Board of Directors

The members of the Board of Directors are visionary community leaders whose guidance and commitment ensure a healthy and enterprising future for the Omaha Symphony.

D. David Slosburg
Spruce Capital Group, Chairman of the Omaha Symphony Board

Arun Agarwal
CEO, White Lotus Group

Chanda Chacón
President & CEO, Children's Nebraska

Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.
President, University of Nebraska System

Jeff Gordman
Jeff Gordman Advisory LLC

Eric N. Gurley
President & CEO, Immanuel

Fred R. Hunzeker
Board Member, Tenaska

Brian Ketcham
Senior VP & CFO, Lindsay Corporation

Joanne Li, Ph.D.
Chancellor, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Angie Quinn

Rob Reed
President & CEO, Physicians Mutual

Connie Ryan
CEO, Streck

Joel Schlessinger, M.D., FAAD, FAACS
President, LovelySkin and Skin Specialists, PC
Board Certified Dermatologist and Cosmetic Surgeon

Leonard Sommer, CPA
Hancock & Dana PC

Jesse Sullivan
Chief Audit Executive, FNBO

David R. Vandeginste
Vice President & General Counsel, Kiewit Corporation

Sarah Singletary Walker, Ph.D.
VP, Division of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Creighton University

Dana E. Washington, J.D.
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Boys Town

Beth F. Whited
President, Union Pacific

Ex Officio
Jennifer Boomgaarden Daoud, President & CEO, Omaha Symphony
James Davenport, Chair, Governing Members
Bobby Scharmann, Orchestra Committee Chairman
Brett Hodge, Musician Representative