Board of Directors
Board Chair: David Johnson
Partner, Speyside Partners LLC
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
Mary Armstrong Dugas (Immediate Pat Board Chair)
Owner, MAD Skills LLC and Founder/Executive Director of the Savannah Music Collective
Steve Eagle
Partner, Sterling Seacrest Prichard, Inc.
Mario Hilliard
Market President, Cadence Bank
Joe Howard
Client Advisor, Critz Auto Group
Brian Huskey
Owner, Gaslight Group
Bill Jaques
Retired, Jaques & Company
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
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
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
May Wall
Retired Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
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
Dr. Sinisa Ciric
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 M. Matye
Associate Director of Programming
Bryan
Bailey
Technical Director
Justice
Maxey
Artist Relations Coordinator
Aubrie
Racies
Artist Relations Assistant
Development
Kat Clark
Associate Director of Development
Kristopher Monroe
Office Assistant
Katherine Mesri
Institutional Giving Associate
Community Impact
Jenny Woodruff
Senior Director of Community Impact
Benje Daneman
Music Director,
SMF Jazz Academy
Justice Maxey
Education Manager,
Musical Explorers
Aubrie Racies
AMF Jazz Academy Associate
Caroline Sorunke
Community Impact Associate
Marketing
Meredith Sneed
Social Media Associate
Aleccia Wood
Graphic Designer
