SMF People

Board
of Directors

Chair: Vicki McElreath
Treasurer: Bill Keightley
Vice Chair: Thomas V. Reilly
Vice Chair:
Ron Whitaker
Secretary: Harold Yellin

Melissa Bouchillon
Dr. Jessica Carter
Tim Coy (Immediate Past Chairman)
Mary Dugas
Steve Eagle
John Haslam
Holden Hayes
Bill Jaques
David Johnson
Monty Jones, Jr.
Ted Kleisner
Jeff Kole
Dr. Ann Levett
B.H. Levy
Joe Marinelli (Ex-Officio)
Ruth McMullin
Larry Pike
Kacey Kennickell Ray
Shelby G. Schavoir
Zachary H. Thomas
Trip Tollison (Ex-Officio)
Charles R. Virginia III
Rhegan White-Clemm

Chairman Emeritus: Bob Faircloth (Ex-Officio)

Savannah Music
Festival Staff

Executive & Administration
Gene Dobbs Bradford,
Executive Director 

Judi Szenes,
Finance Assistant

Artistic & Production
Ryan McMaken,
Artistic Director

Philip Dukes,
Thomas V. & Susan G. Reilly Associate Artistic Director

Mike Marshall,
Associate Artistic Director

Abbey Matye,
Artist Relations & Programming Manager icon-mail

Kat Mann,
Artist Relations Assistant

Development
Kat Clark,
Development Manager, Major Gifts icon-mail

Mary Margaret Cozart,
Development Associate 

Kristopher Monroe,
Office Assistant 

Education & Outreach
Jenny Woodruff,
Senior Director of Community Impact
Elizabeth Anderson & Charles H. Morris Music Education Chair
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Heike Currie,
Manager, Musical Explorers icon-mail

Benje Daneman,
Music Director, SMF Jazz Academy

Aaron Jennings,
Manager, SMF Jazz Academy icon-mail

Reagan Raffaele,
SMF Jazz Academy Program Assistant

Mahogany Bowers,
Community Engagement Associateicon-mail

Marketing
Larissa Thut Davidson,
Marketing Director icon-mail

Kayla Bullock,
Graphic Designer icon-mail

Paige Petrangelo,
Marketing & Patron Services Associate icon-mail

Emma Camps,
Marketing Assistant  icon-mail

 

Contributing Photographers
Frank Stewart icon-external
Elizabeth Leitzell icon-external