Board of Directors

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Our committed and talented Board meets quarterly and is comprised of leaders from the classical music community throughout the state of California and western region.

Officers

SeanSuttonPresident
Sean Sutton
Executive VP & COO, Pacific Symphony

AubreyBergauerVice President
Aubrey Bergauer
Executive Director, California Symphony

Vice President
Nicola Samra
Executive Director, Monterey Symphony

Vice President
Dean McVay 
Partner, Lewis Brisbois and Board President, San Bernardino Symphony

StephenWilsonTreasurer
Stephen Wilson
President & CEO, Fresno Philharmonic

BettinaSwiggerSecretary
Bettina Swigger
Executive Director, Festival Mozaic

AlanMasonImmediate Past President
Alan Mason
Managing Director, BlackRock and Board Member, Santa Rosa Symphony

Members

Jeri Crawford
President & CEO
Las Vegas Philharmonic

Sonia Marie De Leon De Vega 
Music Director
Santa Cecilia Orchestra

Steve Friedlander 
Executive Director
Carmel Bach Festival

Lace HuszczaLacey Huszcza
Associate Executive Director
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Mireya Asturias Jones 
Volunteer
Los Angeles Philharmonic Affiliates 

Genevieve Macias
Director of Communications and Development
Long Beach Symphony

Kathryn R. Martin
Leadership Transition Strategist/Executive Coach
Kathryn R. Martin Consulting

Janneke Straub
Director, Leadership Gifts
Los Angeles Opera

Oliver Theil
Director of Communications
San Francisco Symphony

Scott Vandrick 
Chief Development Officer
Pasadena Symphony Association

Julia Ward
Director, Development Communications and Strategy
Los Angeles Philharmonic

Amy Williams
Managing Director
Camerata Pacifica

Donna M. Williams
Board Member, Oakland Symphony and
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

John Wineglass
Composer,
JW Productions, LLC

Dorothy Wise
Executive Director
Santa Cruz Symphony

PaulZdunekPaul Jan Zdunek
Managing Partner and Chief Organizational Strategist
BDO Alliance USA - strategyZ consulting group

Directors Emeriti

Polly Fisher, Executive Director (ret.), Santa Rosa Symphony 
G. Michael Gehret, Associate Director (ret.), Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton 
Kelly Lucera, Executive Director, 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 
Joseph Truskot, Staff Writer (ret.), The Salinas Californian