Board of Directors
Executive Committee Chair
John B. Wright, II, Esq., Retired, Senior Counsel, Ballard Spahr, LLP
Vice Chair
Chris Rinaldi, President, Jacobs Music Company
Treasurer
Mark N. Steinberger, Esq., Arts Advocate
Secretary
William H. Schaefer, Ph.D., Retired, Merck & Co.
Members At Large
Lisa S. Aronson, M.B.A., P.C.C., Leadership and Executive Coach
Catherine M. Cahill, President & CEO, Mann Center for the Performing Arts
Joan Chait, Arts Advocate
Susan Huffman, A.I.C.P., Economic Development Consultant, Retired; Arts Advocate
Paul H. L. Chou, Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry Global Education Practice
Jonathan Eifert, Founder & Creative Director, Gold Sound Media LLC
Christopher R. B. Merritt, M.D., F.A.C.R.
Jana M. Mossey, Ph.D., Professor, Drexel University School of Public Health
Laura S. Picciano, D.O., Attending Physician, Main Line Health Care
Dave Reichman, C.P.A., Audit Manager, Isadaner & Company, LLC
Karen Slack, soprano; Artistic Advisor, Portland Opera; Co-Chair, Women’s Opera Network at Opera America; Co-Director, Opera Program at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Alberta, Canada
Fred Snitzer, Managing Director, Prudent Management Associates
Stanford Thompson, Founder & Executive Director, Play On Philly
Joshua VanderVeen, Financial Advisor, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Lou Vilardo, Retired, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
David Wolfsohn, Esq., Partner, Duane Morris, LLP
National Advisory Council
Natalie Zhu, Co-Chair, concert pianist; Artistic Director, Kingston Chamber Music Festival; Astral Laureate
Andrew Hauze, Co-Chair, conductor; pianist; vocal coach; Associate in Performance, Swarthmore College
Jason Belz, Vice President, Director of Booking and Artist Manager, Kirshbaum Associates, Inc.
Igor Begelman, concert clarinetist; faculty, Brooklyn College and Sarah Lawrence College, Astral Laureate
Che-Hung Chen, violist, The Philadelphia Orchestra
Mary Javian, Director of Professional Development and Community Engagement, Curtis Institute of Music
Yumi Kendall, Assistant Principal Cello, The Philadelphia Orchestra; Founder, The Suzuki Alumni Project; member, Astral Board of Directors
Matt Levy, Prism Saxophone Quartet
Christopher Merritt, M.D. F.A.C.R., member, Astral Board of Directors
Jayce Ogren, Conductor, Composer; Artistic Director, Orchestra 2001
Bill Palant, Managing Director, Etude Arts
Ben Spalter, Chief Of Operations, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Ryo Yanagitani, pianist
Honorary Committee
Stuart Adair, Vice President of Finance & Administration, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
Michael Barrett, Founder & Music Director, Moab Music Festival
David Bilger, Principal Trumpet, The Philadelphia Orchestra
Anthony P. Checchia, Founding Artistic Director, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society; Administrator, Marlboro Music Festival
David Cramer, Retired Associate Principal Flute, The Philadelphia Orchestra
David Devan, General Director & President, Opera Philadelphia
Roberto Díaz, President and Faculty, Curtis Institute of Music; Distinguished Concert Violist
Mary Lou Falcone, Head, M.L. Falcone Public Relations
Corey Field, Esq., Corey Field Law Group, P.C.
Pamela Frank, Acclaimed Concert Violinist; Faculty, Curtis Institute of Music, The Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, and Stony Brook University
Barbara Govatos, Violinist, The Philadelphia Orchestra
Jennifer Higdon, Pulitzer Prize-winning Composer
Matthew Horner, Senior Vice President, Director, IMG Artists, Vocal Division
Ida Kavafian, Renowned Concert Violinist/Violist; Co-Founder, OPUS ONE; Artistic Director, Music from Angel Fire
Edna Landau, Career Consultant
Jaime Laredo, Celebrated Concert Violinist; Music Director, Vermont Symphony Orchestra; faculty, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Cristian Macelaru, Music Director of the Orchestre National de France
Philip Maneval, Composer; Executive Director, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Daniel Matsukawa, Principal Bassoon, The Philadelphia Orchestra
Mary Eleanor Pitcairn, Arts Advocate
William Reinert, President & Managing Director, William Reinert Associates, Inc.
Joanne Rile, Artist Manager; Founder, Joanne Rile Artists Management
Gabrielle Rinaldi, Executive Vice President, Director, Concert Artists Department, Jacobs Music Company
Corrado Rovaris, Music Director, Opera Philadelphia and Artosphere Festival; Principal Conductor, I Virtuosi Italiani
Frank Salomon, Founder & President, Frank Salomon Associates; Administrator, Marlboro Music Festival
Ann Schein, Renowned Concert Pianist; Teacher
Susan Starr, Acclaimed Concert Pianist; Distinguished Professor, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
Krishna Thiagarajan, President & CEO, Seattle Symphony
Patricia A. Winter, Senior Vice President, Opus 3 Artists
Simon Woods, Chief Executive Officer, League of American Orchestras
Benita Valente, Internationally Renowned Soprano
Pierre van der Westhuizen, Director, Gilmore International Keyboard Festival & Awards