Profile Category: Board

Summary Bio             Larry is a serial entrepreneur in the areas of software technology. He has been developing, integrating and selling technology in his businesses...

Growing up, I remember listening to my father play his oboe, and I have loved that instrument and classical music ever since.  When we moved...

Charles (“Charlie”) Grimwood believes the Fort Collins Symphony can be a role model for our fractious world. Many people from varied backgrounds and playing very...

In 2017, Madgetta Dungy moved to Fort Collins from Iowa City, Iowa with her husband, retired Pediatrician, Dr. Claibourne Dungy, to live closer to their...

David Lindstrom was raised in the east and educated at the University of Rochester (BA), Colgate (MA) and Penn State (PhD).  He moved to Fort...

During Nancy Symes’ professional career, she served as the Vice President of Human Resources for two Federally Chartered Credit Unions in the Washington, DC area,...

Susan Greer grew up in Fort Collins and attributes her strong values and appreciation of education and the arts to her parents, Wilson and Emily Wilmarth, and PSD music...

Dr. Peter Springberg is a long-term member of the Symphony Board, having been the President of the Board of Directors from 2004-2005. He is a...

Tom Smith’s own performing career peaked on NBC Coke Time with Eddie Fischer and Debbie Reynolds in the 1950s (American Royal Ball, Kansas City with...

Hedy joined the FCSA Board in 2005 and is thrilled to continue serving as an Emeritus member and member of the Education Committee. She has...

Those who know Myra are well aware that arts and culture, particularly symphonic music, are all causes she holds dear. For many years now, Myra...

Bill Kneeland is a Fort Collins attorney and the principal of a private law practice specializing in business law, wills and estate planning, family law,...

‘Everyone needs to find their one thing and then do something about it.’ That has been Jody Johnson’s motto throughout her many roles with the...

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” Emeritus Board member Carol Ann Hixon...

Ms. Dobbie splits her time as the Director of External Relations at the Energy Institute at Colorado State University and as the Executive Director of...

Marilyn Cockburn joined the Fort Collins Symphony board of directors in 2008. During her eight-year tenure, she was the board secretary, and served on the...

John Roberts was born and raised in Fort Collins—a true native. He began attending Fort Collins Symphony concerts in 1955 as an 8th grader. Following...

Suzanne grew up in Burlington, Iowa and was introduced to the Arts at an early age. She learned to appreciate and love music while performing...

Paisley Pettine was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota with a grand piano and a theater organ in her family’s living room. Music and the...

Michael Hobaugh is a pediatrician and amateur trumpeter. After 25 years with various community orchestras around Chicago, Dr. Hobaugh and his family moved to Fort...

This is Joe’s second stint on the Fort Collins Symphony’s Board of Directors, having served as President from 1991 to 1992. Although he has no...

Cindy is a Colorado native, born in Denver and raised in Northeastern Colorado.  She has lived along the Front Range since 1982 and spent 25...

Executive Committee Pattie Cowell grew up on a ranch in northern Montana, went to post-secondary schools in Washington (B.A.) and Massachusetts (M.A., Ph.D.), and moved...

Executive Committee Mary Pat McCurdie is originally from Brigham City, Utah and spent her childhood studying violin and classical dance. She studied engineering at the...

Executive Committee Alexandra moved with her family from Chicago to Fort Collins in 2016.  Together with her husband Michael, a pediatrician, she has three children...

Executive Committee Walt Elish, Business Development Manager for the Town of Berthoud, has been active in economic and community development for over twenty-five years.  During...