Meet the leaders who guide the William Thomas McKinley Foundation

The leadership team at the William Thomas McKinley Foundation is deeply committed to the mission of the organization and supporting our staff in their efforts to preserve and promote the legacy of William Thomas McKinley.

President & CEO

Elliott Miles McKinley’s music has been performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Commissions include those from the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Music Society, the SOLI Chamber Music Ensemble, the Mirari Brass Quintet, Transient Canvas, Hub New Music, the Estrella Consort, the Janàček Trio, and the Martinů String Quartet.

Currently, McKinley is Associate Professor of Music Composition, Theory, and Music Technology at Roger Williams University and is the founder and director of the Alba Music Festival Composition Program. From 2008 to 2012, he served as Assistant Professor of Music and Music Program Coordinator at Indiana University East, developing the music program, the music curriculum, and building the department’s electronic and computer music studio. McKinley served as composer-in-residence at InverHills College in Minnesota, and he has taught composition and theory at the University of Minnesota School of Music, St. Olaf College,  Washington and Lee University and the University of Tennessee School of Music.

John Smith

Vice President

John Smith

Vice President

John Smith

Vice President