Board of Directors

President  – Stephanie Gertz

President-Elect – Kate Davis

Immediate Past President  – Kara Hawthorn

Recording Secretary – Kelly Henry

Corresponding Secretary – Allison Gilbert

Treasurer – Sandy Eaves

Treasurer-Elect – Mellie Bevilacqua

Parliamentarian – Rinal Doshi

1st Vice President – Membership  – Tara Audilet

2nd Vice President – Symphony Relations   – Hillary Shanning

3rd Vice President – Debutante – Kelly Jackson

3rd Vice President – Fundraising – Sarah Frasher

3rd Vice President – Ways & Means – Natasha Garrett

4th Vice President – Education – Mandy Oliverio

5th Vice President – Public Relations – Jenny Kaiser

6th Vice President – Youth – Amber Barrington

7th Vice President – Administration – Kathryn Grace Meadows

President – Stephanie Gertz

President-Elect – Kate Davis

Immediate Past President – Kara Hawthorn

Recording Secretary – Kelly Henry

Corresponding Secretary – Allison Gilbert 2020-2022

Corresponding Secretary – Elect – Scarlett Snider 2022-2023

Treasurer – Sandy Eaves

Treasurer-Elect, Treasurer (2021-2022) – Mellie Bevilacqua

Parliamentarian – Rinal Doshi

1st Vice President – Membership – Tara Audilet

Membership Mixer – Rachel Henderson

Annual Meeting – Odile Silva

Personnel – Kara Hawthorn

Volunteer Coordinator – Caroline Heinz

Directory – Mary Margaret Groves

2nd Vice President – Symphony Relations – Hillary Shanning

Orchestra Hospitality – Katherine Sanford

Box Office – Rachel Grove

3rd Vice President – Debutante – Kelly Jackson

Debutante Chairs – (2021-2022) – Shelley Duke and Karen Babineaux

Debutante Chair – Elect (2022-2023) – Michele Smith

Debutante Chair – Elect/Elect (2023-2024)  – Lauren Martin

Debutante Chair – Elect/Elect/Elect/Elect (2024-2025) – Mellie Bevilacqua

Debutante Tea – Kara Hawthorn

3rd Vice President – Fundraising – Sarah Frasher

Symphony Ball Chair (2022) – Lauren Martin

Grant Writing – April Lindsey

Bourbon Tasting Fall Fundraiser (2021) – Stacey Olson and Monica Broussard

3rd Vice President – Ways & Means 2021-2022 – Natasha Garrett

Long Range Planning – Vanessa Melancon

4th Vice President – Education – Mandy Oliverio

String Competition Co-Chairs – Marianna Byrnes and Brooke Morrow

Youth Concerts – Kathy Thomas

Youth Music Education/Summer Camp – Lisa Bond

5th Vice President – Public Relations – Jenny Kaiser

Historian/Yearbook – Shanna Briggs and Julie Brandimarte

Newsletter – Kesha Norman

Neches River Festival – Nicole Saba

Publicity/Website/Social Media coordinator – Jenny Kaiser

6th Vice President – Youth – Amber Barrington

Flower Belle Chair – Kara Hawthorn and Ashley Hurlburt

Symphony Belle Co-Chairs – Tara Audilet and Mellie Bevilacqua

Symphony Belle – Chair – Elect 2022-2023  – Lindsay Wortham        

Beau Co-Chairs – Annie Tyner and Molly Bennett

Youth Guild – Carla Tucker

7th Vice President – Administration – Kathryn Grace Meadows

Notebooks and Job Descriptions – Kara Hawthorn and Stephanie Gertz

Contract Review – Ronda Harkey

Properties – Chelsea Brandimarte

Audit Committee

Sandy Eaves (chair)

Kara Hawthorn

Mellie Bevilacqua

Stephanie Gertz

Misti Doucet

Nominating Committee      

Kara Hawthorn (Chair)

Stephanie Gertz

Kate Davis

Mellie Bevilacqua

Kirksey Reynolds

Rinal Doshi

Reading Committee   

Hillary Shanning

Scarlett Snider

Proof Reading Committee

Kate Thorne

Shelley Duke

Kelly Henry

Budget Committee

Sandy Eaves (chair)

Stephanie Gertz

Kate Davis

Monica Broussard

Kelly Jackson

Sarah Frasher

Mary Christensen