during which time he served his peers as master teacher, clinician and trainer. He has also worked as a Spanish bilingual teacher, a school music teacher and a professional musician. David is a credentialed teacher in the state of California and holds B.A. in Sociology and History from Brandeis University. Dave is also a board member of the Quincy Jones Musiq Consortium.

Brian Gellerstein

Program Director

Brian joined the staff as Program Director in August 2008 and is repsonsible for running and developing the program. Prior to joining Little Kids Rock, he worked as a music teacher in a Brooklyn middle school where he ran a successful ’Middle School of Rock’ band that he created as a result of Little Kids Rock classes. During his tenure as a teacher, Brian worked for such arts organizations as the Lincoln Center Institute and the Brooklyn Arts Council where he fueled his passion for bringing music education to all children.

Brian holds a B.S. in Music Performance and an M.A. in Music Education from Adelphi University. In his spare time, Brian enjoys playing any instrument that he can get his hands on, photography, and spending time with his beautiful wife Andrea.

Gina Sideris

Development Officer

Gina is responsible for planning, proposing and executing development strategy and leading fundraising and community support initiatives. Following a brief stint as a music teacher, Gina’s twenty-two years of work in development cover a broad range of initiatives from grassroots advocacy campaigns to capital campaigns to charitable trusts and estate gifts, serving in a wide array of nonprofit fields from eldercare to the arts and education. Gina holds a BA in Music Education from Montclair State University.

Miranda Altman

Program Manager

Miranda joined the staff as Program Manager in April 2009. Prior to Little Kids Rock, she has worked as an analyst for Fidelity Investments as well as been involved with YMCA youth summer camp programs as a counselor and mentor.

Miranda holds a B.A. in Communications from the University of New Hampshire. A former college athlete, Miranda now enjoys hiking, writing, and an occasional competitive Scrabble game in her spare time.

Keith Hejna

Communications & Outreach Coordinator

Keith joined Little Kids Rock in April 2009 as a public relations assistant, and joined the team fulltime shortly thereafter. He implements LKR’s communications plan to help spread the word that kids all over the country are rocking out with us! He has run a successful public relations campaign for the Centre County, PA Special Olympics, freelances for the Montclair Times, worked as an editorial assistant for Gotham Sports Media, LLC., and interned for Penn State Athletic Communications. He has covered press conferences of sports icons like Joe Paterno and Gary Carter.

Keith holds a B.A. in Public Relations with minors in History and International Studies from Penn State University while spending a semester abroad in Australia. In his free time, he enjoys football, baseball, playing the harmonica, singing karaoke and going to concerts.

Isa Greenberg

Office Manager

Isa joined Little Kids Rock as the Office Manager in February 2006 and has brought years of administrative experience to the Little Kids Rock organization. Isa is the "Jill of all trades" at the Montclair office and is involved in almost every aspect of running this rockin' organization.

Isa holds a Bachelor of the Arts in History from Marist College. In her spare time Isa enjoys hiking, kayaking, cooking, singing, participating in triathlons, dancing, skiing, going to concerts with her fiance Jim and hanging out with spirited friends.

Jessica Fleischer

Grants Manager

Jessica joined Little Kids Rock as the Grants Manager in November 2009. Prior to coming on board, she worked in the field of non-profit administration, with a focus on organizational planning, performance improvement and program evaluation.

Jessica holds a B.A. in English/Creative Writing from Barnard College and an M.S.W. in Administration from the Hunter College School of Social Work. In her spare time, Jessica enjoys singing, long walks, and spending time with her family.

Gregory Pavliv

Coordinator of Training & Curriculum

Gregory joined Little Kids Rock in August 2010 as Coordinator of Training & Curriculum where he facilitates cutting edge teacher trainings, program improvement, teacher retention and organizational growth. He was an LKR teacher and Ambassador in Newark, NJ. An accomplished conductor and pianist, he has performed throughout the area as well as on a tour through France. Gregory has implemented curricula for grades K-12 and has created student driven programs such as the Elton John Red Piano Benefit Concert in Asbury Park, NJ, and the Cirque du Soleil Correspondence Project in Morris Plains, NJ. As an elected State Delegate to New Jersey at the NEA’s Representative Assembly, he authored a bill designed to protect Fine Arts Specialists in public schools across the country.

Gregory has a Bachelors’s of Music from Berklee College of Music and a Master’s of Education in Curriculum Design from the University of Phoenix. He and his five year-old daughter, Anastasia, write and play music together. Gregory’s free time is spent following the Virginia Tech Hokies college football and New York Rangers hockey teams.