The Philadelphia Orchestra Association announces new Board members

(Philadelphia, August 23, 2011) – The Philadelphia Orchestra Association elected two new members to its Board of Directors at its meeting on May 23, 2011. Two area business and community leaders joined the Board: Robert M. Rechnitz, executive producer of Two River Theater Company, of Red Bank, New Jersey, and Raymond H. Welsh, senior vice president, UBS Financial Services, Inc., of Philadelphia.

Biographical information on newly-elected Board members and a listing of the Orchestra’s Board of Directors are attached. A complete listing of The Philadelphia Orchestra Association’s Board of Directors, officers, and executive committee is printed in each concert program book for the Orchestra’s concerts at the Kimmel Center and on the Orchestra’s website. The Philadelphia Orchestra Association is a registered not-for-profit organization incorporated in 1902 under the laws of Pennsylvania. A copy of the Association’s official registration and financial information can be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling 800.732.0999 toll free within Pennsylvania. Registration is a routine matter of law and does not imply governmental endorsement.

Newly elected members of the Board of Directors

• Robert M. Rechnitz is founder and executive director of Two River Theater Company. Prior to Two River, Mr. Rechnitz was professor of American Literature at Monmouth University for over 30 years. Since founding the theater company, he has directed Curse of the Starving Class, A View from the Bridge, and The Glass Menagerie, among others. For the opening production of the company’s own theater in 2005, Mr. Rechnitz directed You Can’t Take It With You; he has since also directed Barefoot in the Park in the new space. In the past, he has been a trustee of Red Bank’s Children’s Cultural Center and the Red Bank Education and Development Initiative. He has served on boards for the Count Basie Theatre, Monmouth County Arts Council, Monmouth Conservation Foundation, and Two River Theater Company. He is also an honorary board member of the Monmouth County Chamber Music Society. Mr. Rechnitz holds a B.S. in Speech from Northwestern University, an M.A. in English Literature from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Colorado. He resides with his wife, Joan, in Middletown, New Jersey.

• Raymond H. Welsh is senior vice president of UBS Financial Services, Inc. His career with UBS began 56 years ago when the firm was known as Kidder, Peabody & Co., Incorporated, and he has served in a range of capacities during his tenure there. Mr. Welsh currently chairs the Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia Board as well as its Army Kroc Corps Community Center’s $30 Million Campaign. He is director of Bancroft and Episcopal Community Services, a trustee of Penn Medicine, and an emeritus trustee for the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Welsh currently serves on the Investment Board of the Cradle of Liberty Boy Scouts, and he previously served on the boards of numerous civic and charitable organizations, including the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, the Annenberg Center, and the Union League of Philadelphia. Mr. Welsh received his B.S. degree in economics from the Wharton School, and served with the U.S. Navy from 1953 to 1955, attaining the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade). Mr. Welsh resides with his wife, Joanne, in Haverford.

THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION

Board of Directors

Chairman: Richard B. Worley†

President and Chief Executive Officer: Allison Vulgamore*†

President, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, Academy of Music: Joanna M. Lewis*†

Secretary: Richard Klein†

Treasurer: Mario Mestichelli

John A. Affleck

Bernard E. Anderson

Peter Benoliel

David R. Brennan

Carl M. Buchholz

Sally Bullard*†

Joseph Camarda†

Eric Carlson*

Michael M. Cone

Sarah Miller

Coulson†

David Cramer*

Gloria de Pasquale*

Mark Dichter

Elise du Pont

Stacy Maria Dutton†

Joseph M. Field David

F. Girard-diCarlo†

Carole Haas Gravagno†

Frederick Haas†

Harry R. Halloran, Jr.

Anne F. Hamilton

Beverly A. Harper

Louise A. Havens

Martin Heckscher†

W. Anthony Hitschler

David F. Hoffman

James W. Hovey

 

Osagie O. Imasogie

Patricia Harron Imbesi

Joseph Jacovini†

Ronald Kaiserman

David Kim*

Richard Klein†

Berton Korman

Joanna M. Lewis*†

Bennett Lomax

Sandra G. Marshall

Peter McCausland

John H. McFadden†

J. William Mills III

Hilarie Morgan†

Robert E. Mortensen

Ralph Muller†

The Hon. Michael Nutter*

Derek Pew

Robert Pollack

Lorraine Popowich

Robert Rechnitz

Alan L. Reed

Harold Robinson*

Robert H. Rock

Harold S. Rosenbluth*

John R. Saler

John F. Salveson†

Adele K. Schaeffer

Christa B. Schmidt

David F. Simon†

Richard L. Smoot

Constance S. Smukler

Harold A. Sorgenti

Bernard Spain

Christine Nordstrom Stainton

Paul Thompson III

Charles K. Valutas

Archbold D. van Beuren†

The Hon. Anna C. Verna*

Ramona A. Vosbikian

Allison Vulgamore*†

Tina Wells

Raymond H. Welsh

Diane Dalto Woosnam*

† Member, Executive Committee * Member, Ex Officio

List complete as of August 2, 2011