MEGAN SESMA is currently the 1st enlisted principal harpist with the US Coast Guard Band and DHS. Ms. Sesma holds a Bachelor in music from the Eastman School of Music as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Rochester and a Masters Degree in harp performance from New York University, a Certificate in Executive Women’s Leadership from Yale University, and an MBA in Arts Innovation in August 2023 from the Global Leaders Institute. Ms. Sesma is adjunct professor of harp at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT and Connecticut College in New London, CT and harp instructor at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT.