The League of American Orchestras’ Board of Directors has named DOUGLAS M. HAGERMAN as chair. Hagerman succeeds Patricia A. Richards. Other Board appointments include MELANIE CLARKE as co-vice chair and DAVID M. ROTH as secretary, and ALFRED P. MOORE joins the Board. Ex-officio Board appointments include SIMON WOODS, Seattle Symphony; SARA MUMMEY, Lafayette Symphony Orchestra; and ANN HUNTOON, Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra (orchestra executive directors); MEGEN BALDA, Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (Youth Orchestra Division); and REBECCA ODLAND, Friends of the Minnesota Orchestra (Volunteer Council).
Douglas M. Hagerman of Milwaukee, WI is the immediate past chair of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and current chair of the orchestra’s Music Director Search Committee. Joining the MSO Board in 2007, he became chair in 2011, serving in that role through 2014. Hagerman recently retired after thirteen years as senior vice president and general counsel of Rockwell Automation, Inc. While he was in that role, Rockwell Automation was honored nine times as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. Hagerman graduated from Harvard Law School and Drake University. He studied economics and accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant and former director of the National Association of Manufacturers (2009-2016). Hagerman is married, with two adult daughters. He is a runner and triathlete and is also an Eagle Scout.
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Posted August 22, 2017
