Anthony Tambasco, President
Anthony (Tony) Tambasco enjoyed a life in academia, highlighted by thirty-five years as a professor of biblical studies and social ethics in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Georgetown University. He also taught in the University’s evening Graduate Liberal Studies Program for most of those years. His academic duties included two three-year terms as chair of his department and five years as an Associate Dean and Director of the Graduate Liberal Studies Program. He is author of five books, editor of three, and was a frequent speaker in adult education venues across the area, including at the Smithsonian Institution Associates Program, where he pioneered lectures on biblical topics and ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue.
Frank Burgess came to Encore in 2014. He was a judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 1983 through 2013. During his tenure, he presided over criminal, civil, tax, family, probate and tax cases. He served as Presiding Judge of the court’s Criminal Division and Presiding Judge of the court’s Probate and Tax Division. Among committee posts, he was Chairperson of the court’s Rules Committee. He is now retired.
LaTasha R. Barnes, Assistant Vice President, Orlando Health, Inc. West Region and Chief Financial Officer, Bayfront Health St. Petersburg has more than 20 years of experience in healthcare finance. She oversees all aspects of financial operations at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg, including strategic planning and capital investments. Bayfront Health St. Petersburg is a 480-bed, comprehensive care hospital and the only Level II Trauma Center in Pinellas County.
Jan Augustine started her participation with Encore as an enthusiastic audience member for Capital Chorale in its early days. When evening rehearsals became available, Jan joined the tenor section first with the Chorale and then with the nascent DC Rocks. Since that beginning, she has sung with the Capital and Schweinhaut Chorales and with DC Rocks. Jan has been thrilled to sing in the 10th Anniversary Concert and at many of the Kennedy Center Holiday concerts. She has also enjoyed summer sessions at Washington College, Chautauqua, and the 2018 trip to Canada. She currently serves as the co-Chorale Master for the Capital Chorale.
Jackie Barbarito, MHA, LNHA
Jan Bloom has been singing with the Scheinhaut Chorale in Silver Spring since 2011. She has also participated in many summer camp programs. She has enjoyed singing all her life.
James L. Brooks serves as AARP’s Director of Community Engagement, and helps lead the charge for AARP to connect locally with the organization’s nearly 38 million members and the public nationwide. He and his team focus on deepening and maturing AARP’s presence in 134 target communities—he will lead AARP’s integrated local strategy that includes virtual, in-person, and low tech offerings in 2022. Prior to AARP, Brooks served as E.D. of Project Compassion, a non-profit that creates community and provides support for people living with serious illness, caregiving, end of life, and grief. Brooks holds an undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University and a Master of Divinity degree. He is originally from North Carolina and resides in Fort Myers, FL.
Dr. Jeffery Redding, Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor is the 2019 GRAMMY Music Educator Award Recipient, is the newly announced Director of Choral Activities at the University of Central Florida (UCF). Dr. Redding has led his choirs in performances at national, regional, and state conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). His choirs have earned first place awards at Heritage Festivals of Gold in California, Chicago, New York and at the Festival of Spirituals in Washington D.C. While participating in the International Music Festival in Verona, Italy, his chorus from West Orange High School received the Gold Award for best choir, with Dr. Redding honored as top director.
Rich Taylor is an accomplished professional with career chapters as live entertainment executive, college dean andprofessional entertainer. He began his career as aprofessional vocalist, producer, director and teacher with Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians. He then joined Walt Disney Entertainment, and for the next 27 years advanced through executive leadership roles. Taylor transitioned to higher education as Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma, and was adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida. Through 
Sylvia Winik brings experience from dual careers in law and special education. After practicing law for 16 years, Ms. Winik shifted her professional focus and returned to school, receiving a master's degree in learning disabilities from American University. Winik gained practical experience at the Lab School. There she worked with moderately to severely learning-disabled kids with average to high intelligence, and studied with Sally Smith, founder, and then-director of Washington’s Lab School. Ms. Winik has worked as a learning specialist at several Washington, D.C. area schools, primarily at the Washington International School. Ms. Winik currently is an educational advocate and consultant, working as an independent consultant at