Barbara Reuer, PhD, NMT, MT–BC
President since September 2005
Dr. Reuer, the founder of Resounding Joy, Inc., has earned international recognition of her expertise in music-centered wellness and music therapy. She has served as Past President of the National Association for Music Therapy and was the year 2000 recipient of the Professional Practice Award from the American Music Therapy Association for her significant contribution to the practice of music therapy. Her vast experience includes more than 30 years of clinical experience in public schools, older-adult facilities, hospices, medical and psychiatric hospitals, corrections facilities, substance abuse and eating disorders programs, health spas, and teaching at the community college and university level.

Dr. Reuer directs MusicWorx of California, an international clinical training program for music therapy interns. MusicWorx also provides workshops and seminars—wellness, community-building, and stress management—for healthcare professionals, educators, and corporate clients.

Dr. Reuer is the author and co-author of several books and articles, recognized by numerous prestigious publications as well as the Lifetime Network television show, New Attitudes. Dr. Reuer is a frequent subject of print media feature articles and televised interview formats at local, national, and international levels.

Frederick “Rick” Hein
Vice President since September 2005
Frederick Hein is President and Founder of Miramar Bobcat, Inc., a Bobcat Equipment dealer with five branches in southern California and Southern Nevada. Rick has nearly 40 years' experience in the construction equipment business.

Rick grew up on a beef farm in southern Minnesota and attended Gustavus Adolphus College and the University of Minnesota. After college, he spent five years working for a couple of equipment dealers in the Midwest. In 1975, he moved to San Diego to try his hand at being in business for himself. Things have worked out nicely, and today his companies employ more than a hundred people.

A lifelong Lutheran, Rick met his wife Ann in the Calvary Lutheran choir, where they remain active today. They have two grown children, both teachers.

Rick and Ann are trained and active Joy Givers. Both also sing in and direct the Minstrels, an acapella singing group that supports the ministry of Resounding Joy. Rick has served on the board of Redwood Senior Services in Escondido, California, as Board Chair for several years. Ann continues on that board to this day.

Serving the senior community is very important to Rick, and involving as many people in as many volunteer positions as possible is his vision for Resounding Joy, Inc.

Terry A. Bluemer

Secretary and Parliamentarian since September 2005
Terry is the Senior Vice President of the Organizational Accountability Group of Front Porch, a not-for-profit providing housing and healthcare to seniors. The Accountability Group monitors corporate compliance, ethics service, quality assurance, and improvement and social accountability programs for an organization that serves close to 5,000 people each day.

During Terry's 26-year span of service at Front Porch, he has held corporate management responsibility for pharmacy, homecare, and skilled nursing operations. For five years, Terry directed the human resources department.

Raised and educated in Michigan, Terry earned his B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Michigan in 1972. Terry is a current member of both Aging Services of California and American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging.

The need for supportive music and its benefit to the elderly, those nearing life's end, and those with disabilities is evident in Terry's work in the retirement field. Enjoyment of music and desire to help meet the needs of others make Resounding Joy an especially comfortable fit.

Paul A. Hacker
Treasurer since January 2008
General Director from April 2006 to December 2007
Paul's lifetime of on-the-job training, coupled with keen entrepreneurial instincts, has guided his successful career of buying and selling manufacturing businesses. His extensive experience spans 40 years and includes everything from inventory control and business consulting to founding ownership of a company whose destiny was to become a global supplier of products to the semiconductor industry.

In 1983, Paul and his wife Jill left the San Francisco Bay area to re-settle in San Diego. Their solid 35-year marriage has produced two children who have rewarded the Hackers with three grandchildren, a fourth due in August 2007. International travel, especially on motorcycle, is now the favorite Hacker hobby.

Conversations with enthusiastic Resounding Joy Givers motivated Paul to share his strong business acumen with the Board of Directors.

Jane A. Kieschnick
Referral Coordinator since September 2005
Jane's background is rich in the role of music as a source of enjoyment and health. Since high school, she has served as a pianist, accompanying orchestras and choirs. In college, Jane pursued studies in pipe organ and choral directing.

Jane's exceptional organizational skills have served her as office manager for the Lutheran Schools Association of metropolitan New York, where she not only developed critical internet databases, but also worked as liaison among parents, local school administrators, and New York State Department of Education. Through the years, Jane has served on the boards of a variety of not-for-profit organizations.

Ron Ham

General Director since January 2008
Ron has 31 years experience in newspapers, where he's directed coverage of everything from wildfires, murder trials and city hall scandals to elections, city council meetings and presidential visits. Most recently he was north coast editor of the San Diego Union-Tribune, overseeing the work of a half-dozen reporters and a satellite newsroom in Carlsbad.

Ron grew up in the Los Angeles area and earned his bachelor’s degree in communications arts at Cal Poly Pomona. He met his future wife, Edie, after moving to Leucadia in the late 1970s. They raised two children, Mary Kate and Scott, who are both in college.

Ron became interested in Resounding Joybecause he loves to sing. A tenor in the choir at Calvary Lutheran Church, he helped publicize fundraising concerts for the non-profit organization and joined its Minstrels a cappella group before joining the board.

These days, he spends much of his time photographing nature and water sports.

Louis Shook
General Director since January 2008
Louis has a background in advertising, graphic design, marketing and music. He is the Creative Services Manager at The San Diego Union-Tribune, where he directs a team of writers, editors and graphic artists on a variety of projects.

He also serves as treasurer on the The San Diego Direct Marketing Association Board of Directors 

Lou has enjoyed surfing for many years and plays guitar and sings with his band, the Flounders, at a number of North San Diego County venues.

Richard "Dick" Binford
Treasurer September 2005 to January 2008

Ervin "Skip" Lincoln Hawk, II
General Director September 2005 to February 2007

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