Board of Directors

Lowell J. Noteboom, chair
Minneapolis, MN
Member and former chair, board of directors, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; past president, Leonard, Street and Deinard; member, board of overseers, Curtis Institute of Music; vice-chair, National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts; vice-chair, Northland College, Ashland, WI

Patricia A. Richards, vice chair
Salt Lake City, UT
Former senior vice president and regional manager, The Private Bank of Wells Fargo; chair of the board of trustees, Utah Symphony & Opera; former chair of the board of Governors, Salt Lake City Area Chamber of Commerce

Cate Moye, secretary
Spokane, WA
Owner and designated broker, Windermere Real Estate; past president, board of trustees, Spokane Symphony; chair, Endowment Campaign for Campbell House, Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture; trustee, Spokane Opera

Burton Alter, Woodbridge, CT
Board president, New Haven Symphony Orchestra; trustee, National Guild for Community Arts Education; former board president, Neighborhood Music School, New Haven, Connecticut

Alberta Arthurs, New York, NY
Independent contractor/commentator in the Arts and Humanities; former director for Arts and Humanities, Rockefeller Foundation; board chairman, National Video Resources; board member, Yaddo, The American Place Theater, Exit Art, and Works and Process at the Guggenheim

Brent Assink, San Francisco, CA
Executive director, San Francisco Symphony

+Audrey G. Baird, Milwaukee, WI
Former audience relations and group sales manager, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; president's council, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; life director, Milwaukee Florentine Opera Company; honorary director, Milwaukee Ballet Company; past president, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra League; past president, Wisconsin Association of Symphony Orchestras; past president, Volunteer Council, American Symphony Orchestra League; 1996 Gold Baton recipient, American Symphony Orchestra League

Malcolm McDougal Brown, M.D., Winston-Salem, NC Private practice in Rheumatology; courtesy staff, Forsyth Memorial Hospital; board member, Winston-Salem Symphony; medical advisory board member, Crisis Control Ministry; chairman, treasure Tree Commission of Forsyth County

John B. Canning, Westport, CT
Chairman's council of the Stamford Symphony; League appointed director of the Performing Arts Alliance

Katherine Carleton, Toronto, ON, Canada
Executive director, Orchestras Canada

Roland Marvin Carter, Chattanooga, TN
Ruth S. Holmberg professor of American Music, Cadek Department of Music, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; life member and president, National Association of Negro Musicians Inc. (NANM); founder and CEO, MAR-VEL; board member, National Association for the Study and Performance of African American Music, Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga, and Chattanooga African American Museum (CAAM)

Richard M. Cisek, North Oaks, MN
Former president and CEO, The Minnesota Orchestra; board member, American Composers Forum; board of Governors, Minneapolis Children’s Theatre

Melanie Clarke, Princeton, NJ
Executive director, Princeton Symphony Orchestra

Peter D. Cummings, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Chairman emeritus, Detroit Symphony Orchestra; chairman, Ram Realty Services; board member, New York Philharmonic; board member, United States Artists; founding chairman, Martin County Council for the Arts.

Gloria dePasquale, Narbeth, PA
Cellist, The Philadelphia Orchestra and The dePasquale String Quartet; member, board of directors and executive board, The Philadelphia Orchestra; chairman, Orchestra Members’ Education Committee, The Philadelphia Orchestra

Helen J. DeVos, Grand Rapids, MI
Honorary member, executive board, Grand Rapids Symphony

Aaron Dworkin, Detroit, MI
Founder and president, The Sphinx Organization; board of directors, University Musical Society; alumni association of the University of Michigan; National Society for the Gifted and Talented; Artserve Michigan; Walnut Hill School; WRCJ 90.9 Detroit Classical and Jazz Radio; the NEW (Non-Profit Enterprise at Work) Center; advisory board, ASTA Alternative Strings Awards; National Association of Arts Presenters; Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum; Rachel Barton Pine Foundation; Avery Fisher Artist Program

Angelo M. Fatta, Buffalo, NY
Vice president, The Fatta Foundation; former chairman, Buffalo Philharmonic; board member, Canisius College; board member, University of Buffalo; chairman of the board, Cradle Beach Camp

Aaron A. Flagg, Easton, CT
Dean and professor of Music, The Hartt School, University of Hartford; member, strategic planning committee, Harlem School of the Arts; freelance trumpeter; former executive director, Music Conservatory of Westchester; former faculty, The Juilliard School and University of Connecticut

David V. Foster, New York, NY
President and CEO, Opus 3 Artists

Edward B. Gill, San Diego, CA
Executive director, San Diego Symphony; board member, WCAL Radio; member, Nicollet Mall advisory board; adjunct faculty, University of Minnesota, Humphrey Institute Graduate School and University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business

Marian Godfrey, Philadelphia, PA
Retired; senior director, Culture Program, Pew Charitable Trusts

Carole Haas Gravagno, Philadelphia, PA
Vice chair, board of directors, The Philadelphia Orchestra; board member, The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Settlement Music School, Intercultural Journeys, Arden Theatre Company, People’s Light & Theatre Company, Please Touch Museum, Pennsylvania’s Children’s Trust Fund, Strings for Schools; vice chair, Morris Arboretum; board president emeritus, National Liberty Museum

Jim Hasler, Oakland, CA
Director of marketing development for The Clorox Company; former president and marketing committee chair, Oakland East Bay Symphony

John Hayes, Denver, CO
Retired; former of counsel, Hayes, Phillips, Hoffmann & Carberry, P. C.; former Board of Trustees, Colorado Symphony; Town Attorney for Winter Park, Colorado; General Counsel, Parker Water and Sanitation District, the North Lincoln Water and Sanitation District, the Health Services District of Northern Larimer County, and the Castle Pines North Metropolitan District; former city attorney, Wheat Ridge, Sheridan and Greenwood Village

Jennifer Higdon, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty, Curtis Institute of Music; American Composers Forum Board; member, ASCAP Board of Review and Symphonic & Concert Committee

Rhonda P. Hunsinger, Lexington, SC
Chair, League of American Orchestras Advisory Group B; executive director, South Carolina Philharmonic

Mark Jung, Menlo Park, CA
Executive chairman, Playhaven; chairman of the board, Songbird (POTI); board of directors, 3PAR; board of directors, Metacafe; management board, Stanford Graduate School of Business; board of governors, San Francisco Symphony; former CEO, Vudu; former chief operating officer, Fox Interactive Media (FIM); co-founder and former CEO, IGN Entertainment

Wendy Kelman, Los Angeles, CA
Former board member, Beverly Hills Education Foundation; member and past president, Friends of the Beverly Hills Public Library; board member, Art Museum Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; board member, Projects Council of the Museum of Contemporary Art; member and past president of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Committee; former chair, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Affiliates; former board member, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association; former member, Volunteer Council of the League of American Orchestras; chairman of the board, The Colburn School

Camille D. LaBarre, New York, NY
Managing director, Metropolitan Opera; chairman, Metropolitan Opera Patron Program; vice president, Metropolitan Opera National Council; national chairman, National Council Auditions

Robert Levine, Glendale, WI
Principal violist, Milwaukee Symphony; president, Milwaukee Musicians’ Association, Local 8, American Federation of Musicians; chairman emeritus, International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians

Hugh W. Long, New Orleans, LA
Board president, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra; professor of Health Systems Management and adjunct professor of Law, Tulane University; president of the board of trustees of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra; member of the board of LCMC, Inc., a New Orleans two-hospital system, serving on the Finance and Community Benefit committees

James Mabie, Chicago, IL
Principal, William Blair and Company; former managing director, A.G. Becker & Company; trustee, The Cara Program; co-founder and chairman, Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts); trustee, past chair, Chicago Public Media; trustee, chair of the finance committee, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; trustee, chair of the finance committee, Lyric Opera of Chicago

Zarin Mehta, New York, NY
President and executive director, New York Philharmonic; chartered accountant; treasurer, Barenboim Said Foundation; board member, WNYC Radio; lifetime trustee, Ravinia Festival; partner, Coopers & Lybrand; former managing director, Board of the Montreal Symphony

David Alan Miller, Albany, NY
Conductor and music director, Albany Symphony

John Palmer, Cincinnati, OH
Retired; vice chairman, Ohio National Financial Services; chair, ON Fund, Inc.; director, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; trustee, Cincinnati Opera

Anne Parsons, Detroit, MI
President and executive director, Detroit Symphony Orchestra; board member, Cultural Alliance of Southeast Michigan; board member, University Cultural Center Association (UCCA); board member, New Detroit; board member, Friends of the Detroit School of the Arts; advisory board for the Sphinx Organization; former general manager, New York City Ballet; former general manager, Hollywood Bowl; former Orchestra manager, Boston Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra

Mary Patton, New York, NY
Board of directors, New York Pops

Steven Payne, San Antonio, TX
Executive director, Youth Orchestra of San Antonio

Robert A. Peiser, Houston, TX
President, Houston Symphony board; executive advisor partner, Wind Point Partners; vice president, audience development and marketing, Houston Symphony; former CEO and chairman, Omniflight Helicopters, Inc.; former CEO and president, Lykes Brothers Inc; former president and CEO, Imperial Sugar Company

Richard T. Prins, New York, NY
Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Jesse Rosen, New York, NY
President and CEO, League of American Orchestras; member, board of directors, American Composers Orchestra

Robert B. Rosoff, Glens Falls, NY
Retired; former executive director, Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra

Deborah F. Rutter, Chicago, IL
President, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; former executive director, Seattle Symphony; former executive director, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; former Orchestra manager, Los Angeles Philharmonic

Barry A. Sanders, Los Angeles, CA
Former chair, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; president, Los Angeles Recreation and Parks Commission; Professor, UCLA

Cynthia M. Sargent, Chicago, IL
Trustee, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; board member, Peninsula Music Festival; life trustee, Jane Addams Hull House; trustee, Jane Addams Hull House Foundation; chairman, The Cradle Foundation

Helen Shaffer, Houston, TX
President-elect, Volunteer Council, League of American Orchestras

Jamie Steinemann, Sandusky, OH
Chair, League of American Orchestras Advisory Group C; executive director, Firelands Symphony Orchestra

Penny Van Horn, Chicago, IL
Former president of the Volunteer Council, League of American Orchestras; former president of The Women’s Association, Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 2000 to 2004; trustee of the Orchestra; board member, CSO Institute of Learning, Access and Training; former chairman of the School Board; president of ART (Art Resources in Teaching), Field Museum Women’s board; Ravinia Women’s Board

Robert J. Wagner, Maplewood, NJ
Principal bassoonist, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

Tina Ward, St. Louis, MO
Clarinetist, St. Louis Symphony