Board Of Directors

Linda Chin (she/her) was named Chair in November 2024, and is actively involved in supporting the new Co-Executive Directors, building the performance corps of musicians for mental health, and creating a strategic plan for Tunefoolery’s future growth and success.

An experienced executive and Board member in the social impact arena, Linda thrives on enhancing access and opportunity and inspiring transformational change with arts and culture, education, and health and human services nonprofits, including the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence, Cambridge Community Foundation, Cambridge Health Alliance, FirstGenYale, Tufts Medical Center, and Wheelock Family Theatre.

Linda is a graduate of Yale College and Harvard School of Public Health. She loves storytelling, theatre, music, dance, word games, and solving puzzles.

Alison Roberts (she/her) joined the Tunefoolery board in 2024. After graduating from the Simmons School of Management, Alison found her passion in arts administration for the transformative impact creative expression can have on the health and well-being of participants and audience alike.

She served as President of the Watertown Children’s Theatre board and most recently as Finance Director of the Mosesian Center for the Arts. Alison is an avid ballroom dancer and also loves crossword puzzles, theater, music, reading, travel and spending time in nature.

Cate (she/her) has been a member of the Tunefoolery board since 2015. She served on several other boards including, Southern Jamaica Plan Health Center, MA National Association of Social Workers and Cambridge Family Services HeadsUp Mentor Program.

As Director of Student Services at Boston University School of Social Work she combined her experience in social work and administration. In her free time she sings with the Greater Boston Community Choir (GBIC), enjoys making mosaic jewelry, kayaking and has been known to make natural juice jell-O creations.

Deborah (she/her) has been a member of the Tunefoolery board since 2023. She currently manages an emergency shelter for unhoused families in Lowell, MA, through the Massachusetts Initiative for Homeless Migrants.  For the past three years, Deborah has also served on the board of Somerville’s Neighborhood Counseling Center.  As an advisor at Boston University’s School of Social Work, Deborah supervises both graduate and undergraduate students as they prepare to enter the workforce.  An avid reader, Deborah is fascinated by Cape Cod and the dunes of Provincetown.  In addition to maintaining a garden, Deborah enjoys cycling local bike paths and exploring small towns throughout Massachusetts.

Jeff Fisher (he/his) has served on the Tunefoolery’s Board of Directors since 2021. Prior to his current role as Secretary,  he held the role of Treasurer. The Board has benefitted from Jeff’s perspectives and experience as an active performing musician member since 2001. 

Jeff has held the staff role of Development Manager since 2003, writing grants and managing fundraising campaigns in collaboration with Executive Directors Jens Rybo for 20 years, and in the last year with Linda Chin. In July 2024 he and his Tunefoolery colleague Eugene McCarthy were named Co-Executive Directors.   

Jeff has long valued the tremendous opportunities Tunefoolery provides for growth and creative expression, musical and otherwise. Outside of Tunefoolery, Jeff is very active in attending cultural events in the Boston area, is a long-time cruiser, and is also a voracious reader.

Maria Fontellio (she/her) has served on the Tunefoolery Board since 2018. Maria has worked for Eastern Bank since 2012 and is Branch Manager at their Watertown branch.  

A graduate of Cambridge College in the Management Studies program, Maria is also very heavily involved with her church community at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Cambridge.

Harrison (he/his) joined Tunefoolery’s board in 2024, before which he organized charity recitals and wellness week events where he invited Tunefoolery musicians to the Middlesex School campus since Spring 2023. A current undergraduate student at Harvard University intending to study History and Science and Economics with a secondary field in French, he is also passionate about playing the piano. He looks forward to helping Tunefoolery make connections and grow in school communities. During his free time, Harrison enjoys badminton, cross country running, and reading.