Madeline Adkins, ex-officio

Violinist Madeline Adkins joined the Utah Symphony as Concertmaster in September 2016. Prior to this appointment, she was a member of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO), performing as Associate Concertmaster from 2005-2016. She was also Concertmaster of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra from 2008-2016.

Madeline is a Concertmaster of the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and has served as Guest Concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Cincinnati Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra in Chicago. Adkins has also been a guest artist at numerous festivals including the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival in South Africa, the Sarasota Music Festival, Jackson Hole Chamber Music, Music in the Mountains, and the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, as well as a clinician at the National Orchestral Institute, the National Youth Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, and the Haitian Orchestra Institute. In addition, she has served as the Music Director of the NOVA Chamber Music Series in Salt Lake City.

The daughter of noted musicologists, Adkins is the youngest of eight children, six of whom are professional musicians. The siblings, who included titled players in the National, Dallas, and Houston symphonies, joined together to form the Adkins String Ensemble. She performed on viola and violin with this unique chamber ensemble for over 15 years, and the group has made numerous recordings, including Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht.

When not on stage, Madeline enjoys travel photography, reading, tap dancing, and exploring the West. She is also passionate about animal rescue, and has fostered over 100 kittens! Madeline volunteers regularly for Best Friends Animal Society, the Utah Food Bank, and the International Rescue Committee.

Natalie Clark

Natalie Clark is a British-American classically-trained artist/sculptor, designer and educator. Her current work includes large scale sculptures in a variety of mediums (marble, steel, natural materials, ceramics and snow). She has worked on collaborative art projects in South Africa, Australia, Canada and the UK and with the governments of Australia and Burkina Faso to elevate indigenous art forms from those countries in the worldwide arts community.

Natalie and her husband Henry Armour have four children and reside in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She splits her creative time between her studios in Barcelona and the Tetons.

Education/Awards

• BFA – Brighton Polytechnic Sculpture Concentration (UK)
• MFA – The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (USA)
• National Endowment for the Arts Award (USA)
• National Endowment for the Arts Award (Canada)
• Kohler Artist in Industry Residency (USA)
• Finalist in the September 11th Memorial Design Competition (New York City, USA)
• U.S. Snow Carving Team Captain, Bronze Medal, International Snow Carving Championship (Sapporo, Japan)

Board/Organization Engagements

• Board of Directors, Kennedy Center for Performing Arts (Washington, DC, USA)
• International Ambassador, Miro Foundation (Barcelona, Spain)
• Responsible Jewelry Transformative Board, Chairman (Chicago, USA)
• Past Member of the Board of Directors, Grand Teton National Park Foundation (Wyoming, USA)
• Cosmos Club (Washington, DC, USA)
• Circumnavigators Club (New York, USA)

Chiara Kingsley Dieguez, ex-officio

Violist Chiara Kingsley Dieguez is an active orchestral and chamber musician based in the greater Washington, DC and Baltimore area, where she performs regularly with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Washington National Opera, and the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, in addition to her position as principal viola of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. Dieguez also enjoys spending her summers playing with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, as well as playing principal viola with the Arizona Musicfest Orchestra each February.

As a chamber musician, Dieguez has collaborated with the Smithsonian Chamber Players, the Fessenden ensemble of Washington, DC, the IBIS Chamber Music Society of Arlington, Festival Baltimore, the Baltimore-based Sundays at Three and Chamber Music by Candlelight series, the Atlantic Chamber ensemble of Richmond, Virginia, and the Mainly Mozart Festival of Miami.

Before moving to the DC area in 2008, Dieguez served as Associate Principal Viola of the Phoenix Symphony for seven years, and was formerly a member of the prizewinning Sonore String Quartet, the Downtown Chamber Series of Phoenix, and the Mainly Mozart Festival of San Diego, California. Dieguez holds a Bachelor degree in Viola Performance from Arizona State University, where she studied with Dr. William Magers, and a Master degree in Viola Performance from University of Maryland, College Park, where she studied with Daniel Foster and Michael Tree.

David Donovan, chair

David E. Donovan spent his professional career in financial services. At the end of his career he was an Executive Vice President of JPMorgan Chase and co-head of Chase Capital Corp. which invested in subordinated debt and equity of private companies in the U.S.

Prior to that he was an Executive Vice President of Bank One Corp. At various times he was head of Wealth Management, Human Resources and co-head of Capital Markets. Previously he was head of Asset Backed Finance. David started his career at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York.

He served fourteen years as a Trustee of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. As a board member he was on the Finance Committee and the Investment Sub-committee.  David was also a member of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee at Texas Christian University for seven years. He is a member of the Board of Visitors for the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University. David was publicly elected Trustee for the Village of Tuxedo Park, N.Y.

Christian Erdman

Christian Erdman is a Private Investor who earned a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Criticism, and a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Managerial Economics, both from University of California, Davis. Throughout his career, he has held positions at Ulupalakua Ranch Inc., The Abalone Farm Inc., TerraMax Inc., Bar E LCC, Buck Long Ranch Partnership, Spokane Gateway LLC, Valhalla Property Holding LLC, and Shasta Copper Exploration Inc.

Christian currently serves as the Chair of the Frank H. and Eva B. Buck Foundation. He recently stepped off the boards of the University of California Davis Foundation and of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. At the UC Davis Foundation, he was a member of the finance and investment committee and of the audit committee; at The SF Conservatory, he was a member of the Executive Committee and had served at various times as head of the Audit Committee and of the Committee on Academic Affairs and Student Life. Christian lives in Teton Village with his wife Jacqueline and their daughter Mackenzie. They have had property in Jackson since 2004, and recently moved here full-time along with Christian’s office from San Francisco.

Peter Fenton

Peter Fenton is a General Partner at Benchmark. He joined Benchmark in 2006 after spending seven years as a partner with Accel Partners. Fenton splits his expertise between consumer and enterprise companies, with investments and board seats spanning the likes of Sorare, Robocorp, Wildlife Studios, Digits, Docker, TimescaleDB, Cockroach Labs, and Buoyant. In enterprise, Fenton had one of the most unusual days in venture history in December 2014: Two of his investments, Hortonworks and New Relic, went public on the same day. Fenton also was an investor in Zendesk (IPO 2014) and Yelp (IPO 2011). Most recently, he saw exits through the acquisition of Quip to Salesforce and Zenly to Snap, and Zuora’s IPO.

Education: MBA from Stanford Business School; BA from Stanford University.

Lynn D. Fleisher

Lynn D. Fleisher, PhD, JD, is a board-certified medical geneticist and a lawyer. She currently serves as General Counsel to the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine, and the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics. Lynn previously spent 30 years in the Health Law Group at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago, where her practice focused on the representation of associations, credentialing bodies, and foundations in the health care area, including advice regarding board governance, conflicts of interest, informed consent, privacy, professional standards of care, and organizational and professional liability. She developed and for many years edited the book, Telemedicine and E-Health Law. She also has participated in litigation and advocacy efforts challenging restraints on reproductive rights and arguing against the patenting of human genes and related technology. Lynn has served on the Board of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research, IntraHealth International, and Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE Epilepsy). She currently serves on the Boards of Planned Parenthood of Illinois and the Off Square Theatre Company in Jackson, Wyoming. Lynn and her husband, John C. Roberts, a lawyer and former Dean of the DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, split their time between Chicago and Jackson.

Gary Harvey

Gary Harvey is President of Cirque Analytics LLC, a statistical and economics consulting company with offices in Jackson Hole, Southern California, and Washington DC. He has served as an expert witness in litigation, arbitration, and regulatory proceedings involving evaluation of damages, antitrust, breach of contract, sample design and analysis, U.S. and international credit and debit card market analysis, copyright infringement, consumer product performance, epidemiology, pharmaceuticals, class certification, and Big Data analysis. Clients include Visa, JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Major League Baseball, National Football League, National Basketball Association, BP, Allianz SE Insurance, and Bank of America.

Gary and Melissa have four children (Cameron, Caedran, Peyton and Regan) with two children living in Jackson Hole. Gary is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and a former officer in the U.S. Air Force. After the Air Force, they lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 18 years before moving to Jackson Hole in 2013. Gary enjoys traveling, skiing, mountain biking, road biking, hiking, boating, music, opera, watching his kids play soccer, and exploring all the opportunities around Jackson Hole.

Don Larson, secretary

Don Larson, a Cincinnati native, spent his entire 43-year professional career with Great American Insurance Company (and affiliates), retiring in 2017 as President & Chief Operating Officer. Don is an Ohio University graduate (BBA Finance, 1973) and earned designations as a Certified Public Account – Inactive (CPA) and Commercial Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU). He currently serves on five other boards.

Don and his family started coming to the Jackson area in 2004, spending time each summer at the Triangle X Ranch in Moose. They bought a home north of town in 2007 and since retiring in 2017, split their time between Jackson, Cincinnati and Sarasota, Florida. Don is married to Lynn Pulsfort Larson and together they have three now-adult children. Don enjoys all outdoor GTNP activities, travel, sports, reading and attending GTMF summer concerts.

Matthew Lusins

Matthew Lusins, CFA, CFP is the Founder & CIO of Bootpack Financial Partners, an independent wealth management firm based in Jackson, WY. Matthew spent most of his career at Meritage Group LP, the $11B multi-family office for employees of Renaissance Technologies, most notably the Simons family. Based in New York, he oversaw $2.5B of investments across a wide range of global alternative strategies. Prior to Meritage, Matthew helped build two successful hedge fund platforms at The Carlyle Group and Deutsche Bank. He started his career at the United States Senate where he was the Special Assistant to the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the Senior Senator from New York.

He received his MSc from the London School of Economics and his BA from Boston University, where he was a scholarship rower. Matthew resides in Jackson with his wife Erin, CFO of the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, and their three children. Matthew is currently the Chair of GTMF’s Investment Committee.

Barbara McCelvey, immediate past chair

Barbara and her husband Pat fell in love with Jackson on a fly-fishing trip in 2006 and bought a second home here in 2007. They have been regular attendees of GTMF concerts for many years. This is Barbara’s second time serving on the GTMF Board of Directors.

Barbara graduated from Stanford University with a BS in Civil Engineering and then from The University of Texas at Austin with a MS specializing in Geotechnical Engineering. She worked in the oil and gas industry designing offshore structures for field development. After her two children were born, Barbara retired and became focused on family and community concerns. She remains involved in several family-owned businesses with her siblings.

Barbara and Pat split their time between Houston and Jackson. She serves on the Executive Committee for the Houston Symphony. She recently became President of the Foundation for Jones Hall, which is undertaking a renovation of this architecturally acclaimed performing arts center in Houston.

Other community involvement includes co-chair of St. Francis Episcopal Church capital campaign and the Advisory Council of the Shepherd Society at Rice University, a support group for the school of music. Barbara also is past president of the Houston Symphony League and the Friends of the Spring Branch-Memorial Library.

Suzanne Jin Mesinoglu

Suzanne Jin Mesinoglu is an experienced international technology and change management consultant whose career has included leading large multicultural and multi-disciplinary teams to deliver digital business transformation programs for global retail and travel industry clients. As part of SapientNitro’s executive leadership team, Suzanne was responsible for the agency’s growth and entry into new markets in Asia and the Middle East. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and a Concentration in Music from Northwestern University.

Suzanne, with her husband Ahmet and two children, lives in Jackson, WY and Brussels, Belgium, where she is active in the community and serves on the Board of Trustees of the International School of Brussels and a European Director for Northwestern University’s Alumni Admissions Council. Suzanne is a pianist and lifetime supporter of the musical arts. She has been a GTMF subscriber since 2010.

Nancy Pasfield, auxiliary president

Becoming full time residents of Jackson Hole was a happy accident for the Pasfield family. We bought our vacation home in 2010 and like so many, we came for the skiing and fell in love with the summers…so here we are in Wilson.

While my accent has faded, I was born and raised in Sayville, New York, a beautiful town on the south shore of eastern Long Island. I graduated from Lynchburg College in Virginia with a B.A. in Early Childhood Education. Bruce and I married and moved to Clearwater, Florida, where I began my career as an elementary school teacher. I completed my Masters Degree in Educational Leadership at the University of South Florida, and transitioned to school administration. In 1990, we moved to Alexandria, Virginia, where we raised our two children (Wesley and Chelsea) and lived for the next 29 years. Working in the Alexandria City Public Schools, I wore many hats as teacher, school administrator, and concluded my career focusing on teacher evaluation and development. After retiring from ACPS, I worked as a professor at George Washington University, supporting student teachers in their elementary school placements in the D.C. public schools.

While in Alexandria, I served on several preschool boards, started a student led nonprofit called LemonAide, and served many years on the board of The Center For Alexandria’s Children. Both of our children were three-season athletes, so a great deal of my ‘spare time’ was on a bleacher cheering on and supporting a sports team of some sort. Now in Jackson, Bruce and I have embraced our new community. I played the violin from 4th grade through high school, so the music festival was a natural draw for me, and I was moved to tears the first time I attended. I have enjoyed learning the role as volunteer coordinator and working with the Auxiliary to support GTMF. I also usher for the Festival. I am an officer and active member of Soroptimists of JH, an organization of women that supports women and children in our community. I am the Precinct Committeewoman for my voting district and I am active in the Teton County GOP. My husband Bruce and I support the Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation where he serves as Board President. In addition, Bruce is an assistant coach for the Jackson Hole High School football team, so in the fall we travel around the state of Wyoming, and once again I return to the bleachers to cheer on the JH Broncs. Between golf, skiing, pickleball, hiking, and our volunteer work…retirement is exhausting.

Our children have always been my greatest joy and now I am a Grancy! Our son Wesley and his wife Addi live in Denver and had a beautiful baby girl in March 2021. June Elise is a blessing that was joined by grandson Travis Jon born in August 2021 to our daughter Chelsea and her husband Chris of Nashville.

Susie Rauch

Susie Rauch founded and served as Executive Director of Interconnections 21 (IC21) from 1997-2015. IC 21 was a nonprofit organization based in Jackson, Wyoming, dedicated to helping schools and communities in the Northern Rockies learn about critical world concerns and take action. Under her leadership, IC 21 brought prominent national and international speakers to Jackson Hole, sponsored Model United Nations conferences, and oversaw student study and service-learning trips abroad. Other programs included fundraising to build and support a school in Sierra Leone and organizing teacher workshops on themes such as UNESCO’s World Heritage program.

Susie moved to Wyoming after a 15-year career at UNESCO HQ in Paris. While at UNESCO, she worked on developing education programs in Eastern and Southern Africa where she traveled frequently. In 1980, she was seconded to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and worked on the repatriation and resettlement program in Zimbabwe after it achieved independence.

After leaving UNESCO in 1986, Susie served as a consultant with UNESCO, Save the Children and World Education. She has been a resident of Jackson Hole since the late 1980s, where she enjoys skiing, fishing, and hiking with her dogs.

Susie received a BA from Smith College and a MA in the Teaching of History from Teachers’ College, Columbia University. She also holds an EdD in International Education from the University of Massachusetts.

Jack Selby

John R. Selby (Jack) is a technology, finance and independent film entrepreneur. His primary role is as Managing Director at Peter Thiel’s family office, Thiel Capital, in Los Angeles, California. As a “PayPal Mafia” member, Jack co-founded, along with Peter, Clarium Capital Management, a macro hedge fund after selling PayPal to eBay in October 2002. At PayPal, Jack joined as an original employee and later served as a Corporate Officer/Senior Vice President, overseeing the company’s international and corporate operations.

As an active technology investor and advisor, Jack is involved with companies such as SpaceX, Palantir, Affirm, Blend, Bird, Group Nine Media, Paradox AI, Q Bio, Openspace, FreedomPay, et al. As an independent producer, Jack’s film credits include Silk Road, Freeheld, Bernie, and Act of Valor, as well documentaries Fastball, Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope, et al.

Jack received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Hamilton College and currently serves as a Charter Trustee and member of the Investment Committee for the college’s endowment. Jack’s other philanthropic activities include the Navy SEALs Foundation, member of the Board of Directors at the Arizona Commerce Authority, cohost/founder of the Arizona Technology Innovation Summit with Governor Doug Ducey, founder/chairman of invisionAZ, and co-founder and member of the Board of Directors for the Wyoming Global Technology Partnership with Governor Mark Gordon. Jack is a resident of Teton Village, WY and Paradise Valley, Arizona.

Philip Sherringham, treasurer

Mr. Sherringham served as Chief Executive Officer and President of People’s United Bank, a subsidiary of People’s United Financial Inc. from February 2008 to April 2010 and also served as its Chief Financial Officer. He served as an Acting Chief Executive Officer and Acting President of People’s United Financial Inc., since November 2007 until February 2008, and also served as its Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President from 2003 to August 2008. He served as an Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United California Bank in Los Angeles. Mr. Sherringham joined United California Bank’s predecessor, SanwaBank California in 1993. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Citadel/Fidelity Federal Bank in Glendale, California from 1991 to 1993, and he served as Treasurer of Los Angeles-based CalFed Inc./California Federal Bank from 1989 to 1991. He served as Director of People’s United Financial Inc. from February 2008 to April 2010. He has been a Director of Connecticut Business And Industry Association, Inc. since 2008. Mr. Sherringham holds an undergraduate degree from Paris University and is a graduate of Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Paris. He completed the International Management Program offered in cooperation by New York University, the London Business School and Hautes Etudes Commerciales.

Robert Spetzler

Robert Spetzler, MD, is a world-renowned neurosurgeon who specializes in cerebrovascular disease and skull base tumors. He has been involved in pioneering the technique of hypothermia and cardiac arrest for the treatment of difficult brain lesions. He has been honored many times by professional societies, including the American College of Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. In 1994, Dr. Spetzler was chosen to be the Honored Guest of Congress of Neurological Surgeons. At age 49, he was the youngest recipient of this prestigious honor.

Dr. Spetzler was born in Stierhoefstetten, Germany, and moved to the United States at the age of 11. He received his B.S. from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, and his Doctor of Medicine from Northwestern Medical School in Chicago. His postgraduate training was completed at Wesley Memorial Hospital–Northwestern in Chicago. He completed a residency in neurosurgery at the University of California – San Francisco. He received board certification in September 1979 from the American Board of Neurological Surgery.

He and his wife Nancy are both musicians and split their time between Jackson, California and Arizona.

Matt Stoner

Matt Stoner is a Partner and member of the founding team at Tidal Partners, a next-generation M&A and strategic advisory boutique focused on serving technology clients across all phases of their lifecycles. Prior to founding Tidal, Matt was most recently a Managing Director with Centerview Partners, an independent investment banking and advisory firm headquartered in New York, where he specialized in the consumer products and technology sectors. A native of Houston and lifelong musician, Matt completed his undergraduate studies at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, graduating cum laude, and holds an MBA, with honors, from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where he was an Edward Tuck Scholar.

Matt and his wife, Marguerite, live in Fort Worth, Texas, with their young son and daughter, Marshall and Daisy, and two hound dogs, while spending as much time as possible in Jackson Hole.

Susan Sutton, vice chair

Susan Sutton will bring to the Board extensive experience in development, primarily in the independent school sphere. After starting her career with Georgetown University, she moved to The Spence School in Manhattan and then to The Branson School in Marin County, California. During her 25-year career in development, Susan was responsible for raising funds for annual support, endowments and bricks and mortar projects.

She and her husband Nick moved to Jackson Hole from the San Francisco Bay area in 2012. They are parents to a blended family of five children and are the grandparents of seven grandchildren. They love to fly fish and live in Wilson with Bronco, a German Shepard, and Ruby, a Goldendoodle.

Andy Watson

After growing up in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, Andy attended college at the University of Wisconsin and graduate school at the University of Minnesota, majoring in math and engineering.

Now retired, he enjoyed a 30-year career as a consulting mechanical engineer in California and served as president of Syska Hennessy Group, the largest engineering firm of its type in the country, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, and other major cities.

Notable accomplishments under his leadership included firm-wide technology advancements, creating a strong client-service culture, designing sophisticated sales and marketing initiatives, and rebranding the firm as a broader based consulting company.

Andy resides in Wilson, Wyoming near Grand Teton National Park and in Tucson, Arizona. In Wyoming, he served on the Teton County Energy Board as they implemented a major energy reduction plan.

He is a board member and past board chair for True Concord Voices and Orchestra in Tucson Arizona and serves on the board of the Tucson Desert Song Festival. In retirement he utilizes the educational resources of the University of Arizona, attends many of Tucson’s and Jackson’s cultural events, and enjoys hiking,  golfing, skiing, bridge, and travel.

Mary Weber

Mary Weber is a retired partner of Ropes & Gray, an international law firm. She specialized in mergers, acquisitions, and other financings, primarily for public companies and private equity funds. For many years, she served on the law firm’s management committee. Mary is the past President and trustee of Codman Academy Foundation, President and director of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, and trustee of Greater Boston Legal Services and Massachusetts Bar Association. She is a graduate of Northwestern University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Mary and her husband Rob Duggan have made Jackson Hole their home following many years as a family ski destination. They also spend time in suburban Boston and coastal Rhode Island.

Beryl Weiner

Beryl Weiner was born in the US, grew up in Mexico City, and returned to Los Angeles at age 13.

After graduating from UCLA and Loyola Law School, Beryl began his law career first at the State Attorney General’s Office, then in private practice including establishing the Los Angeles law firm of Selvin & Weiner, APC in 1975 with Paul Selvin, Beryl’s mentor and partner. Beryl’s legal career has included broad experience involving complex civil litigation in trial and appellate courts, extensive work in connection with real estate disputes, advising healthcare facilities, estate and trust matters, casino and gambling licensing and regulation, not-for-profit organizations, etc.

Beryl has been involved on the boards of various non-profit organizations for the past 15 years.

Beryl is married to Joyce Craig. They have six children between them. They split their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Jackson. Since 1995, activities in Jackson have included GTMF concerts, friends, Monday morning men’s group, skiing, kayaking, golfing, hiking, working, and just plain relaxing.

Mark Yockey

Mark L. Yockey, CFA, is a managing director of Artisan Partners and a portfolio manager on the Global Equity team. In this role, he is a portfolio manager for the Artisan Non-U.S. Growth, Non-U.S. Small-Cap Growth and Global Equity Strategies, including Artisan International, International Small Cap and Global Equity Funds.

Prior to joining Artisan Partners in December 1995, Mr. Yockey was the portfolio manager of the United International Growth Fund and vice president of Waddell & Reed from January 1990 through December 1995. Before assuming responsibility for the United International Growth Fund, Mr. Yockey was an analyst for Waddell & Reed from 1986 through 1989, specializing in the worldwide health care industry and international special situations. Earlier in his career, he was a health care analyst for the State of Michigan Retirement Fund for five years. Mr. Yockey holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in finance from Michigan State University. He completed one year of undergraduate work at the Université d’Aix-en-Provence in France. He also worked for the French bank, La Société Générale. He is fluent in French.

Mark and his wife Laura split their time between Jackson and San Francisco and have been Festival subscribers since 2015.

Emma Kail, executive director/ex-officio

Emma Kail joined Grand Teton Music Festival as Executive Director in September 2020 after serving as General Manager of the Kansas City Symphony for nearly a decade.

A lifelong musician, she previously held administrative positions with the Alabama Symphony, Omaha Symphony and the Humanities Division at the University of Chicago.

Emma is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and earned her bachelor’s degree in music from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. Her master’s degree is in trumpet performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and she further pursued musical study at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada.

Emma resides in East Jackson with her husband Jeff and their two sons, James (10) and Charlie (8).