ASO Staff & Board
Austin Symphony Orchestra
Staff

EXECUTIVE
Justus Zimmerman
CEO/ Executive Director

Brittany Hoover
Exec. Asst./Office Manager

FINANCE
Richard Roche
Chief Financial Officer

Stephen Garner
Controller

ARTISTIC/PRODUCTION
Sandra Culhane
Director of Artistic Operations

Andrew Gallmeier
Assistant to Director of Artistic
Operations

Michael Danburg
Production Manager

Mallory Sajewski
Principal Librarian

Jessica Alberthal
Assistant Librarian

EDUCATION
Jeremy Brimhall
Director of Education &
Community Engagement

DEVELOPMENT

Sonya Robinson
VP of Development

Leigh Arnold
Major Gifts Officer

Layla Edwards
Development Coordinator

Seth Beaugh
Institutional Giving Officer

MARKETING
Jason Nicholson
Director of Marketing

Joel Nesvadba
Marketing Content Specialist

Toni Pittman
Patron Services & Ticketing Manager

Frannie Brown
Patron Services Associate

Frances Ledenbach
Director of Volunteer Ushers

Board of Trustees

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS

  • Ronald C. Jernigan, Chairman
  • Linda van Bavel, President
  • Marvin Brittman, Executive VP
  • Nina Nelms, Executive VP
  • Ben Bentzin, Past President
  • Jim Green, Secretary
  • Isabel Welland, Chair Development
  • Adrianne Nixon, Chair Diversity/Community Engagement
  • Spice Kugel, Chair Education
  • Douglas Hartman, Chair Finance
  • Tom Sellers, Chair Governance
  • Susan Salch, Chair Marketing
  • Darren Gibson, Legal Counsel

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EX-OFFICIO VOTING MEMBERS

  • Danny Powell, Endowment Advisory Board Chair
  • Melanie Mahaffey, Women’s Symphony League President
  • TBD, Orchestra Rep

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT-LARGE VOTING MEMBERS

  • Mary Ann Heller
  • Charles Murphy

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EX-OFFICIO NON-VOTING MEMBERS

  • Justus Zimmerman, CEO/Executive Director
  • Peter Bay, Music Director

NON-OFFICER CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS

Artistic Advisory
Bill Stutts, Chair

Diversity/Community Engagement
Micah King, Vice Chair

Education
Susan Douglas, Vice Chair

Finance
John Wang, Vice Chair

Governance
Jim Green, Vice Chair

Government Affairs
Jay Stewart, Chair

Orchestra Hospitality
Roger Williamson, Chair

Real Estate
Alex Pettit, Chair
Roger Borgelt, Vice Chair

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT-LARGE

  • John Akin
  • Bill Bingham
  • Bob Brooks
  • Bill Buchholz
  • Dorothy Butler
  • Ernest Butler, MD
  • Andrew Cruce
  • Paula Damore
  • Doug Danforth
  • Lindsey Rima Felix
  • Elena Goyanes
  • Jennifer Gravenor
  • Alegria Arce Hibbetts
  • Bill Hopkins
  • Karen Jolly*
  • Steve Kahng
  • Rochelle Kraus
  • Wendy Lary
  • Jonathan Lass
  • Landon Lill*
  • Reagan Reaud
  • Marsha Staats
  • Beth Steinberg
  • Eric Tiblier, MD
  • Eric Venditti
  • Melanie Walters
  • Patrick Watkins
  • Jim Whorton
  • Steve Wilson* 
  • Eva Womack
    * New Members

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT-LARGE EX-OFFICIO VOTING MEMBERS

  • Elizabeth Kemp Rose, WSL President-Elect
  • John Jones, Knights Lord Chancellor
  • Jennifer Soto, BATS President
  • Karen Jolly & Rochelle Kraus, Arbor Series Co-Chairs

TRUSTEES EMERITUS

  • Eva Gayle Gibbs
  • William Kemp
  • Karen Leeke
  • Mary Padgett
  • Jeani Smith
  • Anna Marie Speir
  • Thomas C. Vaughn, MD
  • Sonia Wilson
  • John Youngblood, MD

REQUIESCAT IN PACE

  • Chairman Emeritus
    • Jane Sibley
  • Trustee Emeritus
    • Fred Addy
    • Maj. Gen. Gordon F. Blood
    • W. Gray Bryant
    • Ralph Daugherty
    • Gerry Ersek
    • Pat Harris
    • Nicci Harrison
    • Betty Himmelblau
    • Joan Holtzman
    • Burrell Johnston
    • Phil Kohlhaas
    • Ronya Kozmetsky
    • Edythe Kruger
    • Ben Morgan
    • Mary Morse
    • Anne Byrd Nalle
    • J.T. Neal
    • James A. Prentice
    • Evelyn Saegert
    • Sander Shapiro
    • George Strandtmann
    • Nancy Young

AMBASSADOR COUNCIL MEMBERS

  • Joy Authur
  • Pamella Bock
  • Grace Bonner
  • Robert Butler, MD
  • Stephanie Cagniart
  • Pat Cherico
  • Sherri Davis
  • Anne Greenway
  • Bruce Grube
  • Kathryn Grube
  • Claudette Hartman
  • Andrew Heller
  • Jeanne Hoisington
  • Joe Holt
  • Andrea Horner
  • Brandon Hunt
  • Jason Jarl
  • Gail Kodosky
  • Jeff Kodosky
  • Gustavo Lasala
  • Karen Leeke
  • Lora Livingston
  • Nicholas Martinez
  • John McFarlane, MD
  • Robin McKeever
  • Kilyong Natho
  • Alan Sager
  • Jonathan Sessler, PhD
  • David White