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 Operations &
Orchestra Personnel

Chase 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

Joel Nesvadba
Education & Community
Engagement Manager

DEVELOPMENT
Leigh Arnold
Major Gifts Officer

Jake Polson
Database Specialist

Nicole Oliva
Development Associate

Ragan Arrington
Development Assistant

MARKETING
Jason Nicholson
Director of Marketing

Rachel Santorelli
Public Relations & Social Media Manager / BATS Liaison

Abbe Karp
Patron Services & Ticketing Manager

Amber Brown
Assistant Patron Services Manager

USHERS
Frances Ledenbach
Director of Ushers

Board of Trustees

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Officers

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

Executive Committee Ex-Officio Voting Members

  • Ernest C. Butler, M.D., Endowment Advisory Board Chair
  • Stacey McLeod Brewer, Women’s Symphony League President
  • Jonathan Rouse, Orchestra Rep

Executive Committee At-Large Voting Members

  • Jim Green, Member-at-Large
  • Mary Ann Heller, Member-at-Large
  • Charles Murphy, Chair Bancroft Initiative

Executive Committee Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members

  • Justus Zimmerman, Interim 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 Green, Chair
  • Real Estate
    Alex Pettitt, Chair
    Roger Borgelt, Vice Chair

Board of Trustees At Large

  • John Akin
  • Bill Bingham
  • Bob Brooks
  • Bill Buchholz
  • Dorothy Butler*
  • Andrew Cruce
  • Paula Damore
  • Doug Danforth
  • Elena Goyanes
  • Jennifer Gravenor
  • Alegria Arce Hibbetts
  • Karl Holtzman
  • Bill Hopkins
  • Michael Jarratt
  • Steve Kahng
  • Micah J. King
  • Rochelle Kraus*
  • Wendy Lary
  • Jonathan Lass
  • Mary Padgett
  • Danny B. Powell, III
  • Reagan Reaud
  • Marsha Staats
  • Beth Steinberg*
  • Eric Tiblier, MD
  • Eric Venditti
  • Melanie Walters*
  • Patrick Watkins
  • Jim Whorton
  • Eva Womack
    * New Members

Board of Trustees At Large Ex-Officio Voting Members

  • Ashley Reischman, WSL President-Elect
  • Bennie Downing, Knights Lord Chancellor
  • Laramie R. Stroud, BATS President
  • Andrea Horner, Arbor Series Chair

Trustees Emeritus

  • Eva Gayle Gibbs
  • Jeani Smith
  • Thomas C. Vaughn, MD
  • Sonia Wilson
  • John Youngblood, MD

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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
  • Ernest C. Butler, M.D.
  • Robert Butler, MD
  • Stephanie Cagniart
  • Pat Cherico
  • Sherri Davis
  • Anne Greenway
  • 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
  • Anna Marie Speir
  • David White
  • Steve Wilson