Fraternity Governance

  • Rusty Shields

  • Jesse A. Reyes

  • Timothy P. Carter Esq.

  • Jeff Robinson

  • Victor Brisenõ

  • J. Andrew Owen

National Officers

  • Kyle C. Coleman - National President

    National President, Rusty Shields

  • Jesse A. Reyes - National Secretary-Treasurer

    National Vice President, Jesse A. Reyes

    Omicron Pi Chapter (California State University-Fullerton) 2005

    Jesse Reyes (ΟΠ, 2005) is a graduate of California State Polytechnic University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Aerospace Engineering.  Brother Reyes is an aerospace engineer working in the Defense industry.  He works in quality and mission assurance and works to bring his team’s technical program management expertise to various defense contractors and programs.

    Brother Reyes served his chapter at California State University, Fullerton in various positions including Vice President and Fraternity Education Officer.  He was a two-term Collegiate Province Representative for Province 22 and was subsequently elected as that Council’s Chairman, serving on the National Executive Committee during the 2009-2012 triennium.  After that, he was appointed to serve on the Commission on Standards between 2012-2018.

    Brother Reyes resides in Coto de Caza, California in South Orange County with his wife, Athena, and four children; Jessa, Juliana, Abram, and Adrian.

  • J. Andrew Owen - National Historian

     National Historian, J. Andrew Owen

    Dr. Owen (Theta Upsilon Chapter – Delta State University – 2006) is a music historian and teacher currently working towards a certification to teach choral music. Initiated at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, he served as Deputy Province Governor for Province 24 (Mississippi) from 2011 until 2015 and Province Governor from 2015 until 2022. He served as National Historian during the 2015–2018 triennium. He received a Ph.D. in musicology from Louisiana State University, with a dissertation dealing with music as used by various initiatic societies.

    Recently he published on YouTube an audiobook of the earliest writings of the founders and early brothers of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. (See below) That project, among several others in progress, is an outgrowth of his belief that enabling brothers to engage effectively with the past will help them fulfill the Object. His work with music is heavily influenced by Brother Burrell’s idea that music is not an end in itself but a means of uplifting others; and that, similarly, the history of the fraternity is not an end in itself but a means of deepening the connection between the brother and the fraternity.

    He is also an enthusiast of philosophy, conducting, languages (living, artificial, or ancient), the art of Gregg Shorthand, and reading choral music from individual parts.

National Executive Committee

  • Timothy P. Carter, Esq. - Committeeman-at-Large

    Committeeman-at-Large, Timothy P. Carter, Esq.

    Mu Psi Chapter (Southern University) 1999

    Brother Timothy P. Carter, Esq. (Mu Psi ’99) earned a Juris Doctorate from the Southern University Law Center, a Masters of Music (Music Theory & Composition) the University of Louisiana Lafayette, a Bachelor of Art in Music (Trumpet Performance), and an Associates of Art (Jazz studies & Louisiana Ethnic Music) both from Southern University, Baton Rouge. Brotgher Carter is a native and lifelong resident of North Baton Rouge (Scotlandville). Bro. Carter has a very diverse professional and life experiences:

    Nine years of legal experience
    Law Clerk (8yrs)
    Practicing Attorney (3+yr)
    Nearly two decades as an educator and composer

    With a nearly 20-year award-winning career as a music educator and composer, Brother Carter has also serviced clients in numerous capacities, including but limited to, negotiating recording contracts, employment discrimination actions, and consulting on advertisement content for national presidential campaigns.         

    As a professional trumpet player, Brother Carter has performed both nationally and internationally. As a composer, his original compositions have also been performed everywhere from Georgia to Japan. In addition to being a National award-winning educator, Brother Carter also holds a lifetime teaching certification from the Louisiana Department of Education.

  • Jeffery Robinson- Committeeman-at-Large

    Jeffery Robinson- Committeeman-at-Large

  • Tavell L. Kindall - Chairman, Province Governors Council

    Chairman, Collegiate Province Governors Council, David Friday

  • Levi D. R. Frazier - Chairman, Collegiate Province Representatives Council

    Chairman, Collegiate Province Representatives Council, Victor Briseño

  • Reno M. Ruiz - National Collegiate Representative

    National Collegiate Representative, Dana Rodriguez

Standing Committees

Commission on Standards | Dates of Service: 2022-2025

The Commission on Standards (COS) is a standing committee devoted to the development and welfare of chapters and colonies. It establishes and reviews colony program requirements, approves colony applications, and monitors colony progress. The COS is the Fraternity’s disciplinary body.

To contact this committee, please write to:
COS@sinfonia.org

Special Committees

Awards Committee | Dates of Service: 2022-2025

To contact this committee, please write to:
awards@sinfonia.org

Fraternal Education Committee | Dates of Service: 2022-2025

To contact this committee, please write to:
education@sinfonia.org

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Fraternity of America

Founded: 1898