Sameera Troesch
Chair
Associate General Counsel at Triton International Limited. Former Counsel at Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas). Formerly a Corporate Associate, in Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s New York and London offices. Graduate, Governing for Nonprofit Excellence program at Harvard Business School.
Vice Chair
Professional Affiliation: Composer. Chair of Composition, Contemporary Music, and Core Studies at Boston Conservatory at Berklee; Founding Faculty of composition at Vermont College of Fine Arts; Advisory Board Member for New Music USA
Frederick Wertheim
Immediate Past Chair
Attorney-Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; Former music teacher, American School of Tangier, Morocco; Secretary, Peoples’ Symphony Concerts; Board Member, The Martina Arroyo Foundation, Inc
Michael Fehrman
Treasurer
Managing Director and Head of Americas Accounting Policy, Deutsche Bank AG; former Vice President for Finance, Goldman Sachs & Co.; former Executive Director for Accounting, UBS AG
Marilyn Go
Secretary
United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York from 1993 to 2018.
Astrid Baumgardner
Director
President, Astrid Baumgardner Coaching + Training; Faculty, Yale School of Music; Affiliate Partner, ars prudentiae; former Deputy Executive Director, French Institute Alliance Francaise; Attorney & Former Partner, Gide Loyrett Nouel; President, Musica Viva of New York; Chair, Opera Council, Manhattan School of Music
Derek Bermel
Artistic Director
Composer and clarinetist, former ACO Artistic Advisor; former artist in residence, Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University.
Jane Cavalier
Director
Founder & CEO, BrightMark Consulting; former Executive Vice President for Strategic Planning Worldwide, McCann-Erickson Advertising; Board of Directors, Pardee RAND Graduate School of Policy Analysis; Member, NationSwell Council
Philip Glass
Director
Composer; Board of Directors, The Kitchen; Board of Directors, Tibet House
Augusta Gross
Director
Clinical Psychologist; Composer; former Board member ARCO Collaborative, founded by Jennifer Koh; former Board Member, Concert Artists Guild
Benjamin Hildner
Director
Vice President, Investment Management Division, Goldman Sachs & Co. Previously Cellist, Deutsche Oper Berlin. Co-Chair of Council of the Phil at the New York Philharmonic, Board Member of Long Beach Opera, Salastina Music Society, and the American Friends of Philharmonia Orchestra.
Chris Lando
Director
Professional Affiliations: Vice President of Rhône, Former Director at Lazard in New York, Former investment banking Analyst at Atlas Advisors in New York, Received an A.B. in Economics and a Certificate in Finance from Princeton University.
Tess Mateo
Director
Managing Director, CX Catalysts. Former professional: Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Executive Committee, Friends of Inner City Scholarship Fund; Member, Patrons Council of Carnegie Hall; Advisory Council of World-Links.
Annette McEvoy
Director
Founder & President, Envision Retailing LLC & Epic Beauty LLC; Past Vice President and General Manager Personal Care, The Gap. past Executive Vice President, Bath & Body Works (Limited Brands); director, Grosvenor Neighborhood House YMCA; Action Council Committee, Fashion Institute of Technology
Samir Nikocevic
Director
Received his music degree in piano performance and piano pedagogy from the Music Academy at the University of Zagreb. Resident of Savannah and New York City. Former Chairman, Savannah Philharmonic. Board Member, American Traditions Vocal Competition.
Geoffroy van Raemdonck
Director
Chief Executive, Neiman Marcus Group. Former professional: President, Ralph Lauren Europe; CEO, St. John Knits; President, Louis Vuitton Southern Europe; and VP, Louis Vuitton North America. Senior Manager, The Boston Consulting Group; board member, Eos Orchestra
Michael Russell
Director
Partner, TimesSquare Capital Management; Former media equity analyst at Morgan Stanley where he was a multiple year member of Institutional Investor All-America Research Team; Leadership Council, Americares, a disaster relief and global health organization; Board member of Perrot Memorial Library
Deborah Sherman
Director
Professional Affiliation: Yale alumna, Life and health insurance broker
Karen Slack
Director
Professional Affiliation: Soprano, Artistic Advisor for Portland Opera, Co-Director Opera Program at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts, Co-Chair of the Women’s Opera Network with OPERA America.
Toyin Spellman-Diaz
Director
Oboist; Founding Member of Imani Winds. Faculty, Curtis Institute of Music, NYU Steinhardt, Brooklyn College.
Melinda Wagner
Director
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and Chair of Composition, The Juilliard School
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