Board of Directors
Marin Alsop, President
Kristin Jurkscheit, Executive Director
Leigh Ryan, Secretary
Women Leadership Council
Karen van Bergen, Executive Vice President & Dean, Omnicom University; Chief Environmental Sustainability Officer, Omnicom
Susan Flanagan, President & CEO, GE Energy Financial Services
Penelope Naas, President, International Public Affairs and Sustainability at UPS
Louise Pentland, Former Chief Business Affairs and Legal Officer PayPal
Ellyn Shook, Chief Leadership and Human Resources Office, Accenture
Advisory Council
The Taki Alsop Fellowship is grateful to our Advisors for the invaluable wealth of experience and artistry they offer in support of our program.
Mark Adamo, Composer & Librettist
Alexander Bernstein, President, Artful Learning, Inc.
Deborah Borda, President & CEO, New York Philharmonic
John Corigliano, Pulitzer Prize & four-time Grammy-winner composer
JoAnn Falletta, Music Director, Buffalo Philharmonic; Music Director Laureate, Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Michael Ferraguto, Head Librarian, The Cleveland Orchestra
Bernard Haitink,* Former Conductor Emeritus, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Music Director, Baylor Symphony Orchestra; Music Director Laureate, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Director of Orchestral Studies, Baylor University; Director, The Conducting Institute
Jennifer Higdon, Pulitzer Prize & three-time Grammy-winner composer
Laura Liswood, Secretary General, Council of Women World Leaders; Advisor, Global Leadership and Diversity
Andrew Litton, Music Director, New York City Ballet
Stefan Sanderling, Chief Conductor, Symphony Orchestra of the Principality of Liechtenstein
Nina Bernstein Simmons, Food educator
Leonard Slatkin, Conductor, Composer, Author
Jamie Bernstein Thomas, Writer, narrator, broadcaster, film maker
Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director Laureate, San Francisco Symphony, New World Symphony
Joan Tower, Three-time Grammy-winner composer
* In Memoriam