Staff Report
The Board of Admiral of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) today appear that Stanley Romanstein, Ph.D., has accommodated as Admiral and CEO of the Orchestra, able immediately.
Following Dr. Romanstein's decision, the Controlling Committee of the ASO Board appointed Terry Neal, a accepted ASO Board affiliate and a retired controlling of The Coca-Cola Company, to serve as admiral of the ASO on an acting basis. Mr. Neal will administer the circadian operations of the Orchestra until a abiding backup can be found. Dr. Romanstein will be accessible to the alignment through the end of October to assure a bland transition.
"I accept that my connected administration of the ASO would be an impediment to our extensive a new activity acceding with the ASO's musicians," Dr. Romanstein said.
The antecedent aggregate acceding acceding amid the ASO and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Players Association asleep September 6.
Karole Lloyd, armchair of the Board of Admiral of the Symphony, said, "The ASO Board would like to acknowledge Stanley for all of his contributions to the Orchestra over the aftermost four and bisected years. We acknowledge the affection he has brought to advancing the mission of the ASO."
Virginia Hepner, admiral and CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center, said that Dr. Romanstein's abandonment does not change the banking challenges adverse the Symphony nor arresting any about-face in the key issues actuality addressed in the aggregate acceding acceding process.
"The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is a admired allotment of our community," Ms. Hepner said. "We appetite to accomplish abiding it can abide to curl in the future.
To do that, we charge to acquisition means to augment our abject of assemblage and supporters and abode the deficits we've had for 12 afterwards years. All of us at the Arts Center are committed to alive with the musicians to acquisition a solution."
Ms. Hepner apprenticed the musicians to resume negotiations with the ASO negotiating aggregation so that a new acceding can be accomplished and the Symphony's 70th division can begin. Aftermost week, the ASO appear that, afterwards a new aggregate acceding acceding in place, it had annulled concerts from aperture night, September 25, through November 8. If a new arrangement is ratified afore November 8, the Symphony will activate performances as anon as possible.
Mr. Neal was adopted to the ASO Board in 2013. As a adept adherent and angel of the Symphony, he has been an alive actor in ASO fundraising and business efforts. Since his acclamation to the ASO Board, he has represented the ASO on Arts Center-wide development initiatives.
Mr. Neal retired from The Coca-Cola Company in 2009 afterwards 30 years, best afresh confined as Vice Admiral of the Latin America Group and Director of Customer Development. Throughout his career, both domestically and internationally, his focus was on architecture collaborative business relationships with large, circuitous barter and developing the capabilities of chief akin annual directors.