CEO Amy Ginsburg and from the Southwest Florida Symphony

The Southwest Florida Symphony, the only fully professional orchestra of Lee County and the fourth oldest of the state, announces the departure of his CEO Amy Ginsburg on June 30th when it focuses on her family and new creative efforts.

“Amy has been a guiding light for the Southwest Florida Symphony, which led our mission strengthened, expanded our reach and enriched the life of so many,” said Tom Uhler, President of the Board of Directors for the Südwest florida symphony. “We are incredibly grateful for her passionate service and her unshakable commitment to the power of the arts in our community for her years of passionate service and her unshakable commitment.

Ginsburg arrived in 2013 as a strategic marketing and development director in the Southwest Florida Symphony. In her first year, she directed the orchestra to refresh its branding and messaging strategy and use its music director for 2013-14 to include the entire community in the artistic selection process for managers. As a result, the paid number of visitors recovered considerably and the donations returned to the pre-recession level. In addition, Ginsburg took the orchestra four times in several cities in Florida, received grants for new devices and created the mobile classroom of the orchestra, the Music Box Truck. She also founded a permanent administrative house for the orchestra through relationships with the Sanibel Captiva Community Bank.

When John Hudson, the orchestra's CEO, died in 2015, the Board of Directors Ginsburg appointed interim executive director of the orchestra while considering whether he should carry out a national search for new leadership or should promote from the inside. Due to Ginsburg's commitment to the mission of the orchestra, the ability of the donation act, the positive relationship with Maestro Nir Kabaretti and her common creative vision for the future of the orchestra, the board appointed you in 2016 as CEO.

Since then, Ginsburg has led the symphony with passion to increase the combating of the community's arts. Their leadership navigated through the organization through the pandemic, challenges the hurricane seasons and several music director searches and presented concert times with spectacular performances to enjoy music lovers in the counties Lee and Charlotte.

“In the last 12 years of working with the Southwest Florida Symphony, some of my living stocks belonged,” said Ginsburg. “It was an honor and privilege to represent the crown jewel of art and culture in a community that I have known at home for more than 40 years.

In the coming weeks, the board of directors will put together a committee to start looking for the next CEO of the symphony. ®