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Executive Director
Mollie Danforth
danforth@alexsym.org
Ms. Danforth assumed the position of Executive Director on April 3, 2006. Prior to that time she had served as a board member on the ASO Board of Trustees. She was the President of the Symphony Orchestra League (SOLA) from 2000 to 2002. Ms. Danforth chaired a number of successful fundraisers for SOLA, including Supper for the Symphony and as Auction Chairman for the Annual Symphony Ball. She also served on the Alexandria City Public School Board from 1994 to June 2006; she was elected Chairman of the school board in July 2005. Ms. Danforth graduated from law school at the University of Virginia in 1975. Her undergraduate degree in French was from Randolph Macon Woman’s College. She also has a Master in Education from Marymount University.
General Manager
Adrien Finlay
finlay@alexsym.org
Adrien joined the ASO in December 2006, having previously served as Orchestra Manager at American University and Music Administrator of Glimmerglass Opera. An amateur pianist, he studied music and French as an undergraduate at Harvard University. This of course gave him several excuses to spend extended periods of time studying and working abroad in France. Originally from RI, Adrien came to the Washington, DC area in the fall of 2005 to enter the MA in Arts Management program at American University, which he will complete in May 2007. He is an opera-lover and has a weakness for all things chocolate. Box Office Manager
Alicia Kerns
boxoffice@alexsym.org
Ms. Kerns came to the office in June 2006 as a community volunteer. She moved effortlessly into an Administrative Assistant before becoming Box Office Manager. She is a 1997 graduate of T. C. Williams High School. She has completed classes at Strayer University. Her ambition is to become an accountant.
Special Projects Manager
Melissa W. Luby
melissa@alexsym.org
Melissa Luby joined the ASO office team in September 2006. Her undergraduate degree in fine art is from Georgia State University. Upon graduation, she was Gallery Director and Program Coordinator for Callanwolde Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia, until 1979. From 1983 to 1985, Ms. Luby was responsible for the Thomas Jefferson Community Center Visual Arts Studio in the position of Assistant Center Supervisor. She served one term on the Alexandria City Board, July 2003 through June 2006. Ms. Luby has been active in a number of community service organizations in Alexandria and served three terms as a PTA President in the Alexandria City Public Schools.
Musician Personnel Manager
Susan Kelly
sask@cox.net
Ms. Kelly, who also plays cello with the ASO, is in charge of hiring the musicians for the ASO concerts. She works closely with Music Director Kluge and the Musicians’ Union to find the best musicians in the area for the ASO concerts. She received her musical training at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and Fontainbleau, France, encouraged by her musician/conductor father, James Swift. She has been part of the Washington, D.C. area musical scene since 1975 as a player, contractor, librarian, and teacher. Current responsibilities involving the first three roles find her working at Wolf Trap, Kennedy Center Opera House, Concert Artists of Baltimore, Post-Classical Ensemble and Opera Camerata in addition to the ASO. She teaches cello at the Levine School of Music, Episcopal High School and at her McLean home.
Librarian
Joe Tersero
Stage Manager
Craig Teer |
