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
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
Vice Chair
Robert J. Wagner, Maplewood, NJ.
Principal Bassoonist, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
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
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
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
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
Brent Assink, San Francisco, CA.
Executive Director, San Francisco Symphony
+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
Andrew Berryhill, Duluth, MN.
Executive Director, Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra; Chair, League of American Orchestras Manager's Advisory Group B
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
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
John B. Canning, Westport, CT.
Board Member, Stamford Symphony Orchestra
Katherine Carleton, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Executive Director, Orchestras Canada
+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
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
+Helen J. DeVos, Manalapan, FL.
Honorary Member, Executive Board, Grand Rapids Symphony
Darlene Dreyer, Paducah, KY.
Executive Director, Paducah Symphony Orchestra; Chair, League of American Orchestras Manager's Advisory Group C
Aaron Flagg, New York, NY.
Executive Director, Music Conservatory of Westchester; Graduate Faculty, The Julliard School; Freelance Trumpet Player
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
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
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
Marian Godfrey, Philadelphia, PA.
Senior Director, Culture Program, PEW Charitable Trusts
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Jesse Rosen, New York, NY.
Executive Vice President and Managing Director, League of American Orchestras; Member, Board of Directors, American Composers Orchestra
Robert B. Rosoff, Glens Falls, NY.
Executive Director, Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra
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
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
Louis Scaglione, Philadelphia, PA.
President and Music Director, Philadelphia Youth Orchestra; Chairman, League of American Orchestras Youth Orchestra Division
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.
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
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
Christine (Tina) Ward, Saint Louis, MO.
Clarinetist, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
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
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