SMF People
Board of Directors
Chair: Tim Coy
Chair-Elect & Treasurer: Vicki McElreath
Vice-Chair: Thomas Reilly
Vice-Chair: Ron Whitaker
Secretary: Harold Yellin
Melissa Bouchillon
Dr. Jessica Carter
Rhegan White-Clemm
Mary Dugas
Ronald Eidell
John Haslam
Holden Hayes
Bill Jaques
David Johnson
Monty Jones, Jr.
Josh Keller
Ted Kleisner
Jeff Kole
Dr. Ann Levett
B.H. Levy
Dayle Levy
Joe Marinelli (Ex-Officio)
Ruth McMullin
Dave Neises (Immediate Past Chairman)
David Paddison
Larry Pike
Kacey Kennickell Ray
Shelby G. Schavoir
Emily Dickinson Scrivner
Trip Tollison (Ex-Officio)
Vincent West
Gail Wickes
Chairman Emeritus: Bob Faircloth (Ex-Officio)
Savannah Music Festival Staff
Executive & Administration
Erin Tatum,
Interim Executive Director
Luella Sanders,
Chief Financial Officer
Abbey Matye,
Development & Artist Relations Assistant
Artistic & Production
Ryan McMaken,
Artistic Director
Philip Dukes,
Thomas V. & Susan G. Reilly Associate Artistic Director
Mike Marshall,
Associate Artistic Director
Marcus Roberts,
Associate Artistic Director
Chris Evans,
Technical Director
Development
Kat Clark,
Development Coordinator
Education & Outreach
Jenny Woodruff,
Director of Education & Community Engagement
Elizabeth Anderson & Charles H. Morris Music Education Chair
Jessica Messere,
Manager, SMF Jazz Academy
Ulysses Owens, Jr.,
Artistic Educator in Residence, SMF Jazz Academy
Erez Dessel,
Music Director Fellow, SMF Jazz Academy
Marketing
Larissa Thut Davidson,
Marketing & Graphic Design Manager
Akinyemi Blackshear,
Marketing & Patron Services Associate
Contributing Photographers
Frank Stewart
Ayano Hisa
Elizabeth Leitzell