Board of Directors

Rich Greene has lived in the Rochester area since 1978. He retired in 2020 after a 28 year career in education as an elementary classroom teacher and elementary school principal. Rich is the front man and founding member of the Rochester band Reporter.

He served for more than 12 years on the Board of Directors for Generation Two, a nonprofit now part of The Strong Museum of Play. Generation Two is a school-based universal mental health intervention program using one-on-one child-directed play. https://g2rochester.org/

Rich also served on the Advisory Board for the nonprofit We R 3C, a character education curriculum for elementary schools. https://www.wer3c.org/

He is one of the core team of musicians who created Elvio’s Camp ROC Star, a rock and roll music summer camp for kids. https://rocstaracademy.com/

Rich has written over 100 songs for kids and enjoys performing for audiences of all ages.

Joe is a graduate of St. John Fisher College, Class of 1970. He began practicing as a CPA in Monroe County, New York, founding the firm of Grymin and Hall in September, 1977.  He recently semi-retired, devoting his time to community service and music.

Joe is a Director and Treasurer of the Robert G. Boehmler Community Foundation. He also is a Director of The Foundation for The Future. Both are 501(c) (3) non-profits whose missions focus on Music and Arts education.

In his spare time, Joe also performs in a music duo, The Imaginary Rock Stars.

Joe is married and resides in Bushnells’ Basin.

Tony Gross is Strategic Development Coordinator for the Rochester Music Hall of Fame. He entered the music business at the age of 19 as guitarist for the A&M Records recording artists “Head East.” Currently, Tony is President of GFI Productions and manages American Country Music Artist and Influencer Claudia Hoyser.  He is also Co-Founder of Hoyser Country Blend Coffee and Hoyser Country Drunken Bean Whiskey. Additionally, he has served as Contributing Editor for EQ Magazine and is an Applied Research and Technology Advisory Board Member.  Tony is also an Advisory Board Member of Root Words and has been a featured guest on PBS affiliates on Digital Rights Management.

Lisa Belodoff owns Bell Collaborative, a marketing and business consultancy that supports companies globally in the industries of optics, photonics, imaging, and laser. She is driven by the desire to elevate businesses, and that includes the business side of music. Her music passion may be genetic, as her mother created, and organized for several years Cortland’s Day in the Park Music festival and the Celtic Festival.

Belodoff’s first internship while studying at SUNY Geneseo was with Foxxman Records and Andre Foxx, a member of George Clinton and P-Funk. She helped coordinate media relations for tours and in between practiced her own continual concert-going and was able to lure Phish to perform on her campus. Her second internship was at an ad agency owned by Will Young, today a fellow RMHF board member.

While working as marketing director of a tech company in Syracuse, Belodoff continued to align with music, and encouraged the musicians on staff to form a band and enter the Fortune Magazine Battle of the Corporate Rock Bands. Despite going up against the country’s biggest tech companies, her band made it to the finals in NYC and then played at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum.

When living in California and serving as VP on the board of the Optical Society of Southern California, Belodoff met business execs in the optics and photonics industry who also were musicians and would informally gather to jam while working trade shows. Fast forward, and she now organizes an official Jam at each major conference, which serves as a fundraiser for optics education under the non-profit she founded, Optics for the Greater Good.

Belodoff is proud to be serving on the board of the Rochester Music Hall of Fame, with a strong belief that optics and music are Rochester’s greatest exports.

Paul C. Boutte is a professional musician, songwriter, and producer whose specialty is Gospel music and the Hammond organ. Currently Paul is the musical director of the Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, and the Spiritus Christi Church. Paul is an adjunct Professor of Music at the State University of New York at Brockport. Paul currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Rochester Music Hall of Fame and is a founding member of the ROC Music Group LLC.  Paul, as well as his company, The ROC Music Group LLC, also developed the curriculum for the music program of the In Control program of Rochester NY.

Paul is the program director and radio personality of the top rated “Sunday Morning Gospel” radio show on 103.9 WDKX for over 20 years. He currently holds the position of ROCmusic Associate for the City of Rochester’s music program, ROCmusic. Paul has worked as a producer with the likes of Missy Elliot, Shaquille O’Neal, Kierra Sheard, Nicole Wray, and Devante Swing of the group Jodeci and has played as a session musician on Grammy, Stellar, and Dove Awards nominated projects.

On the local scene Paul has been band leader and one of the directors of the annual MLK Musical Celebration Concert as well as the city wide MLK Day Community Service for over 25 years. His recent awards and accomplishments include several Roc Awards such as the Lifetime Achievement Award, a City of Rochester Summer Soul Fest musician for feature acts, and a presentation of the “Key to the City” from Mayor Lovely A. Warren for musical contributions to the Rochester area and beyond. Paul continues to advise, produce, play and promote local talent in the local Gospel and R& B scene of Rochester.

For twenty five years Steve has worked with Whirlwind Music brokering sales and providing custom audio and video equipment installations and products for such clientele as Radio City Music Hall, Julliard School of Music, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Lenny Kravitz, and many more. As a music lover with a forty year passion for photography Steve has had photographs published on album covers, magazines and newspapers etc. featuring some of rock’s greatest stars including David Bowie, Peter Gabriel and Elton John. With an appreciation for the art of musical entertainment Steve has also promoted concerts from Rochester to Syracuse.

John Dretto is a Rochester Native and a graduate of East High School and St. John Fisher University.  He performed with numerous bands during high school and college from the early 60s to the 70s.  John started at Music Lovers Shoppe, Inc. in 1971, when it was located on Main Street East, downtown Rochester.  He purchased the company in 1980, opened a satellite store in Syracuse, 1991, and operated Music Lovers until 2000.

John has volunteered for several non-profits and served on the Holy Childhood Board of Directors for 25 years.  He remains active with Holy Childhood as a volunteer.

John has been a real estate broker since 2001 and currently produces music shows and events and manages a number of bands and artists with his Maestro Management Company.  He resides in Webster with his Wife, Ramona and has two children, Delaney and Jon.

John joined the Rochester Music Hall of Fame Board of Directors in 2022.

Concert producer, concert promoter and veteran of the road, Jerry spent his twenties traveling throughout Canada, the Eastern and Southern States with rock band Pearl. He spent five years as a talent agent for Rochester Talent Unlimited establishing road tours for local bands. He produced the TV show Beyond the Lyric with Debbie Randyn that featured local and national songwriters. He was also the Program Director for Fort Hill Performing Arts Center and helped establish the Avon Park Theater as a destination venue.  Jerry has produced the stage concerts, Deja Vu All Over Again, a Celebration of the Music of Crosby Stills Nash & Young and It Feels Like Heaven, A Celebration of the Music of Tom Petty.

 Jerry is an independent record producer and has released five of his own records, three with Liar’s Moon. Jerry is a songwriter with a Top Album Pick from Billboard Magazine (For Pearl’s first LP release), has established the Lake Shore Coffee House Series, Lake Shore at The Little, Lake Shore at The Mission and Fandango at The Tango, a weekly concert series featuring local and national songwriters.

Jerry is married to Kathy Anetrini-Falzone and currently lives in Port Orange, Florida where he is working on producing his next music series.

Steve’s BA degree was in music and he was at one time a full-time performing musician. He is a law partner at Pirrello, Personte & Feder PLLC, and has been a Board member and counsel to the Rochester Music Hall of Fame since the start of the organization. Like many of our Board members, Steve continues to perform part-time (with longtime area groups Time Bandits and Time Bandits Acoustic, and also as a solo acoustic act).

Erin Futterer was an active volunteer member of the Rochester Music Hall of Fame Marketing Committee before joining the Board of Directors. She produced and participated in numerous RMHF events, increasing visibility for the Hall.  Erin has her DMA from the Eastman School of Music in Horn Performance and is an active teacher and performer in the Rochester and national horn communities – most notably, with her partner, Ross Falzone, in “Erin & Ross”.  Erin has performed on the RMHF stage for Fringe Festival as well as virtually.  Erin has a substantial and diverse following in the Rochester area, and as she has a desire to open doors between the different local music communities.

John Giallanza was born in Sicily and arrived in Rochester when he was 5 years old. He attended SUNY Geneseo and focused on communication and media. John also plays multiple instruments including guitar and has been in many local bands over the years. Additionally, John worked for local radio stations and TV stations for over 20 years.

He now serves as cofounder of FX Media Marketing Inc in Fairport, NY, where he plays a key role in driving strategic growth, client engagement, and innovative marketing solutions. With extensive experience in media marketing and business development, John is recognized for his ability to build strong client relationships and develop impactful campaigns that deliver measurable results.

Music Producer, songwriter, Event Promoter, Talent coordinator, Radio Personality and Entertainment Director.

With over 30 years of experience in the development and careers of several music producers, songwriters, musicians and numerous artist (music, art & poetry) and in the entertainment territory of television, radio, comedy, media, and urban magazines, Grand Tone has built and maintained strong relationships within the local and national music and entertainment industry.  He is a respected political event promoter and music coordinator for several event and has hosted various diverse elite soirees and supervised music for live events.

He is also a radio personality and served as Entertainment Director for Arts & culture for Breakthru Magazine.  He has been the liaison for and to the community seeking connections to comedians, performing artist, host for event, and links to establishments to hold events and public forums.  The Roc Award “Best Host” winner, Rochester Black Man Achieve “Entertainer of the Year” honoree/winner, and Breakthru Magazine Icon recipient is currently the Executive Owner of Roc Music LIVE Entertainment which produces, manages, and coordinates live entertainment for events, galas, and music festivals.

Grand tone has received several honors and awards, and a proclamation for his community work with the annual Mayor’s Ball, The Roc summer Soul Fest, Juneteenth, and The Square Fair.  He currently produces the popular weekly music showcase, R&B Wednesdays at Urban Euphoria along with his wife, Lady Star, and will soon be embarking on his new music related podcast The Rhythm & Groove Podcast.  He continues to be an advocate for local artist and their music and continues to be a mentor and consultant for the youth and Rochester’s plethoric entertainment culture.

Scott is a passionate music fan as well as a historian/music critic.  He’s attended over 1500 shows in the States, as well as in Canada, Europe and the Far East, including blues in New Orleans, shows at the Montreal Jazz Festival, opera in Beijing, classical music in Berlin, Salsa and punk in New York City and more.  He’s had over 1000 articles published in regional and international arts and entertainment magazines covering a wide variety of sounds and styles.  In 2023, he was selected to join a panel of international music experts as they critique submissions from around the world for an annual Italian based contest.  Finally, he’s working on several books including one focused on US blues and how it influenced the British Invasion of the 1960s and beyond.

Horacio DeJesus Martinez is a Cuban American born in Port Guatemala on Bahia Nipe, Oriente province, who, post Castro’s revolution, immigrated with his family to the US. In 1968, the family settled in Henrietta, NY. He attended school in Rush-Henrietta district, graduating from Charles H. Roth high school in 1976, where he excelled as a 2nd baritone with the select group RH singers. As a junior, his love for music and sports led him to join the newly licensed FM educational radio station where he eventually served as assistant station manager. He would go on to produce, remote engineer and call the play-by-play for RH football and basketball games for three seasons. In 1994, after a decade of urban living, he returned to Henrietta to build his family home where his two children were raised while also attending and eventually graduating from RH.

Professional Life
Shortly after graduation, he began producing a 2 hour “Latin themed, Spanish speaking show” which he named “Ecos Latinos” – broadcast Sundays from Dec 1976 until October 1979. This early career in radio began at WSAY (1370 AM) and continued in the 80s with stops at WDKX (103.9FM) WVOR (100.5 FM) WPXY (AM 1280 & FM 97.8). After nearly a ten year hiatus, he returned to radio work at WJZR (105.9 FM) in 1994, doing both on-air work and as Sales Manager. When the conglomeration of media dramatically reduced local radio jobs, he turned to his ancestral trade and began to contract for home improvements and custom builds. In 2000, he was selected Contractor of the year by NHSR, a non-for-profit dedicated to financing affordable housing. In total, he was an entrepreneur for over 35 years working as a mobile DJ and contracting in the trades.

Academic Life
He returned to finish undergrad studies in Communications, begun at Monroe Community College (1979) and completed at SUNY Brockport (2007) where he graduated Cum Laude with dual BA Journalism and Spanish Literature, Culture and Civilization. He continued to post graduate studies where he earned a Master’s in the Arts of Teaching (SUNY Empire) He taught secondary at RCSD and other local school districts.

Music Life
As a teen, along with schoolmates which include RMHOFer Scott Mayo, and blues guitarist Howard Love, he jammed in many fusion “garage bands,” the most successful under the moniker BadPlus (years later taken by another group) which played the Inter-American Club in 1975. Introduced to the local cover band circuit while working as a busboy at a joint (Steak and Ale) where cover bands played 4 nights a week, he created the house DJ position and often sang cameo with many local acts, including Jay Capozzi’s Pride and Joy band. For the next 25 plus years he would do cameos and sub in friend’s bands before forming, fronting and leading the project Fama SinGafas, later known as Horacio & La Fama Salsa Band, an ensemble which played the area for a span of 22 years up until 2024. At its peak, the band was opener for Mike Sterns, Victor Wooten, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Spanish Harlem Orquesta, Morris Day & The Time and comedian Seth Meyers among the more notable. During his early music career, besides operating a mobile DJ service, he was also the house dee-jay at the Orange Monkey Rock Club (1978-79) The 747 Executive Lounge (1984), and, regularly appeared at Nortons, El Toritos and Red Creek Cabaret- three popular pubs/dance halls of the era.

Working Retired
Today, Horacio, a cancer survivor since 2016, enjoys home remodeling, and restoration as hobbies- where music and guitar once again reside. He’s restored several homes, boats and classic cars and is learning to sail. Periodically, he takes on professional consulting projects in communications, language translating and voice actor work, to keep the lights on.