ASO Staff & Board
Austin Symphony Orchestra
Staff

EXECUTIVE

Justus Zimmerman
CEO/ Executive Director

Brittany Hoover
Exec. Asst./Office Manager

ARTISTIC/PRODUCTION

Sandra Culhane
Director of Artistic Operations

Grace Chu
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

Chloe Bruns
Event Coordinator

MARKETING

Jason Nicholson
Director of Marketing

Joel Nesvadba
Marketing Content Specialist

Emma Sutton
Marketing Coordinator

Courtney Ryan
Graphic Designer

Toni Pittman
Patron Services & Ticketing Manager

Leslie Davis
Patron Services Associate

Frances Ledenbach
Director of Volunteer Ushers

Board of Trustees

2026–2027 Austin Symphony Orchestra Society, Inc.

Board of Trustees Directory

Executive Committee | Officers

ChairmanJim Green
PresidentJay Stewart
SecretaryMarvin Brittman
Chair DevelopmentIsabel Welland
Chair Community EngagementAdrianne Nixon
Chair FinanceAndrew Cruce
Chair GovernanceTom Sellers
Legal CounselDarren Gibson

Executive Committee | Ex-Officio Voting Members

Chair Bancroft InitiativeJohn Wang
BATS PresidentBen Hartman
Endowment Advisory ChairDanny Powell
FRC RepNina Nelms
WSL PresidentElizabeth Kemp Rose
Orchestra RepTBA (currently Jonathan Rouse and Anna Park)

Executive Committee | At-Large Voting Members

(pending Board approval)
Member At LargeDoug Hartman
Member At LargeMary Ann Heller
Member At LargeRonald C. Jernigan
Member At LargeSusan Salch
Member At LargeEric Tiblier

Executive Committee | Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members

CEOJustus Zimmerman
Music DirectorPeter Bay

Non-Officer Chairs and Vice Chairs

Artistic Advisory (Chair)Bill Stutts
Education (Chair)Landon Lill
Governance (Vice Chair)Darren Gibson
Government Affairs (Chair)Jay Stewart
Orchestra Hospitality (Chair)Roger Williamson
Real Estate (Chair)Alex Pettitt
Real Estate (Vice Chair)Roger Borgelt

Board of Trustees Members At-Large

John AkinBen Heitner*Reagan Reaud
Bill BinghamAlegria Arce HibbettsMelanie Walters
Bob BrooksKaren JollyPatrick Watkins
Johannes Brinkmann*Steve KahngSteve Wilson
Bill BuchholzRochelle KrausEva Womack
Dorothy ButlerLee Kugle
Paula DamoreWendy Lary
Doug DanforthJonathan Lass
Soriya Estes*Sylvia Mayer*
Elena GoyanesAdriel 'A.J.' Meditz*
Jennifer GravenorKumar Parakala*
* New Trustees

Board of Trustees At-Large Ex-Officio Voting Members

WSL President-ElectStephanie Wilson
Knights Lord ChancellorTom Sellers
Prelude Series Co-ChairsKaren Jolly & Rochelle Kraus

Trustees Emeritus

Ernest Butler, MDAnna Marie Speir
Eva Gayle GibbsThomas Vaughn, MD
Karen LeekeSonia Wilson
Mary PadgettJohn Youngblood, MD
Jeani Smith
Requiescat in Pace
Chairman Emeritus: Jane Sibley

Trustees Emeritus

Fred AddyBurrell JohnstonAnne Byrd Nalle
Maj. Gen. Gordon F. BloodWilliam F. KempJ. T. Neal
W. Gray BryantPhil KohlhaasDr. Jim Prentice
Ralph DaughertyRonya KozmetskyEvelyn Saegert
Pat HarrisEdythe KrugerSander Shapiro
Nicci HarrisonBen MorganGeorge Strandtmann
Joan HoltzmanMary MorseNancy Young