2022 C-Suite Program Book

A C-SUITE CHRISTMAS

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A NOTE FROM

Kim Noltemy

Ross Perot President & CEO Dallas Symphony Association

WELCOME to our fourth annual C-Suite Christmas event! Thank you for being with us tonight as we celebrate the magic that happens when business and the arts unite. C-Suite Christmas is a one-of-a-kind event where leaders from North Texas companies have the opportunity to join the DSO on stage and be part of the concert. We are grateful for each of tonight’s executives for their role in this annual tradition, and we cannot think of a better celebration of their remarkable leadership than to watch them demonstrate their artistry and talent with the members of your Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

Tonight, we also have the privilege to celebrate each of your support that is providing free instruments and music lessons to hundreds of children in Southern Dallas. We are so grateful for the remarkable investment of the North Texas corporate community that is driving the growth of our education programs.

There is still time to support this work! Below we have included a QR code that you can use to make a donation in support of our Young Musicians program in Southern Dallas. Thank you for joining with us as we work to make the power of music education accessible to all children in our community.

Thank you for joining us tonight. Happy C-Suite Christmas!

Ross Perot President & CEO Dallas Symphony Association

Kim Noltemy

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR

Featured Executives

ANNE CHOW

FORMER CEO, AT&T BUSINESS

BRAD RAMSEY

PRESIDENT & GM, WFAA AND SENIOR VP, TEGNA, INC.

CYNT MARSHALL

CEO, DALLAS MAVERICKS

JORGE BALDOR

FOUNDER, AFTER8TOEDUCATE AND LATINO ARTS PROJECT

THE EUGENE MCDERMOTT FOUNDATION O’DONNELL FOUNDATION THE MORTON H. MEYERSON FAMILY FOUNDATION

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY: BANK OF AMERICA, BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES, CENTRAL MARKET / H-E-B OF AMERICA, BL ANTHROPIES, CENTRAL MARKET H-E-B TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS, FIRST HORIZON AND TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS TOURNAMENT OF FIRST HORIZON AND AR

Anne Chow

ANNE was appointed Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Business in September 2019. She’s responsible for a $35B operating unit which serves nearly 2.5 million business customers around the world, providing them with communications solutions to enable and transform their businesses. She is the first woman to hold this position and first woman of color CEO in AT&T’s 140+ year history. Recently, she announced her upcoming retirement after more than 32 years of service.

As a founding member of AT&T University’s governing board, Anne actively supports the company’s leadership development imperative over the decades. She’s also involved in many of AT&T’s Employee Groups worldwide and serves as the executive sponsor for AT&T’s Women of Business Employee Network and the Asia Pacific Women’s Organization. She also championed AT&T’s Women of Color Connect Program while also actively serving on the company’s Senior Executive Diversity Council and Corporate Social Responsibility Executive Council. Widely recognized for building inclusive, high performing cultures, Anne coaches, mentors and inspires thousands of readers through her internal blog, which has been voted “best blog” across the company for the past 9 years. Most recently, Anne was named a 2022 LinkedIn Top Voice for Gender Equity.

Her trailblazing leadership and many contributions to business as well as the community are widely recognized. A few of Anne’s awards and accolades include the Gold Stevie Award as Female Executive of the Year - Business Services, Asian American Business Development Council Lifetime Achievement Pinnacle Award, Woman of the Year in Technology by the National Diversity Council, Light Reading’s Most Inspiring Woman in Communications, the National Organization for Women’s Woman of Power & Influence, Forbes 2021 CEO Next List, and Fortune’s 2020 and 2021 Most Powerful Women in Business.

Anne holds a Master of Business Administration with distinction from The Johnson School at Cornell University and a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell. She is also a graduate of the Pre-College Division of the Juilliard School of Music. She lives in the Dallas/Fort Worth area with her husband, two daughters, and their rescued Australian Shepherd.

Former CEO, AT&T Business

Brad Ramsey

President & GM, WFAA and Senior VP, TEGNA, Inc.

BRAD RAMSEY is a people-first leader and proven operating executive, responsible for 1,700 team members across 16 U.S. media markets, and with oversight of annual revenue totaling $900M+. He was named president and general manager of WFAA in January 2018, overseeing day-to-day operation of the Dallas-Fort Worth ABC affiliate, which serves more than seven million people monthly across thirty-two North Texas counties. Brad added the title of senior vice president for TEGNA, Inc. (NYSE: TGNA), WFAA’s parent company, in June 2019 and in that role he is responsible for all operations – including people, content development, revenue generation, finance, technology, and compliance – of some of the most storied local media outlets in America, including KHOU (CBS) Houston, KENS (CBS) San Antonio, KVUE (ABC) Austin, KING (NBC) Seattle, KPNX (NBC) Phoenix, and WTHR (NBC) Indianapolis.

Brad is in his second stint with TEGNA after serving as vice president of sales for the company’s 62 local media outlets across the U.S., and serving as president and general manager of the ABC affiliate in Norfolk, VA. In between roles at TEGNA, Brad was vice president of global sales at Boats. com, where he led the transformation of an international sales force serving customers in 106 countries.

As a dual graduate of Virginia Tech, Brad holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies and an MBA from the Pamplin College of Business, and in 2021 he graduated from the Stanford Executive Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is a member of the board of governors and on the executive committee of the ABC Television Affiliates Association, and a board director of the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, Broadway Dallas, and the Children’s Medical Center (Dallas) Foundation. Brad is also a past member of Virginia Tech’s MBA Advisory Board and was an inaugural member of Nielsen Media Measurement’s “Anytime / Anywhere” advisory board. He lives in Dallas with his wife Chris and sons Alex and Brady, who attend Jesuit Dallas and St. Rita Catholic School, respectively.

Cynt Marshall

CYNT MARSHALL has been a dynamic force for inclusion and diversity within the Mavericks organization and over a 36-year career at AT&T.  When Cynt was hired as new the CEO of the Mavs in March 2018, she set her sights on a culture transformation. Her vision was for the Mavericks organization to become the NBA standard for inclusion and diversity, and brought transparency, trust and her values-based leadership style that evolved the company culture in her first 100 days.

Prior to her joining the Mavs, Cynt founded Marshalling Resources, a consulting firm specializing in Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion, Culture Transformation and overall optimization of people resources. Upon the company naming its first Chief Inclusion Officer in June 2017, Cynt worked with The Dow Chemical Company to develop and implement a strategy for institutionalizing an inclusive culture. Widely recognized for her visionary leadership and ability to get things done Cynt is the recipient of several honors and awards. In March 2021, Forbes named Cynt one of 15 of the world’s most inspiring female leaders. In 2019, Cynt was honored with the Women of Power Legacy Award by Black Enterprise and was the recipient of the National ATHENA® Leadership Program Award. In 2017, Cynt was honored by The Network Journal as one of the 25 Most Influential Women in Business and was honored with the ATHENA® Leadership Program Award by the Dallas Regional Chamber, which recognizes exceptional women who excel in their careers, contribute to their communities and develop women leaders. Cynt graduated from the University of California-Berkeley with degrees in Business Administration and Human Resources Management and holds four honorary Doctorate degrees. She has chaired a variety of non-profit boards and is currently on the board of Dallas CASA, Dallas Regional Chamber, Texas Women’s Foundation, Texas 2036, T.D. Jakes Foundation, and a member of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC). She is also on the Board of Directors of BGSF Staffing, JELD-WEN, and Blinkcns, Inc.

The fourth of six children, Cynt grew up in Richmond, California, and lives in the Dallas area. She and her husband, Kenneth Marshall, have four adult children.

CEO, Dallas Mavericks

Jorge Baldor

Founder, After8toEducate and Latino Arts Project

JORGE BALDOR was born in Havana, Cuba and immigrated to the United States with his family at age 6. His entrepreneurial spirit and relentless energy has resulted in a number of projects and organizations aimed at empowering others and preparing the next generation of leaders, particularly within the Latino community both locally and internationally. Local youth leadership and educational organizations he has supported include LaRondalla Music school, Puede Network’s Boys and girls Soccer and Boxing, Girl Scouts of North Texas, education programming of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Ft. Worth, individual educational grants under his Hatuey Foundation and After8toEducate, a national model for addressing youth homelessness in High Schools and endowment of the Santos Rodriguez Scholarship Fund at the Embry Human Rights Program, SMU. His international support includes for the democracy building Esquipulas Foundation in Guatemala and the Vicente Fox Presidential Library educational programs in Mexico.

The Arts as Healing

of Light,” an art installation at UT Southwestern Medical Center

At UT Southwestern, the significant role of art in creating a welcoming and healing environment was recognized from the very beginning. Increasingly, studies show the positive effect art has not only on the patient experience but also on the healing process.

As proud partners of Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Southwestern Medical Foundation and UT Southwestern recognize and celebrate all that the arts mean to human health.

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A C-SUITE CHRISTMAS

LAWRENCE LOH Conducts

JASMINE HABERSHAM Soprano

CRAIG VERM Baritone & Narrator

MYKOLA LEONTOVYCH Carol of The Bells - Ukranian Christmas Carol

IRVING BERLIN White Christmas CRAIG VERM BARITONE

JOHN D. MARKS “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer”

MEDLEY Hanukkah Medley JASMINE HABERSHAM SOPRANO

TCHAIKOVSKY “Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker

TCHAIKOVSKY “March” from The Nutcracker CYNT MARSHALL GUEST CONDUCTOR

TCHAIKOVSKY “Chinese Dance” from The Nutcracker BRAD RAMSEY GUEST CONDUCTOR

TCHAIKOVSKY “Trepak” from The Nutcracker ANNE CHOW GUEST CONDUCTOR

QUINN MASON Christmas Eve Festivities

ANTHONY DILORENZO ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas CRAIG VERM NARRATOR

WARREN MERVYN “Who Would Imagine A King” from The Preacher’s Wife JASMINE HABERSHAM SOPRANO

LEROY ANDERSON Sleigh Ride JORGE BALDOR GUEST CONDUCTOR

DAVID HUNTSINGER “Love Came Down at Christmas”

JASMINE HABERSHAM SOPRANO

CRAIG VERM BARITONE

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONAL “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” from A Feast of Carols JASMINE HABERSHAM SOPRANO CRAIG VERM BARITONE

LAWRENCE LOH is Music Director of Symphoria (Syracuse, NY) the Music Director of the West Virginia Symphony. Loh concluded his tenure as Music Director of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic in 2017. Loh’s had a decade-plus association with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra where he currently leads annual pops and other select programs.

Loh’s previous positions include: Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Syracuse Opera; Resident Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Associate Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.

Having a particular affinity for pops programming, Lawrence Loh has been engaged for repeat performances with Chris Botti, Idina Menzel and Ann Hampton Callaway. He is particularly adept at synchronizing live orchestral music with film and has led Star Wars Ep. IV & V, Jaws, Pixar in Concert, Disney in Concert, Wizard of Oz, Casablanca and Singin’ in the Rain among others.

Lawrence Loh is an active guest conductor including engagements this season with Seattle Symphony; San Diego Symphony and the Grant Park Festival. Plus, recent past engagements in Washington D.C. (National), Indianapolis, Malaysia and Daejeon (South Korea) . His summer festival appearances have included Bravo Vail Valley, Aspen, Mann Center in Philadelphia, and Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra.

Lawrence Loh received his Artist Diploma in Orchestral Conducting from Yale, his Masters in Choral Conducting from Indiana University and his BA, and Certificate of Management Studies, from the University of Rochester.

Lawrence Loh Conductor

Jasmine Habersham

Soprano

AMERICAN SOPRANO Jasmine

Habersham is a versatile and dynamic performing artist whose voice has been hailed as “exquisite” by Broadway World and possessing a “well-controlled, silvery tone had an alluring presence” by Opera Today.

This season, she returns to Minnesota Opera as Sarah Ruth in Edward Tulane, performs with the Rochester Philharmonic and the Dallas Symphony, debuts as Sophie in Werther with Houston Grand Opera, brings her celebrated Gilda in Rigoletto to Utah Opera, and makes her role debut as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro with Madison Opera.

She has performed as a featured soloist in numerous concert productions including Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater, Schubert’s Mass in G, Bach’s B Minor Mass, Handel’s Messiah, and Duke Ellington’s Concert of Sacred Music.

A finalist in the Lotte Lenya Competition, she is well-versed as a crossover artist in opera and musical theatre. She has performed the roles Edith in The Pirates of Penzance with The Atlanta Opera, Susannah in The Musical: Tintypes with Janiec Opera Company, and Pearl in Morning Star with Cincinnati Opera Fusion. She has won numerous awards including Second Place in the 2018 Southeast Regional Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, The Strauss Award in the National Orpheus Competition, the John Alexander Memorial Award from University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music, and the Young Artist Guild Award from Central City Opera.

Ms. Habersham has participated in several esteemed young artists programs including with The Glimmerglass Festival, Central City Opera, Kentucky Opera, and the Brevard Music Center. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance at Shorter College and her Master of Music and Artist Diploma from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Craig Verm Baritone

PRAISED FOR his “arrestingly vibrant” and “robust” baritone, Craig Verm has brought his riveting dramatic portrayals to stages around the world. Most recently, he received high praise for his performances of the title role in Billy Budd for Des Moines Metro Opera. John van Rhein of the Chicago Tribune said, “The strong baritone voice, strapping physique and winning stage presence of Craig Verm created a sympathetic Billy” and Opera Today said Verm “was every moment the star vocal and theatrical presence that galvanized the performance.”

He enjoys a strong relationship with Pittsburgh Opera, where he has sung the lead baritone role of Tom Joad in Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath, Zurga in Les pêcheur de perles, Papageno, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette, Ping, Junius in The Rape of

Lucretia, the Novice’s Friend in Billy Budd, Angelotti in Tosca as well as Guglielmo in student performances of Così fan tutte. Other recent performances include Marcello, Minskman in Dove’s Flight, and Ping with Austin Lyric Opera; Papageno, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas, and Adonis in Venus and Adonis with Florentine Opera; Ned Keene in Peter Grimes and Mercutio with Des Moines Metro Opera; Marcello and Zurga with Nashville Opera; Schaunard in La bohème with Opera Philadelphia; Sharpless in Madama Butterfly at Lyrique-en-Mer/Festival de Belle-Île; Joseph Pitt in Peter Eötvös’ Angels in America with Fort Worth Opera; Astolfo in the world premiere of Lewis Spratlan’s Life is a Dream and Hermann in Les contes d’Hofmann with Santa Fe Opera; Count Almaviva and Falke in Die Fledermaus with the Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh; and the title role of Eugene Onegin, Guglielmo, and the Forester in The Cunning Little Vixen with Aspen Opera Theater. He has also joined symphony orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Angelotti, Marullo in Rigoletto, and the Mandarin in Turandot, and the San Francisco Symphony for Fidelio with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting.

He received his Master of Music from the University of CincinnatiCollege Conservatory of Music where his performances included title role in Carlisle Floyd’s Markheim. He was graduated cum laude from Rice University’s

SEASON

Fabio Luisi

Music Director

Louise W. & Edmund J. Kahn

Music Directorship

Gemma New

Principal Guest Conductor Dolores G. & Lawrence S. Barzune, M.D. Chair

Jeff Tyzik

Principal Pops Conductor Dot & Paul Mason Podium

Maurice Cohn

Assistant Conductor Marena & Roger Gault Chair

Angélica Negrón

Composer-in-Residence

Vacant

Chorus Director Jean D. Wilson Chair

VIOLIN I

Alexander Kerr

Concertmaster

Michael L. Rosenberg Chair Nathan Olson

Co-Concertmaster Fanchon & Howard Hallam Chair

Gary Levinson °

Senior Principal Associate Concertmaster

Enika Schulze Chair Emmanuelle Boisvert

Associate Concertmaster Robert E. & Jean Ann Titus Family Chair

Eunice Keem

Associate Concertmaster Marcella Poppen Chair

Diane Kitzman

Principal Filip Fenrych W. Paul Radman, DDS Chair Maria Schleuning Norma & Don Stone Chair

Lucas Aleman

Jenna Barghouti Mary Reynolds Andrew Schast Motoi Takeda Associate Concertmaster Emeritus Daphne Volle Bruce Wittrig Giyeon Yoon Kaori Yoshida *

VIOLIN II

Angela Fuller Heyde Principal Barbara K. & Seymour R. Thum Chair

Alexandra Adkins Associate Principal Sho-mei Pelletier Associate Principal Bing Wang Bruce Patti * Rita Sue & Alan Gold Chair Mariana Cottier-Bucco Debra & Steve Leven Chair Lilit Danielyan * Hyorim Han Shu Lee Nora Scheller * Aleksandr Snytkin * Lydia Umlauf

VIOLA

Meredith Kufchak Principal Hortense & Lawrence S. Pollock Chair Matthew Sinno Associate Principal Sarah Kienle

Acting Associate Principal Pamela Askew Thomas Demer Valerie Dimond Dr. James E. Skibo Chair

Christine Hwang Keith Verges Chair Xiaohan Sun Maisie Heiken Chair David Sywak

*Performs in both Violin I and Violin II sections

CELLO

Christopher Adkins

Principal Fannie & Stephen S. Kahn Chair Theodore Harvey Associate Principal Holly & Tom Mayer Chair

Jolyon Pegis

Associate Principal Joe Hubach Chair Jeffrey Hood Greg & Kim Hext Chair Jennifer Yunyoung Choi

Kari Kettering

Donna & Herbert Weitzman Chair, in honor of Juanita & Henry S. Miller, Jr. Minji Kim Zexun (Jason) Shen Nan Zhang

BASS

Nicolas Tsolainos

Principal Anonymously Endowed Chair Thomas Lederer Co-Principal Roger Fratena Associate Principal Paula Holmes Fleming Brian Perry Clifford Spohr Principal Emeritus

FLUTE David Buck Principal Joy & Ronald Mankoff Chair Hayley Grainger Associate Principal Barbara Rabin Chair Kara Kirkendoll Welch Caroline Rose Hunt Chair James Romeo Piccolo

OBOE Erin Hannigan Principal Nancy P. & John G. Penson Chair

° Leave of Absence

Willa Henigman

Associate Principal Brent Ross David Matthews + English Horn Karen & Jim Wiley Chair

CLARINET

Gregory Raden

Principal Mr. & Mrs. C. Thomas May, Jr. Chair Paul Garner ° Associate Principal + E-Flat Robert E. & Ruth Glaze Chair Stephen Ahearn Second Clarinet + Acting Associate Principal + E-flat Courtney & Andrew Nall Chair Stephanie Key Andrew Sandwick ° Bass Clarinet + Utility

BASSOON

Ted Soluri Principal Irene H. Wadel & Robert I. Atha, Jr. Chair Scott Walzel

Associate Principal Barbara & Robert P. Sypult Chair Tom Fleming Peter Grenier + Contrabassoon

HORN

David Heyde

Associate Principal + Acting Principal Linda VanSickle Chair Alexander Kienle Assistant Principal + Utility Haley Hoops Becky & Brad Todd Chair Yousef Assi ° Kevin Haseltine

Vacant Principal Howard E. Rachofsky Chair

TRUMPET

Stuart Stephenson

Principal Diane & Hal Brierley Chair L. Russell Campbell Associate Principal Yon Y. Jorden Chair Kevin Finamore Assistant Principal Elmer Churampi

TROMBONE

Barry Hearn Principal Cece & Ford Lacy Chair Christopher Oliver Associate Principal Brian Hecht

Utility Trombone Darren McHenry Bass Trombone

TUBA Matthew Good Principal Dot & Paul Mason Chair

TIMPANI

Brian Jones Principal Dr. Eugene & Charlotte Bonelli Chair

PERCUSSION

George Nickson Principal Margie & William H. Seay Chair Daniel Florio Associate Principal

HARP

Emily Levin Principal Elsa von Seggern Chair

ORGAN

Bradley Hunter Welch Resident Organist Lay Family Chair

KEYBOARD

Jeanne R. Johnson Chair Gabriel Sanchez

Classical Anastasia Markina Classical

LIBRARY

Karen Schnackenberg

Principal Jessie D. & E. B. Godsey Chair Mark Wilson Associate Principal Robert Greer Assistant Melanie Gilmore Choral

PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Nishi Badhwar Olga & Yuri Anshelevich Manager of Orchestra Personnel Scott Walzel Consultant for Community Development & Outreach Nicole Mendyka Assistant Personnel Manager Christopher Oliver Auditions Coordinator

STAGE

Shannon Gonzalez Stage Manager Alan Bell Assistant Stage Manager Kenneth Winston Lighting Board Operator Kevin Ealy Bill White

IN REMEMBRANCE

Ryan Anthony (1969-2020) Principal Trumpet Emeritus Dwight Shambley (1949-2020) Bass + Young Strings Founder and Artistic Director Emeritus Ronald Snider (1947-2020) Assistant Principal Percussion

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