Alan Silow has been Executive Director of the Santa Rosa Symphony since July of 2002. During his tenure, the Symphony has returned to a fiscally sound basis that has produced surpluses in both operations and endowment. He also plays a leadership role in the public/private partnership with Sonoma State University to build a new concert hall at the Green Music Center. Silow currently sits on the board of Sonoma County Tourism Program and the Santa Rosa Convention & Visitors Bureau to provide better cross-fertilization between the arts and tourism.

Prior to taking the Santa Rosa Symphony position, he concluded a successful three-year tenure as Executive Director of ProMusica Chamber Orchestra in Columbus, Ohio. Previous positions include Director of Marketing & Public Relations for the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, a world-renowned, performing arts organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Executive Director of the Santa Fe Convention & Visitors Bureau. During his tenure there, readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine named Santa Fe the top travel destination in the world.

Silow graduated Phi Beta Kappa with an undergraduate B.A. degree in Economics with Honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs. He is married with one son and lives in Rincon Valley in Santa Rosa.