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Board & Staff

Administrative Staff
Leadership Group
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Gary Ginstling, Executive Director/CEO, Margaret Alkek Williams Chair

Elizabeth S. Condic, Chief Financial Officer

Vicky Dominguez, Chief Operating Officer

Jennifer Renner, Chief Development Officer

Rolanda Gregory, Chief Marketing Officer

Mayenne Minuit, Executive Assistant

Development
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Leanna Aldis, Manager, Foundation Relations

Sarah Bhalla, Board Relations Associate

Lauren Buchanan, Development Communications Manager

Alex Canales, Manager, Donor Services

Jesse De Arman, Development Associate, Gifts, Records, & Research

Timothy Dillow, Senior Director, Individual Giving

Amanda T. Dinitz, Director, Principal Gifts & Endowment

Kamra Kilmer, Manager, Corporate Relations

Karyn Mason, Institutional Giving Officer

Hadia Mawlawi, Endowment & Planned Giving Officer

Gavin Reed, Major Gifts Officer

Tim Richey, Major Gifts Officer

Katie Salvatore, Director, Annual Giving & Membership

Phillip Smith Special Events & League Liaison Officer

Lena Streetman, Director, Development Operations

Sarah Thompson, Donor Events Manager

Christina Trunzo, Director, Institutional Giving

Finance/Administration/IT/HR
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José Arriaga, Systems Engineer

Henry Cantu, Accountant

Kimberly Cegielski, Accountant

Heather Fails, Database Administrator

Joel James, Director of Human Resources

Tanya Lovetro, Director of Budgeting and Financial Reporting

Freddie Piegsa, Help Desk Technician

Morgana Rickard, Controller

Gabriela Rivera, Accountant

Pam Romo, Human Resources Coordinator/Office Manager

Lee Whatley, Senior Director, IT and Analytics

Education & Community Engagement
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Olivia Allred, Education Manager

Allison Conlan, Senior Director, Education and Community Engagement

Austin Hinkle, Education & Community Engagement Coordinator

Jazmine Olwalia, Community Engagement Manager

Community-Embedded Musicians (CEM):

Lindsey Baggett, Lead Community-Embedded Musician (violin)

Lucinda Chiu, CEM Teaching Artist (violin)

David Connor, Sr CEM Teaching Artist (double bass)

Bensen Kwan, CEM Education Specialist (percussion)

Brittany Leavitt, CEM Teaching Artist (cello)

Bianca Lozano, CEM Teaching Artist (violin)

Adrian Ponce, CEM Teaching Artist (cello)

Lauren Ross, CEM Teaching Artist (viola)

Jaya Varma, CEM Teaching Artist (violin)

Marketing & Communications
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Bryan Ayllon, UX & Conversion Specialist

Rachel Cheng, Marketing & External Relations Assistant

Bella Cutaia, Manager, Patron Services

Kathryn Judd, Director, Marketing

Priya Kurup, Senior Associate, Group Sales

Caroline Lawson, Patron Services Representative

Yoo-Ell Lee, Graphics and Media Designer

Megan Lindsey Patron Services Representative

Milow Lozano  Ticketing Systems & Marketing Operations Specialist

Ciara Macaulay, Creative Director

Ashley Martinez, Patron Services Coordinator

Mariah Martinez, Email Marketing Coordinator

Alex McKeveny, Performance Marketing Specialist

Casey Pearce, Graphic Design Manager

Eric Skelly, Senior Director, Communications

Nadjalie Santos, Front of House Coordinator

Marielly Sanchez, Patron Services Representative

Christian Sosa, Director, Web Experience

Alexa Ustaszewski, Manager, Revenue & Audience Insights

Sophie Volpe, Digital Content Specialist

Leecia Whatley, Patron Services Representative

Jenny Zuniga, Director, Patron Services

Operations/Artistic
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Stephanie Alla, Associate Director of Artistic Planning

Becky Brown, Associate Director of Orchestra Personnel

Juan Pablo Brand, Artistic Assistant

Megan Fisher, Assistant Librarian

Julia Hall, Assistant Director, Houston Symphony Chorus

Parker Hart, Concert Operations Manager

Adrian Hernandez, Concert Media Production Manager

Brian Miller, Director of Orchestra Personnel

Giancarlo Minotti, Audio Production Manager

José Rios, Assistant Stage Manager

Brad Sayles, Senior Recording Engineer

Nathan Trinkl, Assistant to the Music Director

Ali Verderber, Associate Librarian

Meredith Williams, Director of Concert Operations

Rebecca Zabinski, Senior Director Artistic Planning

Society Board of Trustees
Executive Committee
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President Barbara McCelvey

Chair John Rydman

Immediate Past President Barbara J. Burger

Chair Emeritus Mike S. Stude

General Counsel Paul Morico

Secretary Jonathan Ayre

Chair, Finance Jonathan Ayre

Chair, Governance and Leadership Brad W. Corson

Chair, Popular Programming Evan B. Glick

Chair, Development Ed Schneider

Chair, Education and Community Engagement Sippi Khurana

Chair, Volunteers and & Special Events Mary Lynn Marks

Chair, Strategic Planning Robert Orr

Chair, Marketing and Communications Carey Kirkpatrick

Chair, Artistic and & Orchestra Affairs John Rydman

Chair, Audit Jesse B. Tutor

President, Houston Symphony League Jerre Williams^

President, Houston Symphony Endowment James H. Lee^

Immediate Past Chair Janet F. Clark^

At-Large Member Steven P. Mach^

At-Large Member Bobby Tudor^

At-Large Member Gretchen Watkins^

Executive Director/CEO Gary Ginstling^

Music Director Juraj Valčuha^

Musician Representative Joan DerHovsepian^

Musician Representative Mark Hughes^

Musician Representative Jeremy Kreutz^

Musician Representative Mark Nuccio^

^Ex-Officio
Governing Directors
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Jonathan Ayre

Gary Beauchamp

Eric Brueggeman

Barbara J. Burger

Mary Kathryn Campion, Ph.D.

John Cassidy, M.D.

Janet F. Clark

Brad W. Corson

Khoa Dao

Lidiya Gold

Claudio Gutiérrez

David J. M. Key

Sippi Khurana, M.D.

David Krieger

Carey Kirkpatrick

Paul Leach

Cindy Levit

Isabel Stude Lummis

Cora Sue Mach **

Rodney Margolis**

Mary Lynn Marks

Meredith Marshall

Barbara McCelvey

Paul R. Morico

Leslie Nossaman

Robert Orr

David Peavy

Chris Powers

John Rydman**

Brittany Sakowitz

Ed Schneider

Justin Stenberg

William J. Toomey II

Bobby Tudor **

Betty Tutor **

Jesse B. Tutor **

Robert Weiner

Margaret Alkek Williams**

Ex-Officio

Joan DerHovsepian

Gary Ginstling

Mark Hughes

Jeremy Kreutz

James H. Lee

Mark Nuccio

Juraj Valčuha

Jerre Williams

*Deceased

**Lifetime Trustee

Trustees
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Christopher Armstrong

David Balderston

David J. Beck

Carrie Brandsberg-Dahl

Nancy Shelton Bratic

Terry Ann Brown**

Ralph Burch

John T. Cater**

Robert Chanon

Heaven Chee

Michael H. Clark

Virginia Clark

Andrew Davis, Ph.D.

Denise Davis

Tracy Dieterich

Kelli Cohen Fein

Jeffrey B. Firestone

Eugene A. Fong

Aggie L. Foster

Kate Dearing Fowler

Aoife French

Carolyn Gaidos

Evan B. Glick

Andrew Gould

Lori Harrington

Pablo Hernandez Schmidt-Tophoff

Jeff Hiller

Grace Ho

Gary L. Hollingsworth

John W. Hutchinson

Brian James

Matthew Kades

Lilia Khakimova

I. Ray Kirk, M.D.

Matthew Loden

Kirby Lodholz

Steven P. Mach

Michael Mann, M.D.

Nancy Martin

Jack Matzer

Jackie Wolens Mazow

Diane K. Morales

Tim Ong

Edward Osterberg Jr.

Kusum Patel

Gloria G. Pryzant

Miwa Sakashita

Andrew Schwaitzberg

Helen Shaffer**

Becky Shaw

Michael Silliman

Robert B. Sloan, D.D., Theol.

Jim R. Smith

Miles O. Smith**

Quentin Smith

Tad Smith

Anthony Speier

Tina Raham Stewart

Mike S. Stude **

Terry Thomas

Nanako Tingleaf

Gretchen Watkins

Margaret Waisman, M.D.

Fredric A. Weber

Vicki West

Steven J. Williams

David J. Wuthrich

Ellen A. Yarrell

Robert Yekovich

Ex-Officio

Alejandro Gallardo

Reverend Ray Mackey, III

Frank F. Wilson IV

*Deceased

**Lifetime Trustee

Houston Symphony Endowment
Trustees
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James H. Lee, President

MK Campion

Ajay Khurana

David J.M. Key

David Krieger

Scott Wise

Endowment Funds $100,000+
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An endowed fund can be permanently established within the Houston Symphony Society through a direct contribution or via a planned gift such as a bequest. The fund can be designated for general purposes or specific interests.

For more information, please contact: Hadia Mawlawi, CAP®, Senior Associate, Endowment and Planned Giving [email protected] or 713.337.8532.

Janice H. & Thomas D. Barrow Fund

The Brown Foundation Guest Pianist Fund

The Brown Foundation’s Miller Outdoor Theatre Fund in memory of Hanni & Stewart Orton

Margarett & Alice Brown Endowment Fund for Education

Barbara J. Burger Endowed Chair, Horn

Jane & Robert Cizik Fund

The Janet Clark Fund

Roy and Lillie Cullen, Juraj Valčuha, Music Director Chair

The Cullen Foundation Maestro’s Fund

The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Fund for Creative Initiatives

The Margaret & James A. Elkins Foundation Fund

Virginia Lee Elverson Trust Fund

William Stamps Farish Fund

Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin J. Fein Fund

Marvy Finger Family Foundation Fund for Education and Community Engagement

Fondren Foundation, Assistant Concertmaster Chair

General Maurice Hirsch, Aralee Dorough, Principal Flute Chair

The Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment Fund

Janice H. & Thomas D. Barrow Fund

The Brown Foundation Guest Pianist Fund

The Brown Foundation’s Miller Outdoor Theatre Fund in memory of Hanni & Stewart Orton

Margarett & Alice Brown Endowment Fund for Education

Barbara J. Burger Endowed Chair, Horn

Jane & Robert Cizik Fund

The Janet Clark Fund

Roy and Lillie Cullen, Juraj Valčuha, Music Director Chair

The Cullen Foundation Maestro’s Fund

The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Fund for Creative Initiatives

The Margaret & James A. Elkins Foundation Fund

Virginia Lee Elverson Trust Fund

William Stamps Farish Fund

Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin J. Fein Fund

Marvy Finger Family Foundation Fund for Education and Community Engagement

Fondren Foundation, Assistant Concertmaster Chair

General Maurice Hirsch, Aralee Dorough, Principal Flute Chair

The Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment Fund