KEYS (Kids Empowered by Your Support), which provides free music instrument instruction to Bridgeport, CT students, welcomes Darien resident Steve Mernick to the KEYS Board of Directors. Steve worked for Bank of America for 37 years in a variety of positions and responsibilities including client management, loan syndications, leveraged finance and risk management positions in the energy, healthcare, autos and airline industries. He was also responsible for the bank’s Europe, Middle East and Africa portfolio as the Senior Corporate Risk Officer in London from 2002-2005.
Steve currently volunteers in the Bridgeport school system in a first grade reading program, as a mentor and tutor for fifth grade students, and through KEYS, as a piano instructor at Bassick HS. Steve is also a Board Member (Vice President) of the Rowayton Arts Center, a provider of art classes for adults and children and exhibitor of art for local artists.
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KEYS’ mission is to bring one-to-one instrument lessons and group music instruction to underserved inner-city children in Bridgeport, CT who have no other access to this empowering life experience. See www.keysmusic.org for more information or email KEYS Assistant Executive Director, Laurie Bradbury, at aed@keysmusic.org.