Who's Who at AYS

Music Staff

• Gabriel Gordon - Music Director / AYS Conductor
• Emily Awes - PSO Co-Conductor
• Rebecca Jolly - AJO Co-Conductor
• Dale E. Kempter - Music Director Laureate for Life
• Angela Macke - AJYB Co-Conductor
• Sam Nesbitt - AJYB Co-Conductor
• Marie Robertson - AJO Co-Conductor
• Karen Schindwolf - PSO Co-Conductor
• Sayra Siverson - AYO Conductor
• Ron Teare - AJS Co-Conductor
• Gloria Velasco - AJSO Co-Conductor
• Amy Williams - AJS Co-Conductor

Board of Directors

Officers

• President: Mary Lee Martin, Albuquerque Public Schools (retired)
• Vice President: Janice Lucero, MVD Express
• Secretary: Elizabeth Drotning Hartwell, Esq., Geer Wissel & Levy, P.A.
• Treasurer: Charles Wilkinson, Wells Fargo Private Banking

Directors

• Steven Block, Chair of Music Department, University of New Mexico
• Jeff Brody, Blue Crow Consulting
• Winston Brooks, Superintendent, Albuquerque Public Schools
• Bill Donald, Vice President & Wealth Manager, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
• Charles Eberle, MD (retired)
• Jae Lee, Co-Past President, AYS Parent Association, Sandia National Labs
• Julanie Lee, Co-Past President, AYS Parent Association
• Jim Linnell, Acting Dean, College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico
• Glenda Mathes, Co-President, AYS Parent Association
• John Mathes, Co-President, AYS Parent Association
• Cindy Mok, Cindy Mok Accounting Services, LLC
• David Peercy, Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education
• Karl Schindwolf, SMPC Architects
• Greg Sever, Freelance Writer

Non-Voting Directors
Ex-Officio Members

• Gabriel Gordon, Music Director, Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program, Inc.
• Kristine Purrington, Executive Director, Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program, Inc.

Advisory Council

• Jean Block, Jean Block Consulting, Inc.
• Mike DeWitte, Sandia National Labs
• Tom Dodson, Retired Dean, University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts
• Donald Jones, Attorney, Jones & Smith, LLC

Administrative Staff

• Kristine Purrington - Executive Director
• Mary Strong - Chief Administrative Officer
• Nancy Bangs - AYSPA Liaison
• Anais Chakerian - Webmaster