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Our committed and talented Board meets bimonthly and is comprised of leaders from the classical music community throughout the state of California and western region. For the 2021-22 membership year, the Board will meet in November, January, March, May, July, and September.

Officers

President
Alice Sauro
Executive Director 
Las Vegas Philharmonic

Vice President
Scott Vandrick 
Chief Development Officer 
Pasadena Symphony Association
 
Treasurer
Steve Friedlander 
Executive Director 
Carmel Bach Festival


Secretary
Loribeth Gregory-Beck
Director of Education &
Community Engagement 
Arts & Lectures, UC Santa Barbara
 

Members


Jessica Bejarano
Founder/Music Director
San Francisco Philharmonic
Nora Brady
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association

Chelsea Chambers
Executive Director
Peninsula Symphony of
Northern California
Amanda Wu Chroust
Business Development Representative, Nonprofits
Salesforce.org

Jeri Crawford
President
Las Vegas Philharmonic 
Alicia Gonzalez
Director of Human Resources
San Diego Symphony

Dr. Mieko Hatano
Executive Director
Oakland Symphony

Jamei Haswell
Trustee
Santa Rosa Symphony


Kathryn R. Martin
President & CEO,
Santa Barbara Symphony/
Leadership & Organizational Coaching & Consulting


Dean McVay 
Partner, Lewis Brisbois/
Board President, San Bernardino Symphony

Akilah Morgan
Director of Programs
Inner City Youth Orchestra of
Los Angeles
Nicola Reilly
Executive Director
Monterey Symphony

Jonathan Rios
Director of Major Gifts &
Parent Giving
USC Thornton School of Music
Elizabeth Shribman
Chief of Staff
San Francisco Symphony

Amber Joy Weber
Deputy Director
San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory


Donna M. Williams
Board Member
Oakland Symphony
 
John Wineglass
Composer
JW Productions, LLC		  

 

Directors Emeriti

Polly Fisher, Executive Director (ret.), Santa Rosa Symphony 
G. Michael Gehret, Associate Director (ret.), Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton 
Mireya Asturias Jones, Volunteer, Los Angeles Philharmonic Affiliates
Kelly Lucera, President, Long Beach Symphony 
Sharon C. McNalley, Board Member, Philharmonic Society of Orange County; Hutchins Consort 
Stephen (Mike) Morris, Past President, Ojai Music Festival 
Deborah Rutter, President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 
Kris Sinclair, Executive Director Emeritus, 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

2021/22 Board Committees

Executive: Alice Sauro, President; Steve Friedlander, Treasurer; Loribeth-Gregory Beck, Secretary; Scott Vandrick, Vice President

Governance: Scott Vandrick (chair), Kathryn Martin, Nicola Reilly, Amber Weber, Amanda Wu Chroust

Internal Affairs: Steve Friedlander (chair), Alicia Gonzalez, Donna Williams

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion: Loribeth Gregory-Beck (co-chair), John Wineglass (co-chair), Jessica Bejarano, Alicia Gonzalez, Elizabeth Shribman

Fund Development: Nicola Reilly (chair), Jeri Crawford, Mieko Hatano, Dean McVay, Jonathan Rios, Scott Vandrick

Programs: Nora Brady (co-chair), Elizabeth Shribman (co-chair), Chelsea Chambers, Jamei Haswell, Akilah Morgan

Awards Task Force: Dean McVay (chair)