In Thursday’s (11/29) San Antonio Express-News (Texas), David Hendricks reports, “San Antonio Symphony President and CEO Jack Fishman has resigned from the organization, the symphony’s board Chairman Dennert Ware said Wednesday. Fishman informed the board staff Tuesday morning of his immediate resignation and did not attend the symphony’s regularly scheduled board meeting later that afternoon. ‘It was a personal decision. It’s time to move on to another direction,’ Fishman said by phone Wednesday. Asked if he has another position to move to, Fishman said, ‘I cannot say more.’ Ware said Fishman’s decision was sudden. ‘I did not see it coming. We were good friends before the resignation, and we are good friends now,’ Ware said. He did not think the symphony’s shaky financial situation was a factor in Fishman’s resignation. … Ware said the board has appointed David Filner as interim president and CEO and is starting a national search committee to select Fishman’s permanent replacement. Filner had been artistic administrator in the orchestra’s front office. … Filner came to the San Antonio Symphony in 2005 as director of education and community engagement before moving to general manager in 2007. In 2011, he became a fellow with the New York-based League of American Orchestras.”
Posted November 29, 2012
