Our committed and talented Board is comprised of leaders from the music community throughout the state of California and the Western U.S. For the 2026-27 membership year, the Board meets in October, February, June, and August.
2026-27 Officers
Giuliano Kornberg
President
CEO
Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera
Chelsea Chambers
Vice President
Executive Director
Peninsula Symphony of Northern California
Elizabeth Shribman
Treasurer
Chief Operating Officer
San Francisco Symphony
Ellen Armour Stein
Secretary
Director of Development
Carmel Bach Festival
Scott Vandrick
Immediate Past President
Vice President of Philanthropy
Pasadena Community Foundation
Directors
Akilah Morgan
Associate Executive Director
Inner City Youth Orchestra of
Los Angeles
Alessandra Aquilanti
Development Director
Music@Menlo
Jessica Bejarano
Founder and Music Director, San Francisco Philharmonic / Curator & Scholar in Residence, San Francisco Opera
Anne Brown
Executive Director (retired)
Auburn Symphony
Dwayne Burrell
Assistant Conductor
Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles
Julia Cole
Director, Institutional Giving
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Jenny Darlington-Person
Executive Director
Arts Council of Placer County
Dr. Kevin Eberle-Noel
Executive Director
Redlands Symphony
Ron La Bruzzo
Director/Treasurer
OnKai Health Foundation
Nadia Liu
Executive Director
Young People's Symphony Orchestra
Alicia Gonzalez
Interim Director of Human Resources
San Francisco Symphony
Laura Goodall
Assistant Director of Development
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Dr. Mieko Hatano
CEO
Oakland Symphony
Paul Meecham
President & CEO
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Rios
Director of Philanthropy
Pitzer College
Stephen Salts
Director of Impact & Innovation
San Diego Symphony
Anne-Marie Spataru
Immediate Past Chair, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra / Co-Chair, New Music USA
John Wineglass
Composer
JW Productions, LLC
2026/27 Board Committees
Executive: Giuliano Kornberg (Chair), Chelsea Chambers, Akilah Morgan, Elizabeth Shribman, Scott Vandrick
Internal Affairs: Elizabeth Shribman (Chair)
Governance: Chelsea Chambers (Chair)
Development:
Member Engagement, Inclusion, and Belonging:
Directors Emeriti
Jeri Crawford, President, Las Vegas Philharmonic
Steve Friedlander (posthumous), Executive Director, Carmel Bach Festival
G. Michael Gehret, Associate Director (ret.), Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Jamei Haswell, Board Member, Santa Rosa Symphony & League of American Orchestras
Mireya Asturias Jones, Volunteer, Los Angeles Philharmonic Affiliates
Sharon C. McNalley, Board Member, Philharmonic Society of Orange County; Hutchins Consort
Dean McVay, Partner, Lewis Brisbois/Past President, San Bernardino Symphony
Kelly Ruggirello, President, Long Beach Symphony
Deborah Rutter, Vice Provost for the Arts, Duke University
Kris Sinclair, Executive Director Emeritus (ret.), Association of California Symphony Orchestras
Louis G. Spisto, Lou Spisto Arts Management LLC
Sean Sutton, Executive VP & COO, Pacific Symphony
Joseph Truskot, Staff Writer (ret.), The Salinas Californian
Donna M. Williams, Board Member, Oakland Symphony