ATG Past Presidents
1941-1946 Walter Cot Haines
1946-1949 Andy Rizzo
1949-1951 Oakley Yale
1951-1953 Anthony Galla-Rini
1953-1954 Tony Rozance
1954-1957 Sydney Dawson
1957-1960 Grace Owen
1960-1961 John Barsuglia
1961-1962 Mort Herald
1962-1964 Charles Nunzio
1964-1966 Carl Hane
1966-1968 Lari Holzhauer
1968-1972 Harold Krieger
1972-1973 George Cailotto
1973-1975 Arlene Boddicker
1975-1977 Betty Walker
1977-1981 Joan C Sommers
1981-1985 Arlene Boddicker
1985-1986 Rina Rosa
1986-1989 Gerry Boddicker
1989-1991 Joan C Sommers
1991-1995 Kevin Friedrich
1995-1999 Amy Jo Sawyer
1999-2003 Joan C Sommers
2003-2005 Stas Venglevski
2005-2007 Joan C Sommers
2008-2010 Dee Langley
2010-2012 Elizabeth Finch
2012-2015 Betty Jo Simon
2015-2017 Amy Jo Sawyer
2017-2020 Joe Natoli
2020-Present Mary Ann Covone
ATG United States National Champions
1955 Joan Cochran
1956 Joan Cochran/Amy Jo Sawyer
1957 Lynlee Barry
1958 Eric Eberhardt
1959 Donald Hulme/Anthony Zinnante
1960 Donald Hulme
1961 Donald Hulme*
1962 Claude Castigone
1963 Beverly Henkel
1964 William Cosby
1965 William Cosby
1966 William Cosby
1967 William Cosby
1968 Steve Matteson
1969 Pam Barker
1970 Gene Conneille
1971 John Torcello
1972 John Torcello*
1973 Mary Kasprzyk
1974 Jeff Lisenby
1975 Steve Mori
1976 Robert Sattler
1977 Jeff Lisenby
1978 Anthony Rolando
1979 Monica Slomski
1980 Peter Soave
1981 Peter Soave
1982 Lisa Cleveland (Vasta)
1983 Margie Jelovic
1984 Peter Soave*
1985 Kim Christian
1990 Julia Williams
1994 Eric Bradler
1999 Cathy Sommers
*Denotes CIA Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championship Winner
ATG United States Junior National Champions
2002 Andrea Caruso
2003 Andrea Caruso
2006 Samantha Jarquio
2007 Samantha Jarquio
2013 Alicia Baker
ATG United States Virtuoso Entertainment Champions
1999 Jason Stephen
2013 Alicia Baker
ATG United States Junior Virtuoso Entertainment Champions
2003 Christine Jarquio
2007 Samantha Jarquio
ATG United States Piano Accordion Champions
2001 Shanxi Upsddel
2002 Jason Stephen
2003 Christine Jarquio
"Don Lipovac" International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music
1990 Peter Soave (USA)
"Myron Floren" International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music
2000 Lidia Kaminska (Poland)
2001 Nina Slyuser-Wegmann (Belarus)
2002 Lidia Kaminska (Poland)
"Anthony Galla-Rini" International Competition for Classical Accordion
1990 Garbine Belerdi (Spain)
2001 Alexander Sevastian (Belarus)
2002 Lidia Kaminska (Poland)
2010 Gao Yi Cheng (China)
"Art Van Damme" International Competition for Jazz Accordion
2005 Julien Labro (France)
"Frank Marocco Prize" International Competition for Jazz Accordion
2005 Jérôme Richard (France)