Minnesota Youth Symphonies

Board of Directors

Diane Kruger, President
Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Comptroller
Mendota Heights, MN

Ajay Gupta, Vice President; Chair, Donor Cultivation Committee
Ernst & Young, LLP, Partner
Minnetonka, MN

Julie Michels, Secretary, Co-Chair Gala Committee
Freelance Writer and Creative Director
Bloomington, MN

Jason Burak, Treasurer
Landmark Community Bank, Retail Manager, AVP
Mahtomedi, MN

Sofia Ardalan
House of Hope Presbyterian Church, Director of Choirs
St. Paul, MN

Monica Baik, Co-Chair, Gala Committee
General Mills, Financial Analyst
New Brighton, MN

Joe Carroll, Chair, Technology Committee
McKinsey & Company, Business Analyst

Mary Jo Cole
Minnesota State Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Div., Program Attorney
St. Paul, MN

Chuck Densinger
IBM
Edina, MN

Nancy Esslinger, Chair, Marketing Committee
Violin Teacher, Performer & Video Producer
Minneapolis, MN

Charles A. Horowitz
Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A., Attorney, (partner)
Hopkins, MN

Claudette & Manny Laureano
Co-Artistic Directors, Minnesota Youth Symphonies
Plymouth, MN

Joseph J. Pingatore
Western National Insurance Company, Vice President and General Counsel
Edina, MN

Brian Tempas
Cuningham Group Architecture, Principal Architect
Minneapolis, MN

HONORARY ADVISORY COUNCIL

Stella Anderson
Freelance Musician and Teacher

Jorja Fleezanis
Professor of Orchestral Studies, Jacob School of Music, Indiana University

Michael Hiatt
Education Coordinator, Minnesota Center for Arts Education

Thelma Johnson
Freelance Musician and Teacher

Norbert Nielubowski
Contrabassoon, Minnesota Orchestra

PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL

Kathy Brown
Bill Dierberger
Sharon Dierberger
Thomas Frantz
David Harper
Ingrid Henning
Shelagh MacLeod
Marie Seong-Hak Kim
Joel Shoemaker
Cheryl Sletten
Christina Strachan
Enrique Vazquez
Ying Xue