Music Staff

• Dale E. Kempter - Music Director Laureate for Life
• Gabriel Gordon - Music Director / AYS Conductor
• Emily Awes - PSO Co-Conductor
• Angela Macke - AJO Co-Conductor
• Marie Robertson - AJO Co-Conductor
• Byron Herrington - AJYB Co-Conductor
• Sayra Siverson - AYO Conductor
• Sam Nesbitt - AJYB Co-Conductor
• Ron Teare - AJS Co-Conductor
• Gloria Velasco - AJSO Co-Conductor
• Amy Williams - AJS Co-Conductor
• Veronica Wilson - PSO Co-Conductor

Board of Directors

Officers

• President: Ken Hopper, General Manager, NMSO (retired)
• Vice President: Mary Lee Martin, Albuquerque Public Schools (retired)
• Secretary: Elizabeth Drotning Hartwell, Esq., Geer Wissel & Levy, P.A.
• Treasurer: Charles Wilkinson, Wells Fargo Private Banking
• Past President: Catherine Castro, Giovanni String Quartet

Directors

• Carla Beauchamp, Speech/Language Pathologist
• Steven Block, Chair of Music Department, University of New Mexico
• Jeff Brody,  Software Developer
• Winston Brooks, Superintendent, Albuquerque Public Schools
• Bill Donald, Vice President/Wealth Advisor, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
• D.C. Durano, Durano Construction
• Stuart Fessinger, Band Director, Bosque School
• Krista Kelley, Adelante Development Center, Inc.
• Jae Lee, Co-President, AYS Parents' Assn.
• Julanie Lee, Co-President, AYS Parents' Assn.
• Janice Lucero, MVD Express
• James Linnell, Dean of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico
• Robert Lucero, Board of Education, Albuquerque Public Schools
• Steven G. Meilleur, Adelante Development Center, Inc.
• Cindy Mok, Cindy Mok Accounting Services LLC.
• Joseph Parra, Co-President, AYS Parents' Assn.
• Lorena Parra, Co-President , AYS Parents' Assn.
• Karl Schindwolf, SMPC Architects
• Greg Sever, Freelance Writer

Non-Voting Directors
Ex-Officio Members

• Gabriel Gordon, Music Director, Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program, Inc.
• Kristine Purrington, Executive Director, Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program, Inc.

Advisory Council

• Jean Block, Jean Block Consulting, Inc.
• Mike DeWitte, Sandia National Labs
• Tom Dodson, Retired Dean, University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts
• Bill Donald, Morgan Stanley
• Donald Jones, Attorney, Jones & Smith, LLC

Administrative Staff

• Kristine Purrington - Executive Director
• Mary Strong - Chief Administrative Officer
• Nancy Bangs - AYSPA Liaison
• Anais Chakerian - Webmaster