Board of Directors

Stefan Podell

President, Marketing


Composer

Blake Rowan

Treasurer

SVP/Commercial Team Lead
Premier Valley Bank

India D’Avignon

Secretary, Governance

Professor Emeritus
Cal Poly Music

Jeff Brady

Governance

Klaus Gottlieb

Development

Estate Planning Attorney
Wealth Care Lawyer

Matthew Green

Music Education

Maggie Larkin Hicok

Consultant, Extraordinary Teams

Jessica Hoffman*

Principal Oboe, SLO Symphony

Michael Johnson*

Music Education (Chair)

Trombone, SLO Symphony

Bradley Kyker

Development (Chair), Events

Asst. Director, Cal Poly
Center for Service in Action

Jaime Lewis**

Development, Music Ed., Events

Freelance journalist and host of the CONSUMED podcast

Karen Loewi Jones*

Music Education


Viola, SLO Symphony

Jacob Rothman

Development, Finance

Founder, CPA, CFA, CFP, CKA Rothman Investment Mgmt.

Priya Verma

Marketing

Professor, Cal Poly
Natural Resources Management

Jim Walker

Marketing


Data Analyst

Christopher Woodruff**

Music Education

Director of Bands, Cal Poly
Conductor, SLO YS Concert Orch.

* Musician Representative
** Youth Symphony Representative

The board is grateful to the following committee volunteers:

• Bev James – Development
• Paul Severtson – Development, Events
• Pine Smith – Events
• Clifton Swanson – Music Education