Board of Directors

David O'Fallon

Chair

Minnesota Humanities Center

President

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Evans Mirageas

Vice Chair

Cincinnati Opera and Atlanta Symphony

Artistic Director

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Nancy Uscher

Vice Chair

Cornish College of the Arts

President

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Bill Sands

Treasurer

Western Bancshares, Inc.

Chair

John Orenstein

Secretary

Ross and Orenstein, LLC

Partner

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Carol Heen, Ph.D.

Past Chair

Consultant

John Nuechterlein

Ex Officio

American Composers Forum

President and CEO

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Meredith B. Alden

Community Leader

Dawn Avery

Montgomery College

Composer, Performer, Educator

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Carol Barnett

Composer

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Pearl Bergad

Chinese Heritage Foundation

Executive Director

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Jim Berdahl

Community Leader

Karen Brooks

Bassoonist

Patrick Castillo

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Director of Artistic Planning

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David Conte

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Professor of Composition

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Jon Deak

New York Philharmonic

Composer, Associate Principal Bass

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Jorja Fleezanis

Jacobs School of Music – Indiana University

Violinist, Professor of Violin and Orchestral Studies

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Ken Freed

The Minnesota Orchestra

Violist

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Stephen Green

General Mills

Strategy and Innovation Professional

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Leaetta Hough

The Dunnette Group, Ltd.

President

Nancy Huart

St. Paul Travelers Companies

Logistics Director

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Steven Ovitsky

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Executive Director

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David Ranheim

Dorsey and Whitney

Retired Partner

Eugene Rogers

University of Michigan

Associate Director of Choirs

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Jim Stephenson

Lake Forest Symphony

Composer in Residence

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Dan Thomas

Free Arts Minnesota

Executive Director

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Kathleen Van Bergen

Naples Philharmonic

President and CEO

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James S. Wafler

James Wafler Consulting Services

President

Advisory Board Members

Marilyn Bergman

Bobby McFerrin

Meredith Monk

Peter Schickele

David Shifrin

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Leonard Slatkin

Stephen Sondheim

Tom Voegeli

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