Board of Directors
West Covina Symphony Orchestra, Inc
(San Gabriel Valley Symphony Orchestra)
Board of Directors 2010
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Name |
Office |
Residence |
Qualification/Interest |
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Sylvia Lee Mann |
President/CEO/CFO |
West Covina |
Music Director/Conductor/Founder |
Professional conductor, composer, violist. Previously president/director of many non-profit organizations: Shreveport Symphony Players Association, Community Center of Northwest Louisiana, Director/Manager of Ark-La-Tex Youth Symphony, Union contract negotiator for local 116 musicians union, Shreveport LA, Fellow: Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Music Educator, college professor. Alumni of West Covina High School, Chapman College, USC and London University. Multiple Doctoral Degrees (Music Composition, Orchestral and Choral Conducting, Performance, Music History.)
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Sandy Gunn |
Secretary |
West Covina |
Manager/Musician/Publications |
Professional musician, retired computer consultant and graphic artist. She has a B.A. in Foreign Languages and Music and has performed, taught and studied ethnic music since age 13. Sandy owned her own consulting business for 25 years in the L.A. area, teaching professional computer publishing and graphics software and writing computer instruction manuals. She currently enjoys teaching and performing music and creating publications for WCSO.
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Mary Au |
Member |
Los Angeles |
Musician/Grammy Organization |
Mary was educated at the Royal Academy of Music, USC Marshall School of Business and USC Thornton School of Business. After receiving her MBA, she joined the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche specializing in Forensic Accounting and Corporate Finance. Thereafter, she joined the Grammy Organization and headed the Business Affairs Department for multiple 501c tax-exempt entities. She was tapped to join a large independent record company as their Director of Finance for their Western Region. Currently, Au is a musician specializing in Keyboard Collaborative Art.
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Linda Robinson |
Member |
West Covina |
WCUMC Event Coordinator/Financial Professional, Entertainment Industry |
West Covina High School Alumni, Event coordinator at the West Covina United Methodist Church, financial professional in the entertainment industry
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Victoria Paul |
Member |
Ventura |
Musician/Theatre Professional |
Grew up in South Pasadena, Occidental College Alumni, former theatre professional at the Los Angeles Music Center and in Sydney Australia, now an educator in Ventura, CA
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Frances Anthony |
Member |
North Hollywood |
Musician/Nonprofit Professional |
Professional vocalist, as well as professionally active at UCLA’s Easton Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research, and at KPFK broadcast radio.
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Dana Sundene |
Member |
Diamond Bar |
Musician/Educator/Computer Consultant |
Professional Musician (oboe/flute), computer consultant, Educator. Specializes in developing concert programs for schools.
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Gary Lawson |
Member |
West Covina |
GWC/Future America |
Greater West Covina Business Association, Future America, Entrepreneur, Business Consultant
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Ruslan Biryukov |
Member |
Los Angeles |
Musical Artist, Community leader |
Glendale Philharmonic, International Musical Artist, Musical Community leader.