Board & Staff

The San Francisco Symphony is recognized for employing an enormously talented, diverse, and dedicated administrative staff. If you need to reach someone on staff, please call our general administrative offices at (415) 552-8000, or email us at messages@sfsymphony.org.

Executive Director's Office

Brent Assink, Executive Director
Marina Kennedy, Executive Assistant

Artistic Planning

John Mangum, Director, Artistic Planning
Laura Carpenter, Artist Liaison
Shoko Kashiyama, Executive Assistant to the Music Director
Richard Lonsdorf, Artistic Administrator
Elaine Robertson, Chorus Manager
James Utz, Artistic Planning Assistant
Lisa Zadek, Assistant to the Director of Artistic Planning/p>

Development

Anne Johnson, Director
Katie Nicely, Associate Director of Development
Michael P. Clarke, Manager, Campaign Operations & Development Communications
Caroline Colburn, Director, Proposal Development 
Michelle Heller, Executive Assistant 
Individual Giving
Julie Ambrose, Director, Stewardship & Donor Relations 
Chandra Asken, Manager, Development Services 
Mariah Bozeman, Gift Planning & Major Gifts Associate
Carolyn Cheung, Research Associate 
Robbie D'Anneo, Director, Membership Gifts 
Lisa Haller, Membership Gifts Coordinator 
Emily Lagnado, Individual Gifts Coordinator 
Darra Messing, Manager, Annual Giving Societies 
Holly Munoz, Associate Director of Planned and Major Gifts 
Stephen Steiner, Director, Gift Planning
Tim Whalen, Associate Director of Development for Individual Giving 
Michael Williams, Individual Gift Coordinator
Amanda Wu, Donor Relations Coordinator
Stacy Youkilis, Director, Annual Giving Societies  
Institutional Giving
LindaKay Brown, Director, Corporate Partnerships
Lauren Eigenbrode, Corporate Partnerships Coordinator
Kari Gregg, Associate Manager, Corporate Partnerships
Thea Hashagen, Manager, Foundation & Government Relations
Greg Neverka, Manager, Corporate Partnerships
Volunteer Council
Marni Cook, Director, Special Events and Volunteer Services
Kelsey Ellis, Events Manager 
Jennifer Franks, Events Manager 
Laura Knerler, League Manager
Carey Sauls, Volunteer Services Coordinator
Morgan Walton, Event Coordinator
Wattis Room
Patrick McAteer, Interim Wattis Room Manager

Finance

James Kirk, Chief Financial Officer 
Sylvia Chen, Manager, Financial Analysis and Reporting
Thomas A. Donovan Sr., Payroll Manager 
Ayako Fukudome, Controller
Holly Hobson, Senior Accountant 
Jane Knox, Purchasing Coordinator
Emily Ma, Senior Accountant 
Christina Magee, Executive Assistant
Nahline Mecum, Donor Records Analyst
Mike Monje, Accounts Payable Coordinator
Melanie Twardzicki, Financial Analyst
Information Technology
Neal Wright, Chief Information Officer
Aaron Bennett, Manager, Business Applications
David Berta, PC Support Specialist 
Shivani Chamakura, Database Manager
Aaron Levin, Webmaster
Susan Lull, Computer Systems Manager

Human Resources

Ken Auletta, Director 
Cynthia Burtson, Benefits and Compensation Analyst 
Michelle Consunji, Manager, Staffing & Employee Relations

External Affairs

Nan Keeton, Director
Jeffrey L. Davis, Manager, External Affairs
Marketing and Sales
Emily Limón, Acting Director of Marketing
Anthony Averson, Group Sales
Manny Cabrera, Digital Marketing Assistant
Susan Chrzanowski, Marketing Coordinator
Andrea Gardenhire, Campaign Coordinator
Christine Laquer, Assistant Manager, Media Services
Stacy Lucier, Campaign Manager 
Christy Medina, Media Services Coordinator 
Chris Radley, Graphic Production Artist
Neil Uhl, Art Director
Jacquelyn Williams, Marketing Campaign Manager
Communications
Oliver Theil, Director of Communications 
Amelia Kusar, Publicist 
Jean Shirk, Director of Public Relations 
Louisa Spier, Senior Publicist
Publications
Jeanette Yu, Director of Publications
Kathy Brown, Publications Associate 
Katherine Cummins, Managing Editor 
Steven Ziegler, Associate Editor
Patron Services
Janice Glenn, Patron Services Director 
Terry Breedlove, Patron Services Manager 
Jeromey Shafer, Box Office Manager 
Hilda Kissane, Assistant Box Office Manager 
Carol Sebelius, Benefactor Ticket Coordinator
Archives
Joseph Evans, Archivist
Patrick Johnson, Associate Archivist
Education Programs/Youth Orchestra
Ronald Gallman, Director  
Kay Anderson, Manager, Education Programs
Kay K. Hamilton, Administrative Assistant 
Anastasia Herold, Education Program Assistant 
Lolly Lewis, Program Administrator, Community of Music Makers
Sammi Madison, Director, Education Programs 
Emily Nelson, Education Programs Associate 
Jason Pyszkowski, Youth Orchestra Manager

General Manager's Division

John Kieser, General Manager 
Jeanette Wong, Executive Assistant
Electronic Media and Tours
Andrea Luhrs, SFS Media Manager 
Richard Shirk, SFS Media Coordinator 
Joyce Cron Wessling, Manager, Tours & Media Production
Operations
Andrew Dubowski, Director
Matt Braun, Office Services Clerk
Tim Carless, Production Manager
Casey Daliyo, Operations Assistant 
Elizabeth Dondero, Telecommunications & Special Projects Coordinator
Rob Levin, Operations Manager 
Retail
Jeannette Garbarini-Walters, Director of Retail Operations
Paul Delucchi, Manager, Repeat Performance 
Michael Gallardo, Symphony Store Manager 
Jeff Griffith-Perham, On-Line Store Coordinator