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Member listing for the term July 2026 to June 2027. Published September 2026. 

Dr. Beverly Wade Hogan, CHAIR

David Maron, CHAIR ELECT

Elizabeth M. Boone, IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR; CHAIR, NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Thomas C. Parry, III, TREASURER

Jim Perry, ASSISTANT TREASURER

Airriel O’Banne-Quinn, SECRETARY

Caroline Kemp Lowe, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, JACKSON SYMPHONY LEAGUE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

Kathryn McInnis, JSL CHAIR

Heather Ward, JSL CHAIR-ELECT

Crafton Beck, EX-OFFICIO, MUSIC DIRECTOR

Janet Reihle, EX-OFFICIO, PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Meredith Aldridge

Jack M. Allin

Dr. Tim Alford

Susan Palmer Amaro

Deidra Bell

Bradford Blackmon

Dr. Delores Bolden Stamps

Kirby Boteler

Dr. Kimberly Crowder

Joe Donovan

Mani Hairston

Monica Sethi Harrigill

Paul Ingram

Dr. Maxwell James

LeMia Jenkins Thompson

Evelynn Johnson

Grace Paochu Lee

Nic Lott

Tommy McMillin

Nora-Frances McRae

Karen Morris

Lesly Gaynor Murray

Airriel O’Banne-Quinn

Jim Perry

David K. Pharr

Uriel Pineda

Kevin W. Smathers

John Travis Spann

Ben Walton

Shannon Warnock

MSO Musician Representatives

Lowell Hollinger

Susan Landry

Grace Paochu Lee, CHAIR

Nancy Anne Branton, PAST CHAIR

Lesly Gaynor Murray, SECRETARY/TREASURER

Jeff Good

Vaughan McRae

David K. Pharr

Barry Plunkett

Kevin W. Smathers

Dr. LouAnn Woodward

Dr. Beverly Wade Hogan, EX OFFICIO

Richard Hudson, DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC OPERATIONS

Phoebe Smith-Porter, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Alejandro Encinas, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

Alina Shook, DIRECTOR OF MISSISSIPPI YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Maria Camila Patiño, PERSONNEL DIRECTOR & STRINGS INSTRUCTOR

Marilee Woods, PATRON SERVICES

Emily Williams, MUSIC LIBRARIAN

Daniel Clack, STAGE MANAGER