Charles Burrall was raised in upstate New York and graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1976 with a B.A. in English. He lived eight years in Alaska where he worked as a commercial fishing deckhand and ship’s steward in the U.S. Merchant Marine. He is a retired high school English teacher who taught for twenty-five years at Seneca Valley High School in Montgomery County, Maryland.  While in Alaska, Mr. Burrall worked on a freighter that was seized by the Soviet Union and taken captive to Siberia.  He has written a book about the experience.

Before entering his teaching career, he worked at a variety of jobs, including restaurants, construction crews, canneries, and fishing boats. He traveled widely in the United States, Mexico, Europe, and the Middle East before coming to Maryland, where he currently volunteers in the jail ministry of his church, preaching and conducting church services for inmates at the Frederick County Detention Center.

Levine Music President and CEO Jeffery Tribble, Jr. recently finished his first year at the helm of the capital area’s preeminent center for music education, which serves communities across the region at six campuses located in  Maryland, Virginia, and DC as well as online.

As a leader, Tribble has received numerous awards, including the NBC4 2020 Community Leadership Award, being named one of the nation’s foremost Empathetic Leaders by Black Enterprise Magazine and one of Magic Johnson’s 32 Under 32. 

Most recently, he received the Award for Excellence in Visionary Leadership at the 37^th Annual DC Mayor’s Arts Awards. Prior to his appointment at Levine in 2021, Tribble founded The MusicianShip, a nonprofit organization that facilitates music lessons, experiences, and opportunities to benefit those who need it most. Tribble graduated magna cum laude from Howard University and received his Juris Doctorate from The George Washington University Law School.