New Mexico Symphony ~ Staff

ADMINISTRATION

Eric Meyer, President & CEO

Cynthia Phinney, Executive Assistant
Kathy Andrews, Receptionist
Marian Ciepiela, Receptionist
This office oversees all facets of the NMSO, including the orchestra, Board relations, community outreach and staff direction.

DEVELOPMENT

Colleen Harris Kistner, Vice President

Joan Allen, Associate Director of Major and Planned Gifts
Mary Goldman, Associate Director
Catherine Offutt, Grants Administrator
James Headley, Community Gifts

This department is responsible for raising the almost $1.5 million annual fund dollars each year that is used to pay operating expenses and salaries of the NMSO. It also supports the NMSO Endowment Campaign. Activities include soliciting donations and concert sponsorships, organizing raffle ticket sales, oversight of the Vintage Albuquerque Wine and Fine Art Auction and other fundraising events throughout the year.

EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

Jeffrey Eckert, Director

The education department, working closely with the fine arts department of the Albuquerque Public Schools, coordinates all educational programming for the orchestra. Each year educational performances by the NMSO reach thousands of young people in Albuquerque and throughout the state. Programs are geared toward a wide range of audiences from elementary age students through adults.

MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS

David Sherry, Vice President

Ryan Stark, Associate Director of Marketing and Public Relations

Jennifer Langholf, Box Office Manager
Victoria Chavez, Assistant Box Office Manager
Denise Campos, Ticketing Services
Jessica Adams, Ticketing Services

This department is responsible for $2.2 million in ticket sales. Marketing and advertising, public and media relations, and community outreach drive sales, which are handled by the NMSO Box Office. In addition to selling tickets to individual concerts and events, maintaining and issuing season ticket subscriptions, and providing customer service, the Box Office tracks and analyzes all sales activity.

FINANCE AND INFORMATION SERVICES

Michael Tamasi, Vice President of Finance & Administration

Amy Bauer, Finance Assistant

This department manages all NMSO accounting functions including balance sheets, cash flow projections and bank accounts, plus oversees the issuance of all orchestra and staff payrolls. It also provides administrative duties such as developing and maintaining the internal computer network, maintaining an administrative policy manual, tracking personnel vacations and other staff personnel functions.

OPERATIONS

Amanda Pepping, Orchestra Personnel Manager
Claudia Giese, Orchestra Librarian
Robin Rupe, Production Manager
Curtis Mark, Stage Manager

This department is responsible for orchestra personnel management, scheduling performance dates and setting the performance calendar, coordinating guest artist itineraries, stage set-up, concert tours, arranging for concert venues - all the pieces that go into the concert you see and hear on stage.

CHORAL DEPARTMENT

Michelle Long, Chorus Administrator
Dave Bregar, Equipment Manager

The Chorus is made up of 90-100 talented adult volunteers who rehearse weekly and perform in numerous concerts with the orchestra every season. New chorus members are selected from auditions held in August.