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Meet the Board
Russ Maki, President
Russ Maki joined the Salt Creek Sinfoinetta board in 2008. He has spent many years in senior executive roles with companies in the consumer products industry and the wholesale paper distribution business. Most recently, Russ was the president of Epicurean Art Foods, LLC, a specialty food manufacturer that produced a variety of gourmet food products. Russ received his Master's Degree in Business Administration from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and started his education as a trombone performance major at Roosevelt University.
 Louis F. Parker, Treasurer
Lou has played oboe with the Sinfonietta since the 1997-1998 season. A retired systems analyst with System Sensor Inc. of St. Charles, Illinois, he divides his time between R/C model flying, teaching music and church activities in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. He has performed with symphony orchestras in Oak Park, Illinois, Columbia, Missouri, Rochester, Minnesota, Aurora, Illinois, and Greensboro, North Carolina, is a charter member of woodwind quintet, Quintessence, and has enjoyed contributing ecumenically and musically to several churches in the Fox Valley for more than thirty-five years.
 Gary A. Greene, Secretary
Gary Greene holds degrees in music education and musicology and has played horn with the Salt Creek Sinfonietta since 1999. Dr. Greene now also serves as the program annotator for the Sinfonietta. He brings to the board a significant experience in the management of music ensembles. He served as the Reference Specialist/Librarian for the American Symphony Orchestra League, 1987-1988, and he has sat on a number of music boards, principally the Monroe [LA] Symphony Orchestra Board of Governors, 1988-1998, and the Danville [IL] Municipal Band, 1980-1983 (President, 1982-1983). On the Monroe Board, his primarily committee assignments were the Artistic Advisory, Conductor Search (Chair), and KEDM Liaison (Chair) Committees.
Barbara Saks, Director
Barbara Saks earned degrees in music education from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Northwestern University. She has been the band director at Park View School in Morton Grove for the past 20 years. She still finds it very exciting to be able to introduce the instruments and music to her students! Barbara plays flute and piccolo in the Salt Creek Sinfonetta. She plays in both professional and community musical productions throughout the Chicagoland area. She is also a member of the Sounds of Silver jazz flute quartet. During the summers Barbara performs in the Wheaton Municipal Band.
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