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ASO Staff & Board
Austin Symphony Orchestra
Staff

EXECUTIVE
Jim Green

Interim CEO

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

Ali Verderber
Principal Librarian

Jessica Alberthal
Assistant Librarian

EDUCATION
Jeremy Brimhall
Director of Education &
Community Engagement

Joel Nesvadba
Education & Community
Engagement Manager

DEVELOPMENT
Maggie Thompson

Vice President of Advancement

Leigh Arnold
Major Gifts Officer

Jake Polson
Database Specialist

Nicole Oliva
Development Associate

MARKETING
Jason Nicholson

Director of Marketing

Rachel Santorelli
Public Relations & Guest Artist
Relations Manager

Abbe Karp
Patron Services & Ticketing Manager

TBD
Assistant Patron Services Manager

USHERS
Frances Ledenbach
Director of Ushers

Board of Trustees

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Officers
Chairman Ernest Butler, MD 
President Linda van Bavel 
Past President Ben Bentzin 
Executive Vice President Nina Nelms 
Executive Vice President Marvin Brittman 
Secretary Lindsey Felix 
Legal Counsel Bill Bingham 
Chair Bancroft Initiative Paul Bancroft
Chair Development Daniel J. Price
Chair Diversity/Com Engage Nina Nelms
Chair Education Spice Kugle
Chair Finance Doug Hartman
Chair Governance Elena Goyanes
Chair Marketing Susan Salch


Executive Committee Ex-Officio Voting Members
Endowment Advisory Chair Ernest Butler, MD 
WSL President Araminta Sellers 
Orchestra Rep TBD 
Member At Large Jim Green 
Member At Large Mary Ann Heller
Member At Large Ronald C. Jernigan
Member At Large Tom Neville
Member At Large Tom Sellers
Member At Large Anna Marie Speir


Executive Committee Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members
CEO/Executive Director David Pratt
Music Director Peter Bay


Non-Officer Chairs and Vice Chairs

Asst. Secretary Wendy Lary

Development 
Vice Chair Bob Brooks

Diversity & Community Engagement
Vice Chair Adrianne Nixon

Education
Vice Chair Susan Douglas

Finance
Vice Chair John Wang

Governance
Vice Chair Tom Sellers

Government Affairs
Chair Jay Stewart
Vice Chair Mary Padgett

Marketing
Vice Chair Bill Hopkins

Orchestra Hospitality
Chair Roger Williamson
Vice Chair Lisa Irvin

Real Estate
Vice Chair Alex Pettitt
Vice ChairRoger Borgelt


Board of Trustees At Large
John Akin
Bill Buchholz
Stephanie Cagniart
Daniel Cooley
Andrew Cruce*
Paula Damore
Doug Danforth
John Fibiger
Darren Gibson
Jennifer Gravenor
Bruce Grube
Alegria Arce Hibbetts
Karl Holtzman
Michael Jarratt, MD
Steve Kahng
Bill Kemp
Micah J. King
Jonathan Lass
Karen Leeke
Charles Murphy*
Karey Oddo
Danny Powell
Reagan Reaud
Marsha Staats
Bill Stutts
Eric Tiblier, MD
Eric Venditti 
Patrick Watkins
Isabel Welland
Jim Whorton
Eva Womack
James Wood
Carlos Zaffirini

* New Members


Board of Trustees At Large Ex-Officio Voting Members
WSL President-Elect Stacey McLeod Brewer
Knights Lord Chancellor Steve Wilson
BATS President Laramie R. Stroud
Arbor Series ChairJonn Cherico


Trustee Emeritus
Eva Gayle Gibbs
Sander Shapiro
Jeani Smith 
Thomas Vaughn, MD
Sonia Wilson 
John Youngblood, MD


Requiescat in Pace  
Chairman Emeritus
Jane Sibley
Gordon Blood
W. Gray Bryant

Trustee Emeritus
Fred Addy 
Ralph Daugherty 
Pat Harris 
Nicci Harrison
Betty Himmelblau
Burrell Johnston
Phil Kohlhaas 
Edythe Kruger 
Ben Morgan
Mary Morse
Jim Prentice
George Strandtmann
Nancy Young


Ambassador Council Members
Joy Authur
Pamella Bock
Grace Bonner
Robert Butler, MD
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
Lora Livingston
Nicholas Martinez
John McFarlane, MD
Robin McKeever
Kilyong Natho
Alan Sager
Jonathan Sessler
Melanie Walters
David White
Steve Wilson