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Chapter Officers 2026-2028

Dean

Kevin J. Vaughn, DMA, CAGO

Director of Music & Organist
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, South Bend &
First English Lutheran Church, Mishawaka

Accompanist
South Bend Chamber Singers

Karen Schneider Kirner, MM, MAR

Assistant Director of Music & Liturgy
Church of Our Lady of Loretto
Sisters of the Holy Cross

Bill Niederer, MS

Substitute Organist

Accompanist & Music Dept. Secretary
Mishawaka High School

Music Dept. Faculty (retired)
Elkhart Community Schools

Steven Wietstock, Ph.D.

Organist
Cathedral of St. James (Episcopal), South Bend

Teaching Professor & Teaching Lab Safety Coordinator
University of Notre Dame

Members-at-Large

Andrew Jennings, DPM

Director of Music & Liturgy
The Center at Donaldson
Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ

To Be Appointed

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