Board of Directors

President  – Kate Davis

President-Elect – Karen Babineaux

Immediate Past President  – Stephanie Gertz

Recording Secretary – Kirksey Reynolds

Corresponding Secretary – Scarlett Snider

Treasurer – Mellie Bevilacqua

Treasurer-Elect – Mellie Bevilacqua

Parliamentarian – Kelly Henry

1st Vice President – Membership  – Tara Audilet

2nd Vice President – Symphony Relations   – Rachel Grove

3rd Vice President – Debutante – Shelley Duke

3rd Vice President – Fundraising – Stephanie Gertz and Hillary Shanning

3rd Vice President – Ways & Means – Rinal Doshi

4th Vice President – Education – Mandy Oliverio

5th Vice President – Public Relations – Jenny Kaiser

6th Vice President – Youth – Stephanie Vanskike

7th Vice President – Administration – Kelly Jackson

Corresponding Secretary – Elect – TBD

Membership Mixer – Christina Crawford

Annual Meeting – Natasha Garrett

Personnel – Mary Margaret Groves

Email Correspondence Chair– Lacey Mabry

Directory – Molly Bennett

Orchestra Hospitality – Co-Chairs: Katherine Sanford and Julie Brandimarte

SOST Concert Volunteer Coordinator – Rachel Henderson

Debutante Chair – (2022-2023) – Michele Smith

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

Debutante Chair – Elect/Elect (2025-2026)  – Kirksey Reynolds

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

Debutante Tea – Sarah Frasher

Symphony Ball Chair (2022) – Vanessa Melancon

Grant Writing – April Lindsay

Bourbon Tasting Fall Fundraiser (2022) – Marianna Byrnes

Long Range Planning – Allison Gilbert

String Competition Chair – Brooke Morrow

Youth Concerts – Kathy Thomas

Youth Music Education/Summer Camp – Lisa Bond

Historian/Yearbook – Shanna Briggs and Julie Brandimarte

Newsletter – Shelly Vitanza

Neches River Festival – Gillian Jenkins

Publicity/Website/Social Media coordinator – Jenny Kaiser

Flower Belle Chair – Ashley Hurlburt – Chair and Katie Celli – Co-Chair

Symphony Belle Chair – Lindsay Wortham

Symphony Belle – Chair – Elect 2023-2024  – TBD        

Beau Chairs – Tressa Clark

Youth Guild – Lisa Gagne

Notebooks and Job Descriptions – Stephanie Gertz

Contract Review – Ronda Harkey

Properties – Nicole Saba

Audit Committee

Kate Davis (chair)

Mellie Bevilacqua

Karen Babineaux

Natasha Garrett

Julia Matheny

Nominating Committee      

Stephanie Gertz (Chair)

Karen Babineaux

Kate Davis

Shelley Duke

Kelly Jackson

Gigi Mazzola

Amy Lovoi

Proof Reading Committee

Amber Barrington (Chair)

Kate Davis

Shelley Duke

Stephanie Gertz

Kara Hawthorn

Leah Hebert

Stephanie Vanskike

Budget Committee

Mellie Bevilacqua (chair)

Karen Babineaux

Kate Davis

Rinal Doshi

Shelley Duke

Stephanie Gertz

Alison Low

Hillary Shanning