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Music for All has appointed Robin Clendening as the new Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Clendening will assume the CFO role from Nancy Carlson, MFA’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Carlson will continue to serve Music for All as Senior Financial Analyst.

Most recently, Ms. Clendening worked at IU Health as the Manager of Financial Operations and System Lab Services where she served as a liaison between Lab Executive team, central finance, and System Clinical Services Leadership, with financial responsivity for over 50 cost centers. While at IU Health, Ms. Clendening led the financial components of a system-wide workgroup to redefine the intercompany revenue methodology for laboratory services to ensure break-even in future years. Previously, Ms. Clendening worked at the YMCA of Central Kentucky as the controller, as well as at various other organizations providing accounting, payroll, tax function and consulting services. Ms. Clendening holds a degree in Business and Accounting from Indiana University.

A native of Indianapolis, Robin resides in Avon where she volunteers for her children’s school programming and is actively engaged in the Avon Choir Boosters.

“As someone who blossomed in music programs growing up, it is my passion for my children and every student to have the opportunity to find a love for music,” Ms. Clendening says. “It is not often that you find a position where you can combine both your professional knowledge and personal passions, but for me, this would be it.”

“With over 15 years of experience in finance and accounting, Ms. Clendening is equipped to be an integral member of the executive leadership team, ensuring the organization is sustained through strong internal control systems, diversified funding, and a strategic and compelling position,” says Eric L. Martin, Music for All’s President and CEO. “As an experienced and active ‘Parent-Booster leader, having served as Co-Treasurer of the Avon Choral Boosters, Ms. Clendening’s work helps to ensure directors and students have the support necessary for performance and show success and delivery of positively life-changing outcomes for student participants.”

Ms. Clendening will have a direct responsibility for organization wide financial strategy, performance, and risk management. She will manage and actively participate in all financial functions with direct responsibility for accounting, financial analysis, strategic planning, budgets and forecasts, payroll, and human resources.

Headquartered in downtown Indianapolis, Music for All is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization that uniquely combines regional and national music education programming with awareness and advocacy efforts aimed at ensuring and expanding access to music in schools and communities.