Offering guidance to the Music Director and Administrative Staff, and supporting the activities of the Sinfonia da Camera is a Board of Advisors - comprising private individuals from the community who appreciate the artistry of Sinfonia da Camera and who are dedicated to the orchestra’s continued success. The Board of Advisors currently comprises THIRTEEN members who serve renewable three-year terms; from the membership the board elects a Chair or two Co-Chairs and a Secretary. Honorary Advisors may be designated, and ex-officio members of the Advisory Board may consist of the staff of Sinfonia da Camera, an orchestra musician, and administrators of the University of Illinois School of Music, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, and College of Fine and Applied Arts.
Sinfonia Advisory Board
Ex-Officio Advisors
Kevin Hamilton
Dean, the College of Fine and Applied Arts
University of Illinois
Mike Ross
Director, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
University of Illinois
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Jon Salvani
Assistant Dean for Advancement, College of Fine and Applied Arts
University of Illinois
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Jeffrey Sposato
Director, School of Music
University of Illinois
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Honorary Advisors
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Werner Baer
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Richard B. Cogdal
Edwin L. Goldwasser
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Jonathan H. Goodwin​
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Jane Bishop Hobgood
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Judith Ikenberry
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Ann Carlson Khan
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Stuart M. Mamer
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Anna J. Merritt
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Stephen M. O'Byrne
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Jean Osborn
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Dorothy W. Williams
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Officers
Nancy L. Johnson, Co-Chair
Assistant Director, Illinois New Teacher Collaborative
University of Illinois (retired)
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Richard G. Murphy, Co-Chair
Music Teacher
University High School
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Willis S. Colburn, Secretary
Sr. Patent Coordinator, University of Illinois (retired)
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Board Members
Nancy J. Casey
Associate Dean for Development, College of Communications
University of Illinois (retired)
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Terri P. Dodson
Community Volunteer
Michael Folk
President, HDF Group (retired)
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Alan W. Haussermann
Alan W. Haussermann, DDS
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Roberta Johnson-Killeen
First Lady of the University of Illinois
Roger Laramee
Carle Philanthropy
Karen Miller
Real Estate
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Maria GrossE Perdekamp
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Illinois
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Matthias GrossE Perdekamp
Ph.D, Professor of Physics
University of Illinois
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Edward Rath
Assistant Professor and Associate Director Emeritus
University of Illinois
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Ralph Senn
President, Flying Tomato Brothers/Garcia’s Pizza in a Pan
Evan Tammen
Associate Director of Development, College of Language and Sciences,
University of Illinois
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Mary Wraight