ASO Staff
Executive
- CEO/Executive Director – David Pratt – Click to Call
- Executive Assistant/Endowment Associate/Facilities Manager – Denice Yeagin | Click to Call
Finance
- Chief Financial Officer – Richard Roche| Click to Call
- Controller – Stephen Garner
Artistic/Production
- Director of Operations & Orchestra Personnel – Sandra Culhane | Click to Call
- Production Manager – Michael Danburg
- Principal Librarian – Ali Verderber | Click to Call
- Assistant Librarian – Jessica Alberthal | Click to Call
Education
- Director of Education & Community Engagement – Susan Miville | Click to Call
- Education & Community Engagement Coordinator – Joel Nesvadba | Click to Call
Development
- VP of Advancement – Maggie Thompson | Click to Call
- Development Information Manager – Jill Klucher | Click to Call
- Development Manager –Leigh Arnold | Click to Call
- Development Associate – Kylie Carrico | Click to Call
- Major Gifts Officer – Miranda Darr
Marketing
- Director of Marketing – Jason Nicholson | Click to Call
- Public Relations & Guest Artist Relations Manager – Rachel Santorelli | Click to Call
- Patron Services & Ticketing Manager – Abbe Karp | Click to Call
- Patron Services & Administration Associate – Leslie Davis | Click to Call
- Director of Volunteer Ushers – Frances Ledenbach
2022-2023 Board of Trustees
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFFICERS
- Ernest C. Butler, M.D., Chairman
- Ben Bentzin, President
- Karen Leeke, Past President
- Linda Van Bavel, Executive VP
- Ronald C. Jernigan, Executive VP
- Lindsey Felix, Secretary
- William H. Bingham, Legal Counsel
- Paul Bancroft, Chair Bancroft Initiative
- Jennifer Gravenor, Chair Development
- Nina Nelms, Chair Diversity/Comm. Engage
- Bruce Grube, Chair Education
- Jim Green, Chair Finance
- Elena Goyanes, Chair Governance
- Susan Salch, Chair Marketing
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EX-OFFICIO VOTING MEMBERS
- Ernest C. Butler, M.D., Endowment Advisory Board Chair
- Katie Kaighin, Women’s Symphony League President
- Jonathan Rouse, Orchestra Rep
- Marvin Brittman, Member-at-Large
- Mary Ann Heller, Member-at-Large
- Thomas M. Neville, Member-at-Large
- Tom Sellers, Member-at-Large
- Anna Marie Speir, Member-at-Large
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EX-OFFICIO NON-VOTING MEMBERS
- David Pratt, CEO/Executive Director
- Peter Bay, Music Director
NON-OFFICER CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS
Annual Fund
Anna Speir, Chair
Assistant Secretary
Wendy Lary
Business Gifts
Eric Venditti, Chair
Bob Brooks, Vice Chair
Diversity & Community Engagement
Adrianne Nixon, Vice Chair
Education
Susan Douglas, Vice Chair
Endowment
Doug Danforth, Chair
Mary Ann Heller, Vice Chair
Finance
Marvin Brittman, Vice Chair
Douglas M. Hartman, Vice Chair
Governance
Tom Sellers, Vice Chair
Government Affairs
Jay Stewart, Chair
Mary Padgett, Vice Chair
Marketing
Daniel Cooley, Vice Chair
Orchestra Hospitality
Roger Williamson, Chair
Lisa Irvin, Vice Chair
Real Estate
Marvin Brittman, Chair
Roger Borgelt, Vice Chair
Bill Bingham, Vice Chair
Receptions
Chris Sibley, Chair
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT-LARGE
- John Akin
- Bill Buchholz
- Stephanie Cagniart
- Paula Damore
- Exalton Delco
- Jim Denholm
- John Fibiger
- Darren Gibson
- Anne Greenway
- Alegria Arce Hibbetts
- Karl Holtzman
- Bill Hopkins
- Michael Jarratt, MD
- Steve Kahng
- Bill Kemp
- Micah J. King
- Lee Kugle
- Jonathan Lass
- Karey Oddo
- Alex Pettitt
- Danny Powell
- Daniel J. Price
- Reagan Reaud
- Bill Rice
- Marsha Staats
- Bill Stutts
- Eric Tiblier, MD
- John Wang
- Patrick Watkins
- Isabel Welland*
- Jim Whorton
- Matt Williams
- Steve Wilson
- Eva Womack
- James Wood
- Carlos Zaffirini
* New Members
EX-OFFICIO VOTING MEMBERS
- Araminta Sellers, WSL President-Elect
- Allan de Jong, Knights Lord Chancellor
- Brittany Sharkey, BATS President
- Jonn Cherico, Arbor Series Chair
Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members
- ASO CEO/Executive Director – David Pratt
- ASO Music Director – Maestro Peter Bay
Directors Emeritus
- Eva Gayle Gibbs
- Ben Morgan
- James Prentice, MD
- Sander Shapiro
- Jeani Smith
- Thomas C. Vaughn, MD
- Sonia Wilson
- Nancy Young
- John Youngblood, MD
Board of Trustees Ambassadors
- Joy Authur
- Pamella Bock
- Grace Boner
- Robert Butler, MD
- Pat Cherico
- Sherri Davis
- 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, PhD
- Melanie Walters
- David White