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

TBD
Public Relations & Social Media Manager / BATS Liaison

Toni Pittman
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

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
  • 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
The Sarah & Ernest Butler Pops Series