Board of Directors

Adam Gustafson, President

Adam Gustafson is senior counsel at the Boeing Company. He earned his J.D. at Yale Law School and his B.A. with high distinction in Music and English at the University of Virginia where he played in a viola da gamba consort, a string quartet, and the symphony; composed choral music; rowed on the men’s crew; and lived on the Lawn. Adam was appointed Deputy General Counsel in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, he was a partner at the law firm of Boyden Gray & Associates, and he served as a law clerk to federal appellate judges in Honolulu and Washington, D.C. Adam serves on the executive committee of a Federalist Society practice group, the Board of Advisors of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, and the Board of Directors of the Thomas More Society of America. Adam resides in Charlottesville with his wife Brigette and two daughters.

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Thomas Markham, Treasurer

A native of North Carolina, Thomas Markham manages market research projects for mid-market companies in the industrial and manufacturing sectors. He holds a B.A. in English from Washington & Lee University. Since moving to central Virginia in 2018, Thomas has been a regular attendee of Three Notch’d Road concerts. Thomas also serves on the vestry of All Saints Anglican Church and the board of the Blue Ridge Mountains Rotary Club. He lives in Waynesboro, Virginia, with his wife Eve and twin daughters.

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Nancy Arllen, Secretary

Retired educator Nancy Arllen has been an active volunteer and strong contributor to Three Notch’d Road since its inception. When first introduced to Three Notch’d Road, Nancy was captivated not only by the beauty of the music and the quality of the performers but also by the group’s substantial commitment to students and young people. Because of her training and work with youth with special needs, Nancy recognizes the value music offers to nontraditional audiences, particularly those with diverse needs. In retirement, Nancy enjoys vegetable gardening and has created a native wildflower meadow on the small farm she shares with her husband.

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Stephen Y. Hall

Stephen Y. Hall served as Treasurer of Three Notched Road, Inc. during FY 2012-2023. His role was to oversee budget, finance and regulatory compliance issues. In 2012, he helped identify and put in place the necessary building blocks for our 501(c)(3) organization. Stephen has strong financial management and investment skills and has served as asset manager of individual trusts and estates. He has been President of three homeowner associations. He earned an A.B. degree in French from Gettysburg college in 1967 and completed one year of law school at Valparaiso University in 1968. During the Vietnam War in 1969-1970, Stephen served in the United States Army’s 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) artillery and infantry units. He earned his M.A. plus 30 hours degree in School Psychology from Towson State University in 1974, and for the next 32 years provided psychological services to children in the public schools of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Since his youth, Stephen has been fascinated with baroque music.

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Joel Kumro

Joel S. Kumro is the Choirmaster and Organist at Saint Benedict Catholic Church in Richmond, Va. In addition to planning music for all liturgical celebrations and directing choirs of both adults and children, he coordinates the parish concert series and is the instructor of Liturgical Music at Saint Benedict Catholic School. Joel received his undergraduate music degree from SUNY Buffalo State and an M.A. in Liturgical Music from Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minn. Performing frequently as an organist, tenor, and harpsichordist, Joel has appeared with local and national organizations. Joel is a member of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians and serves on the National Steering Committee for Organists. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Richmond Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. In addition, he serves on the board of directors of the Richmond-based period instrument ensemble RVA Baroque.

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Julia A. Paris

Julia A. Paris retired from Ellucian, a cloud-based software provider for higher education, after a career of 20 years in academic philanthropy. During her career she consulted with clients in the Middle East, South America, and Europe where she provided strategic level consultation on all aspects of fundraising and donor engagement. A graduate of Sweet Briar College, she returned to her alma mater in 2016 after learning of the attempted closure of the College to participate in the Saving Sweet Briar effort. “Saving Sweet Briar raised more than $13 million in cash in just over 120 days, with no formal development staff.” This fundraising success allowed the College to remain open with a refreshed mission statement.

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Susan Treacy

Susan Treacy is professor of music emerita at Ave Maria University. Susan earned her Ph.D. in historical musicology from the University of North Texas, and her B.Mus. and M.Mus. degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and the Manhattan School of Music. Her recent projects include a chant CD with the AMU Scholæ Gregorianæ; an article on Gregorian chant in Sacred Music (Summer 2020), and a chapter, “Gregorian Chant,” in T&T Clark Companion to Liturgy (Alcuin Reid, ed., London, 2016). From 2009 to 2018, Susan organized the Musica Sacra Florida Gregorian Chant Conference, at which she gave workshops on chironomy, square notation, and Church documents on sacred music. Susan has performed as a singer and recorder player in early music ensembles in Florida, Ohio, and Texas. She currently lives in Richmond, Va.

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