Laralee List Wahrmund, Founder, President & CEO - prior to founding the Land Of Virtuosity, Laralee was the Executive & Theatrical Director of Musical Bridges Around the World.  She has over 30 years of experience as a professional performer, with her first stage experience at the age of 5.  Laralee has 23 years of experience as a professional writer, director and producer; in San Antonio and Los Angeles, California. Throughout the years, Laralee has always found herself in the position of leader, executive officer, executive director or executive producer.  Her innovative ideas, enthusiasm and determination eventually land her that position wherever she goes.

Sonny Melendrez, Vice President - twice named Billboard Magazine's "Radio Personality of the Year," his enthusiasm for life is evident as host of various radio and television programs.  He has the honor of being included in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as one of the Top 100 Radio Personalities Of All Time.  With radio being his first love, Melendrez has hosted drive time shows at some of America's greatest radio stations, including KIIS, KMPC, KFI, KMGG AND KRLA in Los Angeles.  As host of the award winning children's series, ‘You And Me, Kid,” on the Disney Channel, Sonny displayed his natural talent for working with children.   Sonny's ability and willingness to rally people behind a cause is one reason he is involved in so many charities, both locally and nationally. He was named Inc. Magazine's "Socially Responsible Entrepreneur of the Year” and awarded the “2000 Marketing Philanthropist Lifetime Achievement Award” by the Sales and Marketing Executives of San Antonio.

Dr. Norbert Freckmann, Treasurer - received degrees in Mathematics, English and Linguistics from SUNY at Albany, NY, and the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, where he taught and researched for 12 years. Since 2000 he has been teaching mathematics at Floresville High School.

Karen L. Bobbitt, Secretary & Executive Assistant  - born & raised in San Antonio.  She left this wonderful city to attend Texas A & M in College Station where she majored in Industrial Distribution with a minor in Psychology.  She returned to San Antonio to put her eye for quality plus her marketing and operational skills to work purchasing for a major department store.   After taking a brief hiatus to raise her three children, which sharpened her time management and multi-tasking skills, she went on to work as an Executive Assistant in a large company with responsibilities that covered a gamut of duties. She specializes in customer relations and making the most disorganized seem sane.

Beth Tilton, Education, 6^th through 12^th - is a very talented director and instructor with 24 years of experience educating middle school students and 4 years educating high school students in the Theatrical Arts.  She has a BA in Theater and French Education and an MA in Educational Psychology.  She has led her students to win awards 4 times in the NSISD District UIL Competitions and once in the Regional UIL Competition. 

Veronika Kuest, Business & Education - began her successful San Antonio business with her husband in 1963.  Well known in the world of philanthropy, this dynamic duo built their metal business from the ground up.  Her wisdom in commerce, growth and management, is extremely valuable.  Mrs. Kuest also holds a seat on the Board of the well respected and successful Lyric Opera of San Antonio. 

Regina Sanders, Arts Education - received her Fine Arts and Illustration AAS degrees from the Fashion Institute of Technology State University, New York City, NY. Since 1987 Ms. Sanders has been an instructor at the following institutes:  Circle School San Antonio TX, Carver Community Cultural Center San Antonio TX, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio Academy Summer Programs, Dow Elementary Magnate School, Houston TX. Southwest School of Art & Craft.

Michele Johnson, Education, Pre-K through 1^st – currently teaches Kindergarten at Howard Early Learning Center in the AHISD and has been doing so for over six years.  She has her undergraduate degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education Instruction; before coming to Alamo Heights, she also taught Pre-Kindergarten and First grade.

Cecilia Hernandez Novak, Marketing – has over 20 years of experience in the field of marketing and media. Since 2002 she has enjoyed her position with one of the major advertising firms in San Antonio, Taylor West Advertising.  Over the years Cecilia has endeared herself to companies such as, TTHA/Full Scope Client Services, Montemayor y Asociados, Paradigm Media/TXN, Atkins Agency, KLTQ-FM,  KABB-TV, and KSAT-TV.

Dr. Victoria Aarons, Education, University Level - received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, is Professor and Chair of the Department of English at Trinity University, where she teaches courses on American Jewish and Holocaust literatures. She is the author of A Measure of Memory: Storytelling and Identity in American Jewish Fiction, and What Happened to Abraham?: Reinventing the Covenant in American Jewish Fiction, both of which received the Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Book. Her work has appeared in a number of scholarly journals, including Studies in American Literature, Modern Jewish Studies, Contemporary Literature, Shofar, Xavier Review, and Literature and Belief. She has published essays and book chapters in a variety of volumes and scholarly collections, and she is a contributor to many reference books and anthologies, including Holocaust Literature: An Encyclopedia of Writers and Their Work, The Call of Memory: Learning About the Holocaust Through Narrative, Modern Jewish Women Writers in America, and Connections and Collisions: Identities in Contemporary Jewish-American Women's Writing.

Kristina Kuest Mistry, Business & Dance Education - is a free-lance choreographer / dancer in the San Antonio area.  Her training began there, mostly at St. Mary’s Hall and with San Antonio Dance Theatre, where her primary focus was ballet.  She graduated from Boston University with her bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering while continuing her dance training at both the University and Boston Ballet School.  She continued dancing and choreographing at the Boston University Dance Theatre group and performed in extensively in student and faculty concerts while pursuing her master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  She participated in many workshops in the Boston area, especially in modern dance and contact improvisation at Earthdance, and American College Dance Festival.  Upon her return to San Antonio, she joined the board of San Antonio Dance Umbrella and has served as WIP Co-Chairperson, Webmaster, SA in Motion editor, and Vice President.  She also was a co-founder of Modern Dancers’ Co-Laboratory and has recently performed in PrintDance, collaboration with Stone Metal Press.  In addition, she is a manufacturing engineer in the air pollution control industry.

NancyJo Griffin, Education 2^nd through 5^th - grew up in San Antonio and went to St. Peter's and Alamo Heights Schools.  She attended The University of Texas in Austin receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Work and later a teaching certificate from Texas State University. This is her 17th year teaching.  She taught 3rd grade for 14 years and this is her third year to teach 5th grade.