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Chicago Sinfonietta Board of Directors

Executive Committee
 

ChairTara Dowd Gurber

Immediate Past ChairAlmarie Wagner

SecretaryEileen Chin

TreasurerDan Grossman

Marketing Co-ChairDean Nelson

Marketing Co-ChairMichelle Vanderlaan

Nominating ChairAnne Barlow-Johnston

Development ChairNicole Johnson Scales

Transition ChairPhil Engel

Founding Music DirectorPaul Freeman

Executive DirectorJim Hirsch

 

Dr. Neelum Aggarwal
Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences
Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center

Karim Ahamed
Managing Director, JPMorgan

Dr. Lascelles Anderson
Chair, West Side Friends of the Chicago Sinfonietta

Anne Barlow-Johnston
Civic Leader

Roland Burris II
Attorney

Esther Cepeda
Publisher, 600words.com

Cheri Chappelle
Director, Diversity and Inclusion
Illinois Tool Works

Eileen Chin
Vice President Corporate Services
R.M. Chin & Associates

Michelle L. Collins
Civic Leader

Michael DeSantiago
President, Primera Engineers, LTD.

Phil Engel
Civic Leader

Dr. Paul Freeman
Founding Music Director

Phil Gant III
Vice-President - Group Creative Director
Element 79

Dan Grossman
Project Leader
The Boston Consulting Group

Tara Dowd Gurber
Senior Vice President
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois

Jim Hirsch
Executive Director
Chicago Sinfonietta

Steven Hunter
Associate, Quarles & Brady

Dr. Betty L. Hutchison
Chair, North Side Friends of the Chicago Sinfonietta

Betty Johnson
Civic Leader

Steve King
Vice President of Talent Management — Baxter

Deb Kuo
Director of Real Estate, Exelon

John Luce
Partner, Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting, LLC

Doris Merrity
Chair, South Side Friends of the Chicago Sinfonietta

John Mathias
Partner, Jenner & Block LLP

Dean R. Nelson
Senior Account Executive, Procter & Gamble

Nazneen Razi
EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer, Jones Lang LaSalle

Nicole Johnson-Scales
Vice President and CRA Manager, Fifth Third Bank

Stephanie Springs
Executive Director, Make-A-Wish Foundation

Kathleen Sullivan
Vice President, Secretary & Counsel, Corey Steel

Alexander Terras
Partner, Reed Smith LLC

Michelle Vanderlaan
Civic Leader

Almarie Wagner
Consultant

Mark Williams
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Learn about:

The History of the Orchestra

Jim Hirsch
Executive Director

Paul Freeman, Music Director