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Boston Children’s Chorus

Executive Director

Boston Children’s Chorus

Onsite Boston, Massachusetts
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Boston Children’s Chorus (BCC) is among the nation’s most respected youth arts organizations, using the transformative power of music to connect diverse communities, cultivate empathy, and inspire civic engagement. Founded in 2002 by renowned community leader Hubie Jones, BCC serves approximately 2,000 young people annually through neighborhood choir sites, school partnerships, performances, and community programs across Greater Boston. The organization’s commitment to accessibility ensures that financial barriers never prevent participation, creating opportunities for young people from more than 100 zip codes and a wide range of cultural, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds to learn, grow, and perform together.

As it approaches its 25th anniversary, the organization remains deeply committed to fostering belonging, amplifying youth voices, and advancing dialogue across communities through music. With a strong reputation, a dedicated Board, and a compelling vision for the future, BCC continues to demonstrate how arts education can serve as a catalyst for connection, leadership development, and social change.

The Opportunity

As Boston Children’s Chorus approaches a significant milestone anniversary, the organization seeks a visionary and values-driven Executive Director to lead its next chapter of growth and impact.

Working with an engaged and committed Board of Directors, the Executive Director will serve as the organization’s chief executive, overseeing mission stewardship, fundraising, financial sustainability, external relations, organizational culture, and strategic implementation. This leader will guide the execution of a newly developed four-year strategic plan designed to strengthen BCC’s long-term sustainability, relevance, and prominence while ensuring that artistic excellence, youth development, and social inquiry remain at the center of every decision.

The Executive Director will have the opportunity to build upon a strong organizational foundation while navigating a rapidly evolving landscape for arts and culture organizations. Working closely with staff, board members, donors, community partners, and families, the successful candidate will lead ambitious fundraising efforts, expand strategic partnerships, strengthen organizational capacity, and champion BCC’s role as a national leader at the intersection of music education and social impact.

This role offers the chance to guide an acclaimed institution with a proven model and passionate stakeholder community while helping shape the future of arts education, youth leadership, and civic engagement across Greater Boston and beyond.

The salary range for this position is $160,000–$180,000.

Boston Children’s Chorus

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Bob Giannino

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Josh Maker

Josh Maker

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Dianne Cullinane

Senior Search Administrator and Executive Assistant

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        Bob Giannino has had a transformative impact at the highest levels of nonprofit leadership by identifying opportunities for impact, making bold plans, and bringing people together to find common cause for the common good. A touchstone of Bob’s leadership is his conviction that the success of an organization lies in its people—a credo he has embodied and realized by building strong, inclusive teams and nurturing ecosystems where both individuals and institutions can thrive.

        At Lindauer, Bob leverages his extensive executive experience to help organizations identify, cultivate, and retain exceptional talent. His thoughtful approach ensures that leaders are positioned to drive sustainable change and long-term impact.

        Expertise

        With more than two decades of experience across diverse sectors, Bob brings a strategic approach to talent development, honed through years in top executive roles and rooted in the understanding that people are the key to organizational success. At Lindauer, Bob draws on his deep knowledge of how strong talent acquisition, culture-building, and mentorship fuel institutional growth. His expertise includes building diverse and inclusive teams, aligning talent strategies with organizational missions, and scaling organizational impact through strategic growth.

        For Bob, executive search is akin to completing a complex puzzle, where the right candidate represents a crucial piece that helps bring the full picture into focus. Bob thrives on the challenge of understanding the unique needs and dynamics of each organization, then strategically matching them with candidates who can seamlessly integrate and make a lasting impact. His ability to focus on both the immediate requirements of a role as well as the critical factors for long-term organizational success sets him apart in the search process.

        Experience

        Before joining Lindauer, Bob served as President & CEO of United Way of Massachusetts Bay, one of Greater Boston’s leading civic institutions, where his strategic leadership helped create greater opportunity, access, and equity across 140 communities in Eastern Massachusetts.

        Prior to United Way, Bob served as the CEO of uAspire, the nation’s leading nonprofit focused on helping young people and families navigate an affordable path to a postsecondary degree. Over 15 years, Bob oversaw the transformation of uAspire from a small, local organization serving 1,000 young people in Boston into a national, award-winning enterprise reaching more than 25 states and 300,000 students each year. In addition to its direct service programming, uAspire’s policy and systems change efforts will lead to dramatically improved financial access to a college degree and economic opportunity for millions of young people.

        From 2015-2020, Bob served as a member of the Management Faculty at the Institute for Nonprofit Practice, a national leader in equipping the nation’s social impact leaders to boldly advance their organizations and missions, creating a more equitable future for all.

        Throughout his career, Bob has been recognized by numerous local and national organizations for his contributions to and leadership within the nonprofit sector. In 2022, Bob was named an LGBTQ Trailblazer by the Boston Business Journal for his longstanding commitments to Greater Boston’s LGBTQIA community and, in 2024, he was honored by Get Konnected! as a DEI Champion and Ally. In addition, Bob was awarded the prestigious Barr Fellowship for his “outstanding contribution to the Boston community and potential to drive positive change for years to come.”

        In 2025, Bob became Chair of the Board of Directors of Idealist.org.

        Education

        Bob holds an AB in Government from Harvard University and an Executive Education Certificate in Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management from Harvard Business School.

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        Josh Maker brings to Lindauer and its clients significant global philanthropic consulting and project management experience in the nonprofit sector.

        Prior to joining Lindauer, Josh played a key role in advancing alumni and donor engagement at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He partnered with institutional leaders and volunteer committees to design and deliver flagship reunion programs that strengthened the School’s philanthropic pipeline and deepened alumni commitment.

        Josh also spent several years at Grenzebach Glier and Associates (GG+A) where he served in multiple roles. As the Executive Director of Consulting Resources, Josh was a member of the firm’s senior leadership council and led a team in Chicago of 10 professionals in delivering client reports, presentations, and trainings. As the Chief of Staff to the President, he worked in close partnership with GG+A’s President and senior leadership to deliver on the firm’s strategic initiatives, as well as supporting the President in all of her client engagements. In the role of Senior Project Manager at GG+A, Josh managed upwards of 20 client projects at a time, ranging in sectors from arts and culture, academic medicine and healthcare, higher education, independent schools, to voluntary sectors.

        Josh has partnered with a number of clients including; Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Law School, Carnegie Mellon University, Cancer Research UK, Charlotte Country Day School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Drexel University, Esade Business School (Barcelona), Fuller Theological Seminary, Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Philadelphia Museum of Art, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Sidwell Friends School, Tate, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, University of Queensland, and the University of Toronto.

        Josh holds a Master of Arts in Cultural and Creative Industries from King’s College London, and Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Kent State University.

        As Senior Search Administrator and Executive Assistant, Dianne Cullinane acts as the liaison between Lindauer clients, candidates and consultants. She provides high-level strategic coordination and detailed administrative, client service and communications support to facilitate each search, balancing an array of clients and assignments.

        Dianne brings over 35 years-experience as an Executive Administrative Assistant, with a decade of those years spent in higher education fundraising. Dianne began her time at Simmons in the President’s Office, working with the Board of Trustees, Corporators and President’s Council. She learned all aspects of fundraising as the Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Advancement at Simmons College while earning her Bachelor’s degree. She also served as Associate Director of Institutional Programs and Special Events in her tenure at Simmons, handling all the strategy, planning and implementation of all institutional events. Known for her high level of organization and relationship-building, she facilitated cross-campus collaboration, helped build external visibility for the university’s brand, and identified opportunities for new events and expanded audience engagement. Before Simmons, Dianne worked at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts supporting the Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations, at Choate Hall & Stewart in the corporate legal arena, and in the Human Resources office of The Ritz-Carlton Boston.

        Dianne holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Simmons University in Boston, Massachusetts.

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