Alexandra Munroe, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS) announced that Meghan Martineau Umber has been named as the organization’s Munroe President and CEO, effective from October 1, 2026.

Umber joins AMFS from the LA Phil, where she currently serves as President, Hollywood Bowl & Chief Programming Officer. She will succeed Alan Fletcher, who will transition to the position of President
Emeritus after 21 years of transformational leadership.

Umber was chosen after an extensive search process conducted by a 13-member search committee, made up of AMFS’s music director, trustees, faculty, and senior staff members under Munroe’s leadership.

In a statement she said, “It is an honor to join the Aspen Music Festival and School, an organization renowned for providing transformative musical experiences for students and audiences alike in this exceptional setting. I also wish to acknowledge and congratulate Alan Fletcher on an extraordinary tenure and deeply impactful legacy. I am excited to collaborate with Robert Spano and the board, faculty, staff, and Aspen community to shape the next chapter of AMFS’s impact in the Roaring Fork Valley and around the world.”

Umber is a pianist with a music degree from the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California and has has provided strategic leadership at the LA Phil, guiding programming and media initiatives across all its venues. In her two decades with the organization, she partnered with Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel to lead the curation and design of the LA Phil’s signature orchestral presentations, festivals, and projects at Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl.

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