Board of directors

Officers 2007-2008

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Chair
Lowell J. Noteboom, Minneapolis, MN.

Member and Former Chair, Board of Directors, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Past President, Leonard Street and Deinard; Member, Board of Overseers, Curtis Institute of Music; Vice-Chair, National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts; Vice-Chair, Northland College, Ashland, WI 

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Vice Chair
Peter D. Cummings, Detroit, MI.
Chairman Emeritus, Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Chairman, Ram Realty Services; Member, President’s Advisory Committee for the Arts, The Kennedy Center; Board Member, Comerica Bank, Detroit 300 Conservancy; Founding Chairman, Martin County Council for the Arts

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Vice Chair
Robert J. Wagner, Maplewood, NJ.
Principal Bassoonist, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

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Secretary
Shirley McCrary, Mooresville, AL.
Past President, Volunteer Council, League of American Orchestras; Past Chairman, Board of Trustees, Huntsville Symphony Orchestra; Board of Trustees, State of Alabama Department of Archives and History; The President’s Cabinet, Library Leadership Board, University of Alabama

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Treasurer
Bruce E. Clinton, Chicago, IL.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Clinton Companies; Trustee/ Executive Committee, Colorado Symphony Association; Trustee, New World Symphony, Campus Expansion Committee; Trustee, Merit School of Music; Member, Visiting Committee, Department of Music, University of Chicago

Board of Directors

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Chris Abele, Milwaukee, WI.
Chair, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; President & CEO, Argosy Foundation; Board Member, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin; Member Group Director, The United Performing Arts Fund; Co-founded Milwaukee Shakespeare 

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Alberta Arthurs, New York, NY.
Independent Contractor/Commentator in the Arts and Humanities; Former Director for Arts and Humanities, Rockefeller Foundation; Board Chairman, National Video Resources; Board Member, Yaddo, The American Place Theater, Exit Art, and Works and Process at the Guggenheim

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Brent Assink, San Francisco, CA.
Executive Director, San Francisco Symphony

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+Audrey G. Baird, Milwaukee, WI.
Audience Relations and Group Sales Manager, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; President’s Council, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; Past President, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra League; Past President, Wisconsin Association of Symphony Orchestras; Past President, Volunteer Council, League of American Orchestras; 1996 Gold Baton Recipient, League of American Orchestras

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Andrew Berryhill, Duluth, MN.
Executive Director, Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra; Chair, League of American Orchestras Manager's Advisory Group B

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Malcolm Brown, M.D., Winston-Salem, NC.
Private practice in Rheumatology; Courtesy Staff Forsyth Memorial Hospital; Board Member, Winston-Salem Symphony; Medical Advisory Board Member, Crisis Control Ministry; Chairman, Treasure Tree Commission of Forsyth County

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Michael A. Burniston, Maplewood, NJ.
Principal and Worldwide Partner, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Inc.; Member, WorldatWork and the Society for Human Resource Management; 1983 Orchestra Management Fellowship Program Graduate, League of American Orchestras

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John B. Canning, Westport, CT.
Board Member, Stamford Symphony Orchestra

Katherine Carleton, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Executive Director, Orchestras Canada 

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+Schuyler Chapin, New York, NY.
Former Commissioner, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of New York; Dean Emeritus, School of the Arts, Columbia University; Former General Manager, Metropolitan Opera; Chairman Emeritus, Independent Committee on Arts Policy; Former Chairman, League of American Orchestras

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Richard M. Cisek, North Oaks, MN.
Associate, Management Consultant for the Arts; Former President, Minnesota Orchestra; Associate, Management Consultant for the Arts; Board Member, American Composers Forum; Member, Board of Governors, Minneapolis Children’s Theatre

Gloria dePasquale, Narbeth, PA.
Cellist, The Philadelphia Orchestra and The dePasquale String Quartet; Member, Board of Directors and Executive Board, The Philadelphia Orchestra; Chairman, Orchestra Members’ Education Committee, The Philadelphia Orchestra

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+Helen J. DeVos, Manalapan, FL.
Honorary Member, Executive Board, Grand Rapids Symphony

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Darlene Dreyer, Paducah, KY.
Executive Director, Paducah Symphony Orchestra; Chair, League of American Orchestras Manager's Advisory Group C  

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Aaron Flagg, New York, NY.
Executive Director, Music Conservatory of Westchester; Graduate Faculty, The Julliard School; Freelance Trumpet Player

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Henry Fogel, Chicago, IL.
President and CEO, League of American Orchestras; Past President, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association; Board Chairman, Illinois Arts Alliance; Member, Board of Overseers, Curtis Institute of Music; Member of the Visiting Committee of the School of Music, University of Chicago; Member, Steering Committee, National Women Conductors Initiative

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David V. Foster, New York, NY.
President and CEO, Opus 3 Artists

James M. Franklin, Inverness, IL.
President and CEO, LPI Media Inc.; Chairman and co-founder, Marketing & Technology Group Inc.; Board Member and Past Chairman, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Past Chairman, Association of Business Publications Financial Commitee; Executive Director, Red Tag Publications Association

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Edward B. Gill, San Diego, CA.
Executive Director, San Diego Symphony; Board Member, WCAL Radio; Member, Nicollet Mall Advisory Board; Adjunct Faculty, University of Minnesota, Humphrey Institute Graduate School and University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business

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Marian Godfrey, Philadelphia, PA.
Senior Director, Culture Program, PEW Charitable Trusts

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Carole Haas Gravagno, Philadelphia, PA.
Vice Chair, Board of Directors, The Philadelphia Orchestra; Board Member, The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Settlement Music School, Intercultural Journeys, Arden Theatre Company, People’s Light & Theatre Company, Please Touch Museum, Pennsylvania’s Children’s Trust Fund, Strings for Schools; Vice Chair, Morris Arboretum; Board President Emeritus, National Liberty Museum

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Joan W. Harris, Chicago, IL.
Chairman, The Irving Harris Foundation; Chairman, Music and Dance Theater Chicago; Trustee, People for the American Way; Trustee, American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Chairman, American Orchestra Foundation

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Shirley Bush Helzberg, Kansas City, MO.
President, Board of Trustees, The Kansas City Symphony; Chairman of the Board, The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City; Board of Directors, The Kansas City Ballet; Board of Directors, The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts; Board of Directors, Aspen Music Festival and School; Trustee, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

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Jennifer Higdon, Philadelphia, PA.
Faculty, Curtis Institute of Music; American Composers Forum Board; Member, ASCAP Board of Review and Symphonic & Concert Committee

Ann Jordan, Washington, DC.
Chairman, National Symphony Orchestra; Board of Directors, Johnson and Johnson

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Robert Levine, Glendale, WI.
Principal Violist, Milwaukee Symphony; President, Milwaukee Musicians’ Association, Local 8, American Federation of Musicians; Chairman Emeritus, International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians

Daniel R. Lewis, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Retired Progressive Corporation executive; Chairman of the Musical Arts Association of Miami

Anna Madonia, Philadelphia, PA.
Vice President of Development and Board Relations, The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Michael Morgan, Oakland, CA.
Music Director, Oakland East Bay Symphony; Artistic Director, Oakland Yourh Orchestra; Music Director, Sacramento Philharmoinic; Artistic Director, Festival Opera in Walnut Creek

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Cate Moye, Spokane, WA.
Owner and Designated broker, Windermere Real Estate;  Past President of the Board of Trustees, Spokane Symphony; Chair, Endowment Campaign for Campbell House, Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. 

Anne H. Parsons, Detroit, MI.
President & Executive Director, Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Chair, League of American Orchestras Managers Advisory Group A 

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Patricia A. Richards, Salt Lake City, UT. 
Senior Vice President and Regional Manager, The Private Bank of Wells Fargo; Chair of the Board of Trustees, Utah Symphony & Opera; Former Chair of the Board of Governors, Salt Lake City Area Chamber of Commerce 

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Jesse Rosen, New York, NY.
Executive Vice President and Managing Director, League of American Orchestras; Member, Board of Directors, American Composers Orchestra

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Robert B. Rosoff, Glens Falls, NY.
Executive Director, Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra

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Don Roth, Davis, CA.
Executive Director, Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts; Lecturer, University of California, Davis, Department of Music; Past Chairman, Orchestra Management Fellowship Program Committee

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Cynthia M. Sargent, Chicago, IL.
Trustee, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Board Member, Peninsula Music Festival; Life Trustee, Jane Addams Hull House; Trustee, Jane Addams Hull House Foundation; Board of Directors, The Cradle; Chair, The Cradle Foundation 

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Louis Scaglione, Philadelphia, PA.
President and Music Director, Philadelphia Youth Orchestra; Chairman, League of American Orchestras Youth Orchestra Division 

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M. S. (Mike) Stude, Houston, TX.
Chairman, Texana Resources Company; Chairman, Board of Directors, Houston Symphony; Trustee, The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston; Member, Board of Directors, Highland Resources, Inc.

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James Undercofler, Philadelphia, PA.
President and CEO, The Philadelphia Orchestra; Board President, American Music Center; Board, Mercury Opera of Rochester; Member, Cultural Commission, City of Rochester/County of Monroe; Advisory Board, Arts Education Policy Review; Founding Member, NETWORK of Performing and Visual Arts Schools

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Penny Van Horn, Chicago, IL.
President, League of American Orchestras Volunteer Council; Trustee, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Former President, Women’s Association of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Christine (Tina) Ward, Saint Louis, MO.
Clarinetist, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

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Charles Webb, Bloomington, IN.
Dean Emeritus, Indiana University School of Music; Trustee, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra; Member, U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Cultural Diplomacy (appointed by Former Secretary of State Colin Powell); Director, Busoni Foundation; Member, Advisory Board, Van Cliburn Piano Competition; Chairman, Board of Advisors of International Music Festivals, Inc.; Member, National Advisory Board of the American Guild of Organists

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Albert K. Webster, New York, NY.
Independent Consultant; Former Executive Vice-President and Managing Director, New York Philharmonic; Board Member, American Composers Orchestra, American Music Center, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Harvard Glee Club Foundation, New Hampshire Music Festival, New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Tulsa Symphony Orchestra

+ = Honorary Member