Barbara Reuer, PhD, NMT, MT–BC
Executive Director
Dr. Reuer is an internationally recognized and widely published expert in music/wellness and music therapy. As Founder and Director of MusicWorx of California, her San Diego-based contractual and consulting agency, Dr. Reuer manages direct music therapy services to children with special needs, medical patients, and hospice patients. Dr. Reuer also facilitates groups dealing with substance abuse, eating disorders, cancer, lifestyle change, and bereavement.

Through her international music therapy internship program, Dr. Reuer focuses her professional attention on music therapy program and job development in San Diego County. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Reuer provides wellness, community-building, stress management, and pain management workshops and seminars for health care professionals, educators, and corporate clients all over the world.

Dr. Reuer is a past president of the National Association of Music Therapists and was the year 2000 recipient of the prestigious American Music Therapy Association’s national Professional Practice Award.

As actively engaged outside her profession, Dr. Reuer has held numerous leadership positions within her church. She supports children in the Philippines through World Vision—Network of Caring, and, most recently, Dr. Reuer founded Wealth Watchers, a women’s investment club.

Tiffany A. Wyndham, MA, MT–BC, CFE
Director of Development

Tiffany earned a BA in Music with a biology minor prior to earning an MA in Music Therapy. After completing her Master's coursework, Tiffany relocated to California to complete a six-month clinical internship at MusicWorx of California. Passionate about increasing access to music therapy services and expanding the reach of Resounding Joy, Inc., Tiffany utilizes her business experience to garner support and promote alliances with businesses and other non-profit corporations throughout San Diego County.

Jan R. Bluemer, MPH
Relationship Development
Jan's qualifications begin with a Bachelor of Environmental Sciences degree and a Master of Public Health degree in community organization and education.

Before joining Resounding Joy, Jan was a member of the development team for The BirthPlace in San Diego. There, Jan wrote, monitored, reported on, and evaluated numerous private and public grants, including multi-year National Institutes of Health funds devoted to comparing care, cost, and outcome between births occurring in hospitals and those occurring at birthing centers.

As the Coordinator for San Diego County for California State's Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program, Jan served as a liaison to state, local and county agencies. As Curriculum Developer and Trainer, Jan developed, implemented, and evaluated curricula used statewide to train staff in specific Medi-Cal programs. Jan has trained all types of health care practitioners in the principles of total quality management. As a member of the HAZMAT team in the San Diego County Environmental Services Division, Jan developed both city and county household hazardous waste programs.

Jan served as Health Education Consultant for San Diego County Environmental Services Division, March of Dimes San Diego and Imperial Counties, and The American Cancer Society of Monterey and King Counties. Jan also was a licensed Nursing Home Administrator for Western Medical Enterprises, where her extraordinary affection for and exceptional ability to care for the elderly first surfaced.

Kat Fulton, MM, MT–BC, NICU MT
Sound Minds Music Therapist
Kat Fulton is a masters-level, board-certified music therapist with specialized training from the Florida State University Infant and Child Medical Music Therapy Institute. Through work as a music therapist at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (FL), Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego, CA), and with a variety of young individuals with developmental and social special needs, she has experience putting training to practice using NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) multimodal stimulation, pediatric procedural support, and developmental music therapy interventions for early childhood.

Demonstrative of her remarkable organizational skills, Kat focuses on outcome-based interventions and is in demand as a consultant on data collection and analysis for fellow music therapists.

Founder and director of Sound Health, Kat is a seasoned lecturer who has presented the topic of early childhood music therapy for groups and organizations, including the American Medical Student Association, San Diego County Perinatal Social Workers Association, California Child Development Administrators Association, Kiwanis, and San Diego County Networking Group.

Noelle Pederson, BA, MT–BC
Director of Education and Training
Noelle recently completed her six-month clinical internship at MusicWorx of California after receiving her baccalaureate degree from the University of North Dakota. This passionate young professional is beginning her career with a thirst for knowledge and a unique, flexible, multi-modal approach that is applicable to clients of all ages and abilities. Noelle eagerly seeks every opportunity to work with populations not yet being reached by music therapy.

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