RODRIGO ERNESTO BOLAÑOS 
PRESIDENT

A resident of NYC since 2006, Rodrigo is a graduate of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor in Architecture and a minor in Theatre Studies. He started his choral performance career in the children's church choir in his native El Salvador. After moving to Southern California at the age of 10, he continued performing in school musicals well into high school. There he joined the Madrigal Choir, performing as a bass, then moving up to Tenor when joining the PolyPhonics in college. He and his husband Mark-Eugene Garcia have continued the love for the performing arts by collaborating in the production of several plays and musicals, since moving to NYC. This is Rodrigo's eleventh year with ECMC and tenth as a member of the board.

BILL POWELL 
VICE PRESIDENT  

Bill has been a member of the Empire City Men’s Chorus since 2004. He grew up in Colorado Springs where he studied vocal music at the Colorado Springs Conservatory. He went on to study vocal music performance at the University of Missouri and spent two summers in as a young artist at the Seagle Music Colony in Schroon Lake, NY.Bill returned to school in New Jersey, earning a BS in Business Administration from Felician University. He served as the chairperson of the ECMC concert committee and the membership committee before joining the board in 2019. He currently lives in Jersey City and senior planner for Gap Inc.

CRAIG GOODWIN-ORTIZ DE LEON  
TREASURER  

Craig is proud to serve on the Executive Committee for ECMC as the organization continues to grow and thrive, bringing outstanding men’s choral music to the community. He began singing in choirs in fifth grade and received several awards in high school for outstanding choral singing, including the NJ Governor’s Award in Vocal Music and the National School Choral Award.  Prior to joining ECMC, he sang in The Arcadian Chorale. Additionally, Craig is a nonprofit financial leader who serves as the Vice President of Finance and Administration at the Hispanic Federation. He holds a BA in Liberal Studies and a BSBA in Accounting from Thomas Edison State University; as well as an MPA in nonprofit management from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.  Finally, he is a doctoral student at Grand Canyon University where he pursues a Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Craig is also a Certified Nonprofit Accounting Professional.