Alumni

Selected Alumni of the Orchestra Management Fellowship Program

  • Kate Akos, Senior Consultant, Arts Consulting Group
    - Class of 1981
  • Cathy Barbash, President, Barbash Arts Consulting, Inc.
    - Class of 1981
  • Jennifer Barlament, Executive Director, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1999
  • Marie-Helene Bernard, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Handel & Haydn Society
    - Class of 1997
  • Naimah Bilal, Artistic Administrator, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 2009
  • Jennifer Bolino, Executive Director, Elgin Choral Union
    - class of 1995
  • James Boyd, Director of Artistic Operations, Tucson Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 2010
  • Gene Dobbs Bradford, Executive Director, Jazz St. Louis
    - Class of 1990
  • Stephen Bronfenbrenner, Principal, Bsquared Consulting
    - Class of 1982
  • Fred Bronstein, Executive Director, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1996
  • Steve Brosvik, General Manager, Houston Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1995
  • Lisa Bryington Barr, Executive Director, Boston Musica Viva
    - Class of 2007
  • Catherine Cahill, President and CEO, Mann Center for the Performing Arts
    - Class of 1984
  • Synneve Carlino, Director of Public Affairs, Carnegie Hall
    - Class of 1995
  • Yu-Ling Cheng, Vice President for Audience Development, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 2004
  • Katy Clark, Executive Director, Orchestra of St. Luke’s
    - Class of 2001
  • Sandra Tuers Culhane, Executive Director, Billings Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1992
  • Trey Devey, Executive Director, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1996  
  • Melissa Dibble, Director of Client Partnerships, EMC.Arts, LLC
    - Class of 1993
  • Lisa Dixon, Executive Director, Portland Symphony
    - Class of 2006
  • Bret Dorhout, Vice President for Artistic Administration, Philadelphia Orchestra
    - Class of 2000
  • Emma Dunch, Principal, Dunch Arts
    - Class of 2004
  • Julie Eugenio Montgomery, Executive Director, Linton Chamber Music Series
    - Class of 1994
  • Mark Feldman, Executive Director, Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra
    - Class of 2006
  • Ryan Fleur, President and CEO, Memphis Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1997
  • Rachel Ford, Executive Director, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1998
  • John E. Forsyte, President, Pacific Symphony
    - Class of 1991
  • Makiko Freeman, Artistic Administrator, The Philadelphia Orchestra
    - Class of 2003
  • Kareem George, Director of Endowment Support, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 2007
  •  Douglas Gerhart, Executive Director, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
    - Class of 1990
  • Howard W. Grant, Executive Director, Boston Philharmonic
    - Class of 1981
  • Mark C. Hanson, President & Executive Director, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1998
  • Daniel Hart, Executive Director, Buffalo Philharmonic
    - Class of 1987
  • Jeffrey P. Haydon, Executive Director, Ojai Music Festival
    - Class of 1998
  • Cristina Herrera Vasconez, Director of Communications, The Atlanta Opera Company
    - Class of 1991
  • James Hewitt, Orchestra Personnel Manager, National Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1989
  • Holly H. Hudak, Executive Director, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
    - Class of 1987
  • Emil Kang, Executive Director for the Arts, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    - Class of 1996
  • Victor Kendall, Director of Development, KUHF-FM Houston Public Radio
    - Class of 1981
  • Gloria Kim, Assistant Dean for Artistic Programming and Operations, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
    - Class of 2003
  • Rebecca Krause-Hardie, Principal, Audienceworks/Moonroad LLC
    - Class of 1989
  • Rebekah Lambert, Senior Consultant, Arts Consulting Group, Inc.
    - class of 1988
  • Lynn Larsen, Personnel Manager, Boston Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1985
  • Michael Lawrence, Director of Artistic Programs, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
    - Class of 2000
  • Connie Linsler Valentine, Director, Nashville Arts and Business Council
    - Class of 1983
  • Curtis Long, Executive Director, Alabama Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1992
  • Elizabeth Mahler, Assistant Director of Institutional Giving, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
    - Class of 2009
  • Michael Manley, Horn Player, Las Vegas, NV
    - Class of 2007
  • Robert McGrath, Vice President & Orchestra Manager, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 2001
  • Stephen Millen, Vice President and Manager of Orchestra Operations, The Philadelphia Orchestra
    - Class of 1997
  • Ashleigh Milner McGovern, Director of Advancement, Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 2008
  • Vanessa Moss, Vice President for Orchestra and Building Operations, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1985
  • Emma Murley, Director of Operations, Kansas City Symphony
    - Class of 2008
  • Olga Mychajluk, Artistic Administrator, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 2003
  • J.L. Nave, President and CEO, Fort Wayne Philharmonic
    - Class of 2000
  • Brenda Nienhouse, Executive Director, Spokane Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1982
  • David Nischwitz, Marketing Manager, Saint Louis Symphony
    - Class of 2009
  • Carolyn Nishon, Director of Artistic Operations, Portland (ME) Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 2008
  • James W. Palermo, Executive Director, Colorado Symphony
    - Class of 1989
  • Anne Parsons, President and CEO, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1981
  • Michael Pastreich, President and CEO, The Florida Orchestra
    - Class of 1992
  • Luther Ranheim, Associate Director of Individual Giving, MacPhail Center for Music
    - Class of 1997
  • Maya Rath, Director of Finance, Oakland East Bay Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1989
  • Rachel Roberts, Director of Entrepreneurial Musicianship, New England Conservatory
    - Class of 2006
  • Lois Robinson Duplantier, General Manager, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
    - Class of 1994
  • Vanessa Rose Pridemore, Managing Director, The Knights
    - Class of 2006
  • Jeremy Rothman, Vice President for Artistic Administration, The Philadelphia Orchestra
    - Class of 2000
  • Phillip Rothman, Composer, NYC Music Services
    - Class of 2001
  • Jennifer Leed Schwartz, Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Baltimore Symphony
    Orchestra
    - Class of 2001
  • Paul Schwendener, Chief Operating Officer/Director of Marketing/Artist and Repertoire Advisor, Milken Archives of American Jewish Music
    - Class of 1988
  • Regina Scruggs, “Music From the Movies” host, KUHF-FM Houston Public Radio
    - Class of 1988
  • Rachel Sepulveda, Director of Marketing & Development, Chicago Chamber Musicians
    - Class of 2009
  • Martin Sher, VP of Artistic Planning, Indianapolis Symphony
    - Class of 2008
  • Kevin Shuck, Executive Director, Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
    - Class of 2005
  • Alisa (Mayfield) Smallwood, Vice President for Development, National Civil Rights Museum
    - Class of 1993
  • Marcie Solomon, Director of Operations, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 2002
  • Ari Solotoff, Chief of Staff & Director of Planning Philadelphia Orchestra
    - Class of 2003
  • Mi Ryung Song, Director of Development, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
    - Class of 2006
  • Joan H. Squires, President, Omaha Performing Arts Society
    - Class of 1986
  • Howard Stokar, Director, Howard Stokar Management
    - Class of 1985
  • Stephanie Trautwein Oberhausen, Director of Development, DePaul Univ School of Music
    - Class of 2007
  • Genevieve Twomey, Executive Director, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1997
  • Lora Unger, General Manager, The Pasadena Symphony Association
    - Class of 2003
  • Matthew Van Besien, Managing Director, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 2002
  • Brandon VanWayenberghe, Director of Corporate Support, Houston Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 2008
  • Allison Vulgamore, President & CEO, Philadelphia Orchestra
    - Class of 1981
  • Tina Ward, Clarinetist, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1999
  • Nicholas Weege, Director of Development Operations, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 2009
  • Kendra Whitlock Ingram, Vice President and General Manager, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    - Class of 1998
  • David Chambless Worters, President & CEO, Van Cliburn Foundation
    - Class of 1992
  • Kathryn Wyatt, Abreu Fellow (El Sistema)
    - Class of 2007
  • Edward Yim, Director of Artistic Planning, New York City Opera
    - Class of 1992
  • John Zorn, President, ArtsReach Unlimited
    - Class of 1982



Current as of 01/20/2011