Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Jan Hundley, Chair
Dr. Jan Shorey, Chair-elect
Richard P. Wheeler, M.D., Immediate Past Chair
Courtney Crouch, Governance Committee Chair
Kim Hillis, Personnel Committee Chair and Secretary
Mary Frances Cotham, Treasurer/Finance Committee Chair
Andrew Stadler, ASO Player’s Association President
Bob Roberts, Development Committee Chair
Susan Marsh, Education Committee Chair
T. Martin Davis, Joint Committee on Orchestra Affairs Committee Chair
Debi Barnes, Opus Advisory Committee Chair
Laura Hutchins, Building Oversight Committee Chair
Jeremiah Wood, Audience Development Committee Chair
Denise Compton, Artistic Advisory Committee Chair
Timothy MacDuff, VIA Committee Chair
Nate Thomas, Strong Community Partners Committee Chair
Brigita Gardner, At Large
Phil Peters, At Large

Directors

Rick Adkins
Elizabeth Andreoli
Teresita Angtuaco
Suzanne Babbie
Deborah Baldwin
Phyllis Barrier
Nick Brown
Lisa Brumley
Nina Castaldi
Dr. Steven Clift
Cindy Conger
Jeff Cook
Barry Coplin
Jane Cornish
Jay Cranford
Courtney Crouch
Joe W. Crow
Nancy Crow
Matt De Luca
Natalie Ghidotti
Dr. John Hayes
Chris Henry
Christy Hockaday
Larry Kircher
D. Dean Kumpuris
Ginny Kurrus

Christi Lemery
Julie Marshall
Dan Oberste
Nikki Parnell
David Prickitt
Dale Ronnel
John Rowland
Carlton Saffa
Joanna Seibert
Dr. Steve Shirm
Terri Smith, ex officio, Board of Advisors
Bryan Stanbridge
Elizabeth Stinnett
David Straessle
Nate Thomas
Jim Wallis
Andy Williams
Marsha Winters
Carolyn Witherspoon
Jacob Wunsch
Dan Young

Guild Representatives

Lesley Cooper – ASO Guild
Mary Davis – Russellville Symphony Guild
Christy Etheridge – Hot Springs/Hot Springs Village Symphony Guild

Life Members

Terri Erwin
Brigita Gardner
Sybil J. Hampton
Susie Morgan
Gus M. Vratsinas

†Ellen Gray
†J.T. Jackson
†Polly Winter Keller
†George K. Mitchell, M.D.
†Lee Ronnel
†Stella Boyle Smith
†Mary Worthen

Honorary Members

Shannon Heard (City of Little Rock)
Mike Mayton

Emeritus Board Members

Byron Eiseman
Robert B. Moore
Martin Thoma

† indicates the Life Member is deceased

Board of Advisors

Terri Smith, Chair

Advisors

Deema Abochale
Shirin Ali
Susan Altrui
Janet Aronson
Brandon Baldwin
Carolyn Barnes
Don Barnes
Karen Barnwell
Donna Bates
Jeannie Bates
Patty Bates-Abraham
Glenn Beasley
Peyton Bishop
Deitra Blackwell
Brenda Booth
Luana Bracy
Dr. Marico Bryant-Howe
Dr. Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith
Judy Busbey
Caitlin Campbell
Mary Cantwell
Jon Claas
Renee Clark
Chuck Cliett
Tandy Cobb
Nate Coulter
Michael Cox
Patty Crabbe
Nancy Crow*
Elizabeth Daniel
Cindy Dawson
Nick Dawson
Dr. Jennifer Dillaha
John DiPippa
Karen DiPippa
Joanna Douglass
Kristen Duckworth
Matt Duckworth
Jack East
Chuck Eckerson
Kathy Eckerson
Jo Evelyn Elston
Don Evans
Dr. Charles Feild
Dora Jane Flesher
Doris Freshour
Joanne Gay
Ken Gould
Priscilla Green
Bill Harrison
Fran Henderson
Dr. Chuck Hiller
Cyril Hollingsworth

Karen Holliday
Ron Holmes
Mark Hotchkiss
Ashley Huddleston
Jim Hudson
Janice James
Tanya James
Colleen Jayroe
Cara Jones
Lillian Jones
Phyllis Jones
William B. Jones
Dr. George Keck
Dr. Ouida Keck
Larry Kircher*
Jules Kumpuris
Ginny Kurrus*
Nick Lewellen
Colin MacKnight
Anne Marie Maddox
George Makris III
Dr. Floyd Martin
Lisa Martone
Luigi Martone
Mark McCarty
Thomas McGowan
Molly McNulty
Dr. Jay Mehta
Dr. Paulette Mehta
Dr. Steve Metzer
Carl Moneyhon
Roberta Monson
Dwight Moore
Heather Moore
Dorothy Morris
Candice Murphy
Mark Murphy
Marita Nazarian
Dr. Sarkis Nazarian
Dr. Alvah Nelson
Fran Nelson
Michelle Nelson
Michelle Nowlin
Thomas Nowlin
Elizabeth Nyhus
Paul Nyhus
Ron Oberlag
Marilyn Oliver
Viktoras Palys
Tricia Peacock
Pat Compton Pearcy
Susan Petty-Moneyhon
Harriett Phillips

Lynne Phillips
Elizabeth Pitman
Linda Powell
David Prickitt*
Kathy Quattlebaum
Katherine Reynolds
Daniel Rousseau
Bill Rubenstein
Kathryn Rubenstein
Seth Rubenstein
Annmarie SanSevero
Lois Sandusky
Mike Schmitz
Susan Schmitz
Shannon Schoening
Troy Schoening
Sally Sedelow
Dr. Joanna Seibert*
Dr. Robert Seibert
Nan Selz
Bill Siegel
Terri Smith
Martha Smither
Victor Snyder
Jerome Sorensen
Mimi Sorensen
Lauren Stanbridge
Jo Stoltz
Nate Thomas*
Terri Thomas
Pat Torvestad
Judy Trice
Carmen Vaprezsan
John Vaprezsan
Cheryl Wadley
Karron Wages
Dr. Charlie Watkins
Terri Watkins
Mike Watts
Delynne West
Camille Williams
Janet Williams
John C. Williams
Mark Williams
John Wray
Dr. Louis Young
Wilma Yu

Current as of 2/11/2026