MYSO Board of Directors
Strong Leadership.
Strategic Direction.
Prudent Governance. Recognized Success.
The prudent governance of MYSO, along with the well-documented impact of its quality programming, has garnered local, national and international acclaim. MYSO was a 2015 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award winner, the highest honor of its kind for after school youth arts education programming in the nation. Representatives from the organization accepted this award from First Lady Michelle Obama in the White House’s East Room on November 17, 2015.
Honorably Mentioned. Simply Honored.
Elected officials regularly turn to MYSO to showcase the organization’s contributions to our state, including performances at Milwaukee’s State of the City address, the National Governors Association annual conference, the Wisconsin Governor’s Inauguration in 2015 and most recently, the City of Milwaukee’s Inauguration in April 2016. The Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts recently honored MYSO’s community contributions with their 2017 Educational Excellence Award.
Furthermore, the Senior Symphony is regularly recognized during its domestic and international tours, including the 2012 Summa Cum Laude International Youth Festival in Vienna, where the orchestra placed second, and in summer 2015, as the orchestra received standing ovations from full houses while performing in Austria and Hungary.
The orchestra recently completed its acclaimed and equally well-received tour to Argentina and Uruguay in July 2017. In addition, the Milwaukee Business Journal’s Eureka Award for creativity and innovative programming was awarded to MYSO in 2014.
CHAIR:
Amy Croen
Geneva Capital Management (retired)
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR:
Nathaniel Lynn
The Lynn Group
SECRETARY:
Jennifer Mattes
Komatsu
TREASURER:
Kris Best
BVK
DIRECTORS
Tino Arvanetes
Dr. Brian Bear
Krista Brookman
Richard Buchband
Myra Edwards
Erik Eisenmann
Patricia A. Ellis, EdD
Timothy Frautschi
Lisa Froemming
Mark J. Goldstein
Larry Hisle
John Hunzinger
Greg Kliebhan
Robert Monnat
Andrew Sajdak
Jan Wade
Rick Walters
Barbara Wanless
Les Weil
Dashal Young