ALLISON VULGAMORE, President

With more than 20 years experience in senior management positions for major orchestras, Ms. Vulgamore serves as President of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO), the largest arts organization in the Southeast with an annual budget of $22 million. Since Ms. Vulgamore is one of only two women to head a major national orchestra, she is acknowledged as a role model for women leaders in the Arts.

As President, she is responsible for creating a supportive environment for the ASO and its audiences to flourish in providing Atlanta with a world-class Symphony Orchestra. This includes unprecedented fundraising challenges, deficit elimination, artistic transitions, collaborative partnerships and the creation of community outreach programs. During her six-year tenure, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has seen unparalleled growth. She has a heritage of passion for the music, which she shares with her community and embraces her responsibility to lead the ASO to be a vigorous part of the cultural fabric of Atlanta while striving to reach national and international audiences.

Ms. Vulgamore presently is a trustee of Oberlin College in Ohio. She has served as Vice Chair and on many committees for Oberlin including the Executive Committee. Nationally, she regularly serves on the National Endowment for the Arts as a Music Review Panelist. In the Music Industry Ms. Vulgamore is on the Orchestra Management Fellowship Program Advisor Committee of the American Symphony Orchestra League (ASOL) and has served on numerous ASOL Committees. In Atlanta, she is on the Board of the Midtown Alliance, member of the Atlanta Rotary Club, the International Women's Forum of Georgia, and the North Georgia College Honors program at Georgia State University. She is an advisor to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta and has sponsored many musical outreach and developmental programs at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra that foster musical talents and inspire youth within the Atlanta community.

Prior to joining the ASO, Ms. Vulgamore served as general manager of the New York Philharmonic, where she also served as acting managing director and orchestra manager. During her six-year tenure, she oversaw a $24 million budget; supervised a $3 million acoustics project in Avery Fisher Hall; managed all recordings, broadcasts, and tours; designed and developed educational projects; and implemented organizational long-range planning. Before joining the New York Philharmonic, Ms. Vulgamore spent five years with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., and two years with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

A trained musician and student of voice, Ms. Vulgamore began her career in 1980 as a member of the first class of the American Symphony Orchestra League Fellowship Program. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin College Conservatory in Ohio.