Alumni

Selected Alumni of the Orchestra Management Fellowship Program

Kate Akos, Senior Consultant, Arts Consulting Group
- Class of 1981
Cathy Barbash, President, Barbash Arts Consulting, Inc.
- Class of 1981
Jennifer Barlament, Executive Director, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1999
Marie-Helene Bernard, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Handel & Haydn Society
- Class of 1997
Naimah Bilal, Artistic Administrator, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 2009
Jennifer Bolino, Executive Director, Elgin Choral Union
- class of 1995
James Boyd, Director of Artistic Operations, Tucson Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 2010
Gene Dobbs Bradford, Executive Director, Jazz St. Louis
- Class of 1990
Stephen Bronfenbrenner, Principal, Bsquared Consulting
- Class of 1982
Fred Bronstein, Executive Director, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1996
Steve Brosvik, General Manager, Houston Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1995
Lisa Bryington Barr, Executive Director, Boston Musica Viva
- Class of 2007
Catherine Cahill, President and CEO, Mann Center for the Performing Arts
- Class of 1984
Synneve Carlino, Director of Public Affairs, Carnegie Hall
- Class of 1995
Yu-Ling Cheng, Vice President for Audience Development, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 2004
Katy Clark, Executive Director, Orchestra of St. Luke’s
- Class of 2001
Sandra Tuers Culhane, Executive Director, Billings Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1992
Trey Devey, Executive Director, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1996
Melissa Dibble, Director of Client Partnerships, EMC.Arts, LLC
- Class of 1993
Lisa Dixon, Executive Director, Portland Symphony
- Class of 2006
Bret Dorhout, Vice President for Artistic Administration, Philadelphia Orchestra
- Class of 2000
Emma Dunch, Principal, Dunch Arts
- Class of 2004
Julie Eugenio Montgomery, Executive Director, Linton Chamber Music Series
- Class of 1994
Mark Feldman, Administrateur Général, Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne
- Class of 2006
Ryan Fleur, President and CEO, Memphis Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1997
Rachel Ford, Executive Director, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1998
John E. Forsyte, President, Pacific Symphony
- Class of 1991
Makiko Freeman, Artistic Administrator, The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Class of 2003
Kareem George, Director of Endowment Support, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 2007
Douglas Gerhart, Executive Director, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
- Class of 1990
Howard W. Grant, Executive Director, Boston Philharmonic
- Class of 1981
Mark C. Hanson, President & Executive Director, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1998
Daniel Hart, Executive Director, Buffalo Philharmonic
- Class of 1987
Jeffrey P. Haydon, Executive Director, Ojai Music Festival
- Class of 1998
Cristina Herrera Vasconez, Director of Communications, The Atlanta Opera Company
- Class of 1991
James Hewitt, Orchestra Personnel Manager, National Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1989
Holly H. Hudak, Executive Director, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
- Class of 1987
Emil Kang, Executive Director for the Arts, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Class of 1996
Victor Kendall, Director of Development, KUHF-FM Houston Public Radio
- Class of 1981
Gloria Kim, Assistant Dean for Artistic Programming and Operations, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
- Class of 2003
Rebecca Krause-Hardie, Principal, Audienceworks/Moonroad LLC
- Class of 1989
Rebekah Lambert, Senior Consultant, Arts Consulting Group, Inc.
- class of 1988
Lynn Larsen, Personnel Manager, Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1985
Michael Lawrence, Director of Artistic Programs, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
- Class of 2000
Connie Linsler Valentine, Director, Nashville Arts and Business Council
- Class of 1983
Curtis Long, Executive Director, Alabama Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1992
Elizabeth Mahler, Assistant Director of Institutional Giving, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- Class of 2009
Michael Manley, Horn Player, Las Vegas, NV
- Class of 2007
Robert McGrath, Vice President & Orchestra Manager, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 2001
Stephen Millen, Vice President and Manager of Orchestra Operations, The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Class of 1997
Ashleigh Milner McGovern, Director of Advancement, Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 2008
Vanessa Moss, Vice President for Orchestra and Building Operations, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1985
Emma Murley, Director of Operations, Kansas City Symphony
- Class of 2008
Olga Mychajluk, Artistic Administrator, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 2003
J.L. Nave, President and CEO, Fort Wayne Philharmonic
- Class of 2000
Brenda Nienhouse, Executive Director, Spokane Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1982
David Nischwitz, Marketing Manager, Saint Louis Symphony
- Class of 2009
Carolyn Nishon, Director of Artistic Operations, Portland (ME) Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 2008
James W. Palermo, Executive Director, Colorado Symphony
- Class of 1989
Anne Parsons, President and CEO, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1981
Michael Pastreich, President and CEO, The Florida Orchestra
- Class of 1992
Luther Ranheim, Associate Director of Individual Giving, MacPhail Center for Music
- Class of 1997
Maya Rath, Director of Finance, Oakland East Bay Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1989
Rachel Roberts, Director of Entrepreneurial Musicianship, New England Conservatory
- Class of 2006
Lois Robinson Duplantier, General Manager, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
- Class of 1994
Vanessa Rose Pridemore, Managing Director, The Knights
- Class of 2006
Jeremy Rothman, Vice President for Artistic Administration, The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Class of 2000
Phillip Rothman, Composer, NYC Music Services
- Class of 2001
Jennifer Leed Schwartz, Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra
- Class of 2001
Paul Schwendener, Chief Operating Officer/Director of Marketing/Artist and Repertoire Advisor, Milken Archives of American Jewish Music
- Class of 1988
Regina Scruggs, “Music From the Movies” host, KUHF-FM Houston Public Radio
- Class of 1988
Rachel Sepulveda, Director of Marketing & Development, Chicago Chamber Musicians
- Class of 2009
Martin Sher, VP of Artistic Planning, Indianapolis Symphony
- Class of 2008
Kevin Shuck, Executive Director, Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
- Class of 2005
Alisa (Mayfield) Smallwood, Vice President for Development, National Civil Rights Museum
- Class of 1993
Marcie Solomon, Director of Operations, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 2002
Ari Solotoff, Chief of Staff & Director of Planning Philadelphia Orchestra
- Class of 2003
Mi Ryung Song, Director of Development, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- Class of 2006
Joan H. Squires, President, Omaha Performing Arts Society
- Class of 1986
Howard Stokar, Director, Howard Stokar Management
- Class of 1985
Stephanie Trautwein Oberhausen, Director of Development, DePaul Univ School of Music
- Class of 2007
Genevieve Twomey, Executive Director, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1997
Lora Unger, General Manager, The Pasadena Symphony Association
- Class of 2003
Matthew Van Besien, Managing Director, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 2002
Brandon VanWayenberghe, Director of Corporate Support, Houston Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 2008
Allison Vulgamore, President & CEO, Philadelphia Orchestra
- Class of 1981
Tina Ward, Clarinetist, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1999
Nicholas Weege, Director of Development Operations, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 2009
Kendra Whitlock Ingram, Vice President and General Manager, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
- Class of 1998
David Chambless Worters, President & CEO, Van Cliburn Foundation
- Class of 1992
Kathryn Wyatt, Abreu Fellow (El Sistema)
- Class of 2007
Edward Yim, Director of Artistic Planning, New York City Opera
- Class of 1992
John Zorn, President, ArtsReach Unlimited
- Class of 1982

Current as of 01/20/2011