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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
Interim Executive Director, Las Vegas Philharmonic
Treasurer
Steve Friedlander
Executive Director, Carmel Bach Festival
Secretary
Loribeth Gregory-Beck
Director of Education & Community Engagement, Arts & Lectures, UC Santa Barbara
Vice President
Scott Vandrick
Chief Development Officer, Pasadena Symphony Association
Members
Jessica Bejarano
Founder/Music Director
San Francisco Philharmonic
Nora Brady
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Chelsea Chambers
Director of Operations
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
Immediate Past Board Chair
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 & 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)
