Who's Who at AYS
Music Staff
- Jonathan Armerding - AJS Co-Conductor
- Emily Awes - PSO Co-Conductor
- Marilyn Thomas Bernard - AYSC Conductor
- Hovey Corbin - AJS Co-Conductor
- Gabriel Gordon - Music Director / AYS Conductor
- Louise Loomis - AESC conductor
- Angela Macke - AJYB Co-Conductor
- Sam Nesbitt - AJYB Co-Conductor
- Mike Peterson - AYCO Conductor
- Marie Robertson - AJO Co-Conductor
- Karen Schindwolf - PSO Co-Conductor
- Rebecca Simons - AJO Co-Conductor
- Sayra Siverson - AYO Conductor
- Gloria Velasco - AJSO Conductor
Board of Directors
Officers
- President: Mary Lee Martin, Albuquerque Public Schools (retired)
- Vice President: Janice Lucero, MVD Express
- Secretary: Bill Donald, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
- 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
- Sanja DeGarmo, SSD Design
- Elena Gallegos, Walsh, Anderson, Gallegos, Green & Treviño, P.C.
- Glenda Mathes, Co-Past President, AYS Parent Association, Sandia National Labs
- John Mathes, Co-Past President, AYS Parent Association
- Kymberly Pinder, Dean, College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico
- Cindy Mok, Cindy Mok Accounting Services, LLC
- David Peercy, Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education
- Karl Schindwolf, SMPC Architects
- Greg Sever, Literary Editor
- Kathy Wade, Co-President, AYS Parent Association, Presbyterian Healthcare Services
- Mark Wade, Co-President, AYS Parent Association, Hartman + Majewski Design Group
- Jessica Webb, UNM Foundation
Non-Voting Directors, Ex-Officio Members
- Gabriel Gordon, Music Director, Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program, Inc.
- Kristine Purrington, Executive Director, Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program, Inc.
Administrative Staff
- Gabriel Gordon, Music Director
- Dale E. Kempter - Music Director Laureate
- Kristine Purrington - Executive Director
- Mary Strong - Chief Administrative Officer
- Katherine Myers - Development Director
- Stacy Tompkins - Development Assistant
- Nancy Bangs - AYSPA Liaison
- Anais Chakerian - Webmaster
- Pari Noskin Taichert - Public Relations and Marketing
AYS Parents' Association
- Kathy and Mark Wade, Co-Presidents
- Donna and Tom Kao, Co-Vice Presidents
- Marlene Frantz, Secretary
- Kelly and Jim Goff, Treasurer
- Glenda and John Mathes, Co-Past Presidents
Need to reach someone at the AYS Program? Please email us at ays@aysmusic.org or call 875-1319.