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Chad Smith Chief Executive Officer, David C. Bohnett Chief Executive Officer Chair
Paula Michea
 Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer


EXECUTIVE TEAM


  • Summer Bjork Chief of Staff

  • Nora Brady Senior Vice President, Marketing & Communications

  • Glenn Briffa Chief Financial Officer

  • Margie Kim Chief Philanthropy Officer

  • Emanuel Maxwell Chief Talent and Equity Officer

  • Renae Williams Niles Chief Content & Engagement Officer

  • Mona Patel General Counsel

  • Daniel Song Chief Operating Officer

  • Meghan Umber Senior Vice President, Programming

 
SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM


  • Laura Connelly General Manager, Hollywood Bowl; Vice President, Production

  • Cynthia Fuentes Director, The Ford

  • Elsje Kibler-Vermaas Vice President, Learning

  • Sara Kim Vice President, Philanthropy

  • Johanna Rees Vice President, Presentations

  • Carlos Singer Director, Government & Community Engagement

  • Julia Ward Director, Humanities

 
ADMINISTRATION


  • Amber Blanco HR Business Partner

  • Michael Chang Database Administrator

  • Alex Hernandez Manager, Office Services

  • Kevin Higa Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

  • Dean Hughes System Support III

  • Charles Koo Infrastructure Manager

  • Monica Ly HR Representative

  • Kevin Ma Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives

  • Melissa Magdaleno HR Coordinator

  • Jeff Matchan Director, Information Technology

  • Sergio Menendez System Support I

  • Edward Mesina Infrastructure Engineer, Information Technology

  • Andrew Moreno Assistant, Office Services

  • Angela Morrell Tessitura Support

  • Bryan Namba HR Business Partner

  • Marius Olteanu IT Support Eng I, Information Technology

  • Frank Patano Human Resources Manager

  • Sean Pinto Database Applications Manager

  • Miguel Ponce System Support I

  • Chris Prince Tessitura Support

  • Mark Quinto Director of IT Services, Information Technology

  • Meredith Reese Senior Manager, Information Technology

  • Aly Zacharias Director, Legal

 
ARTISTIC PLANNING AND PRESENTATIONS


  • Emily Davis Artist Liaison

  • Kristen Flock-Ritchie Programming Manager

  • Brian Grohl Program Manager, Pops / Manager, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

  • Ljiljana Grubisic Archives and Museum Director

  • Daniel Mallampalli Senior Programming Manager

  • Rafael Marino Program Manager

  • Mark McNeill Creative Producer

  • Ayrten Rodriguez Senior Program Manager

  • Stephanie Yoon Manager, Artist Services

 
FINANCE


  • Jyoti Aaron Controller

  • Adriana Aguilar Payroll Administrator

  • Steven Cao Accounting Manager

  • Katherine Franklin Venue Operations Accountant

  • Lisa Hernandez Accounts Payable Manager

  • Amanda La Pierre Staff Accountant

  • LaTonya Lindsey Accounts Payable Coordinator

  • Debbie Marcelo Financial Planning Manager

  • Wade Mueller Payroll Manager

  • Kristine Nichols Payroll Coordinator

  • Yuri Park Financial Planning Analyst

  • Nina Phay Payroll Administrator

  • Lisa Renteria Accounts Payable Specialist

  • Sierra Shultz Staff Accountant

THE FORD


  • Gabriella Isabel Hernandez Coordinator, The Ford

  • Gina Leoni Operations Manager, The Ford

 
HOLLYWOOD BOWL


  • Steve Arredondo Transit Manager

  • Dreima Flores Operations Administrator

  • Charee Heard Event Manager

  • Norm Kinard Parking/Transit Manager

  • Mark Ladd Director, Operations/Hollywood Bowl

  • Megan Ly-Lim  Operations Coordinator

  • Tom Waldron Operations Manager, Hollywood Bowl 

LEARNING


  • Anthony Crespo Program Manager, YOLA at Torres

  • Camille Delaney-McNeil Director, YOLA

  • Fabian Fuertes Senior Manager, YOLA

  • Julie Hernandez Facilities Manager, Beckmen YOLA Center

  • Lorenzo Johnson Program Manager, YOLA at Inglewood

  • Mariam Kaddoura Manager, Learning

  • Sarah Little Associate Director, Learning

  • Diana Melgar Assistant Manager, YOLA

  • Michael Salas Manager, YOLA National

  • Gaudy Sanchez YOLA Artistic Administrator

 
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS


  • Micaela Accardi-Krown Social Media Manager

  • Mary Allen Senior Manager, Social Media

  • Lushia Anson Marketing and Communications Coordinator

  • Scott Arenstein Senior Director, Brand

  • Janice Bartczak Director, Retail Services

  • Lisa Burlingham Director, Marketing

  • Charles Carroll Manager, Marketing Communications

  • Joe Carter Senior Director, Sales and Customer Experience

  • Elias Feghali Associate Director, Audience Strategies and Analytics

  • Justin Foo Associate Director, Sales and Customer Engagement

  • Caila Gale Digital Producer

  • Tara Gardner Manager, Digital Marketing

  • David Halperin Creative Copywriter for Music Programming

  • Karin Haule Graphic Designer

  • Annisha Hinkle Senior Manager, Promotions and Partnerships

  • Jennifer Hoffner Associate Director, Advertising

  • Linda Holloway Patron Services Manager

  • Sophie Jefferies Director, Public Relations

  • Alexis Kaneshiro Senior Graphic Designer

  • Jordan Kauffman Manager, Audience Growth and Engagement

  • Jediah McCourt Manager, Corporate Partnerships

  • Ino Mercado Retail Manager, Merchandising

  • Rosa Ochoa Audience Services Manager

  • Erin Puckett Marketing Coordinator, Promotion and Partnerships

  • Andrew Radden Director, Corporate Partnerships

  • Anna Ress Senior Director, Communications

  • Tristan Rodman Senior Product Manager, Digital

  • Martin Sartini Garner Creative Copywriter

  • Mary Smudde Associate Creative Director

  • Natalie Suarez Senior Creative Director

  • Kahler Suzuki Video Producer

  • Jonathan Thomas Marketing Database Specialist

  • Holly Wallace Publicist

  • Lauren Winn Senior Project Manager, Creative Services

 
ORCHESTRA MANAGEMENT AND MEDIA INITIATIVES


  • Shana Bey Director, Orchestra Management

  • Kristie Chan Director, Orchestra Personnel

  • Jessica Farber Associate Director, Media Initiatives

  • Raymond Horwitz Project Manager, Media Initiatives

  • Maren Slaughter Manager, Orchestra Personnel


PRODUCTION


  • Tina Kane Scheduling Manager

  • Taylor Lockwood Associate Production Manager

  • Kimberly Mitchell Production Manager

  • Alex Grossman Production Manager

  • Christopher Slaughter Production Manager

  • Michael Vitale Director, Production

  • Kelvin Vu Technical Director

  • Bill Williams Production Administrator


PHILANTHROPY


  • Robert Albini Director of Major Gifts 

  • Joshua Alvarenga Senior Major Gifts Officer

  • Nancy Baxter Director, Gift Planning

  • Taylor Burrows  Senior Coordinator, Gift Planning

  • Julia Cole Director, Institutional Giving and Stewardship

  • Chelsea Downes Director, Annual Giving

  • Valeri Estrada Philanthropy Operations Specialist

  • Joel Fernandez Senior Research Analyst

  • Elan Fields Gift & Data Specialist

  • Clara Fuhrman Senior Coordinator, Major Gifts

  • Genevieve Goetz Gift Planning Officer

  • Freyja Glover Assistant Manager, Annual Fund

  • Angelina Grego Senior Coordinator of Affiliates/Annual Fund

  • Gerry Heise Senior Major Gifts Officer

  • Ashley Helm Assistant Manager, Special Events

  • Crystal Jones Associate Director, Major Gifts

  • Julian Kehs Manager, Institutional Giving

  • Emily Lair Major Gifts Officer

  • Christina Magaña Donor Relations Associate

  • Allison Mitchell Director of Board Relations

  • Gisela Morales Major Gifts Officer

  • Ryan Murphy Assistant Manager, Special Events

  • Sophie Nelson Donor Relations Assistant

  • Ragan Reviere Director/Producer, Special Events

  • Carina Sanchez Senior Manager, Research and Prospect Development

  • Erica Sitko Director of Stewardship and Principal Gift Strategy

  • Peter Szumlas Associate Director, Philanthropy Operations

  • Tyler Teich Senior Gift and Data Specialist

  • Derek Traub Manager, Philanthropy Communications

  • Kevin Tsao Annual Giving Officer

  • Dustin Seo Assistant Manager, Annual Giving

  • Morgan Walton Associate Director, Special Events and Affiliates

  • Richard T. Watkins Associate Director, Philanthropy