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Who's Who at AYS

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 & TreviƱo, 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.