Board of Directors
Board Chair: Mary Armstrong Dugas
Owner, MAD Skills LLC and Founder/Executive Director of the Savannah Music Collective
Treasurer: Bill Keightley
Retired, Group Chief Financial Officer, Marmon Holdings, Inc.
Vice Chair: Ron Whitaker
Chairman of the Board, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.
Secretary: Harold Yellin
Partner, HunterMaclean
Melissa Bouchillon
Managing Partner, Sound View Wealth Advisors, LLC
Dr. Jessica Carter
Neurologist, Solo Practice
Tim Coy
Owner, Tim Coy Photography
Glen M. Darbyshire
Of Counsel, Bouhan Falligant LLP
Steve Eagle
Partner, Sterling Seacrest Prichard, Inc.
John Haslam, III
Financial Advisor, Palmetto Financial Group
Holden Hayes
Division President, SouthState Bank
Mario Hilliard
Market President, Cadence Bank
Bill Jaques
Retired, Jaques & Company
David Johnson (Board Chair-Elect)
Partner, Speyside Partners LLC
Monty Jones, Jr.
OVG General Manager, Enmarket Arena & Savannah Civic Center: Martin Luther King Jr. Arena & Johnny Mercer Theatre
Farina Wong Kingsley
Culinary Instructor / Writer
Jeff Kole
President, Kole Management Co.
B.H. Levy, Jr.
Retired, Bouhan Falligant LLP
Joe Marinelli (Ex-Officio)
President & CEO, Visit Savannah
Vicki McElreath (Immediate Past Board Chair)
Retired, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Olivia Parker
Community Outreach Manager, Parker’s
Larry Pike
Partner, Holland & Knight LLP
Kacey Kennickell Ray
Vice-President, The Kennickell Group
Thomas V. Reilly
Retired Chief Investment Officer, Putnam Investments, Boston and London
Joyce Roché
Retired, President and Chief Executive Officer, Girls Inc.
Shelby G. Schavoir
Community Volunteer
David Sneed
Senior Director of Contracts, Legal, Jet Aviation
Zachary H. Thomas
Founder, Zachary H. Thomas Law, P.C
Trip Tollison (Ex-Officio)
President & CEO, SEDA
Dr. Christopher Walls
Vascular Surgeon, Savannah Vascular Institute
Rhegan White-Clemm
Retired Director, Sales and Marketing, Westphalian Elite Horse Auctions, Germany
Chairman Emeritus: Bob Faircloth (Ex-Officio)
Retired International Executive and Community Benefactor
Savannah Music Festival Staff
Executive & Administration
Gene Dobbs Bradford
Executive Director
Steve
Birrell
Controller
Judi
Szenes
Finance Assistant
Artistic & Production
Ryan McMaken
Artistic Director
Philip Dukes
Thomas V. & Susan G. Reilly Associate Artistic Director
Abbey Matye
Associate Director of Programming
Bryan Bailey
Technical Director
Kat Mann
Programming Coordinator
Development
Kat Clark
Associate Director of Development
Scarlett Brissie
Development & Special Events Associate
Kristopher Monroe
Office Assistant
Community Impact
Jenny Woodruff
Senior Director of Community Impact
Benje Daneman
Music Director,
SMF Jazz Academy
Justice von Maur
Education Manager,
Musical Explorers
Marisa Webster
Assistant Director,
SMF Jazz Academy
Aubrie Racies
Community Impact Associate
Marketing
Larissa Thut Davidson
Marketing Director
Grace Franklin
Marketing & Communications Associate