Monica White joined Bravo! Vail in 2016. Monica received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Penn State and is an active CPA. After spending over ten years in public accounting, she moved to the non-profit world of accounting. Monica currently serves on the Listen Foundation and Red Ribbon Project boards. She enjoys skiing, rafting, reading, and being outside.  Monica lives with her husband Dan and daughter Sage.

Heidi Young joined Bravo! Vail in February of 2015 as a Box Office Associate. In March the Front Office Manager position opened up and Heidi enthusiastically accepted the position while still assisting in ticket sales.

Heidi moved to Vail in 1989 from Mountainview, California, where she worked as a Corporate Travel Agent.  Heidi and her husband Bret raised their son and daughter here in Vail. The Young family loves the mountains and outdoors.  Hiking, Nordic skiing, and downhill skiing are their favorite activities.  Heidi and Bret reside in West Vail.

Jacqueline Taylor discovered her passion for classical music administration starting in 1983 while working as the Orchestra Manager for the Pre-College Division of The Juilliard School, where she studied trumpet. She eventually became the Managing Director of Performing Arts at the 92^nd Street Y, under the tutelage of her mentor, Omus Hirshbein, followed by six years as the Executive Director of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. In 2002 she and Omus founded and ran the concert series,  Free for All at Town Hall.  Since joining Bravo! Vail in 2010, her son now plays the horn, her husband rides a Pinarello bicycle, and she is a giant fan of 6 pm concerts.

Henry Bowen may already be a familiar face to you, as he has worked with the festival since 2018 as our artist liaison. Henry segued into a part-time, year-round roll as artist liaison and content marketing coordinator for three years before joining Bravo! Vail full-time in May of 2021. He recently graduated with an M.A. in Arts Administration from the Indiana University O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He was born and raised in Arkansas and attended the University of Arkansas, where he played trombone in campus ensembles and graduated summa cum laude in 2017. Prior work experience includes positions with the Artosphere Festival Orchestra, the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, IU Auditorium, and Lotus Education & Arts Foundation. He is passionate about coffee, visual art, and advocating for living composers and their music.

Brooklynn Phillips joined the Bravo! Vail team in October 2018. Prior to moving to Vail, she spent four years volunteering with the Peace Corps in Peru where she was the Community Outreach and Communications Manager for Sinfonia por el Peru, an El Sistema inspired organization providing free music education to more than 10,000 youth across the country. She has also spent time working in various roles with the Houston Symphony and the Aspen Music Festival and School. Originally from Texas, she received her Bachelor of Arts in Oboe from the University of Houston. Brooklynn has a passion for music education and has taught piano and oboe for the past decade, she is also a Lead Piano Teacher for Bravo! Vail Music Makers.

Jason Denhart joined Bravo! Vail in April 2018. Prior to this, he served as the executive director for the Merwin Conservancy on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Prior to moving to Maui, he spent 19 years in the Vail Valley and served in multiple positions in the Vail nonprofit community, including a prior stint at Bravo! Vail from 2002 to 2008. His Vail nonprofit leadership experience includes his role as development and special events officer at The Heuga Center for Multiple Sclerosis (now Can Do Multiple Sclerosis); associate director of development at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival; senior director of development at the Vail Valley Foundation; and director of development and communications for the Eagle Valley Land Trust.

Beth Pantzer joined Bravo! Vail in November 2012. Originally from Central New York, she first moved to the Vail Valley in 2011 to serve as an AmeriCorps*VISTA with the Eagle River Youth Coalition. Before moving to the Valley, she worked as a journalist at various newspapers across the country both in sports and news departments. Beth graduated from Castleton State College in Vermont with a degree in Communications-Journalism and received a Master's degree in Nonprofit Management from Denver’s Regis University. In her spare time, Beth enjoys running, biking, hiking, and triathlons, as well as traveling and photography.

Nancy Stevens joined the Bravo team in 2002 as the seasonal box office manager, complementing her winter employment as a Vail Village ski school supervisor. Nancy transitioned to a year round Sales Manager position with Bravo! in 2015, maintains her passion for skiing as a part-time instructor. Nancy has been known to remember exactly where ski school clients sit at the Amphitheater. She moved to Vail in 1975 after receiving a bachelor's degree in History and German from East Carolina University. She teaches Spin classes in the early mornings at the Cascade Club and volunteers for Vail Rec District running races throughout the summers. Nancy's three children, McKenzie, Jonny, and Maddie, have all worked in the Bravo! box office. Nancy's loyal ticketing staff has graduated into marketing, development, and office manager positions within the Bravo! Vail organization. Now an empty-nester, Nancy resides in West Vail with her husband Jerry. In her spare time, Nancy enjoys squash, pickleball, skiing, and hiking.

Emily Block is a Colorado native who grew up in Denver, attended University of Colorado Boulder, and has lived in the Vail Valley for nearly seven years. She began her career in human resources, which eventually led to a move into hospitality and hotel operations. She spent the last four years in various roles in the hospitality industry, most recently as event sales manager at the Grand Hyatt Vail. In her new role at Bravo! Vail, Emily will be working to secure sponsorships from our corporate partners as well as planning all of the wonderful donor events you enjoy each summer. Emily tries to spend as much time outdoors as possible, whether it is skiing, biking, or hiking. She is excited to build new relationships and begin a new venture with Bravo! Vail.

Henry Bowen may already be a familiar face to you, as he has worked with the festival since 2018 as our artist liaison. Henry segued into a part-time, year-round roll as artist liaison and content marketing coordinator for three years before joining Bravo! Vail full-time in May of 2021. He recently graduated with an M.A. in Arts Administration from the Indiana University O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He was born and raised in Arkansas and attended the University of Arkansas, where he played trombone in campus ensembles and graduated summa cum laude in 2017. Prior work experience includes positions with the Artosphere Festival Orchestra, the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, IU Auditorium, and Lotus Education & Arts Foundation. He is passionate about coffee, visual art, and advocating for living composers and their music.

Linda Stamper Boyne joined Bravo! Vail in January 2019 after 10 years with East West Hospitality in a variety of roles including lead concierge, group sales manager and reservations sales consultant. For 7 years she wrote a humorous, human interest column for the Vail Daily. Before moving to the Vail Valley in 1996, she worked in public relations for a non-profit, a PR agency and for the government. She is a graduate of University of Denver with a degree in communications. Linda has two sons - Nick is a junior at University of Colorado and Tom is a senior at Vail Christian High School.  Linda has deep appreciation and love of the arts and is excited to be joining the Bravo team. 

Elli Varas began working with Festival in 2008. Prior to her time in Vail, she served as the Director of Operations for the Capitol Theater in Macon, Georgia. Elli holds a Masters degree in Arts Administration from Florida State University's College of Music, and a Bachelor of Music Performance degree from the University of Denver, Lamont School of Music. Although her academic and professional background is centered around classical music, she is a big fan of traditional bluegrass, and loves playing the five-string banjo. Elli lives just outside of Boulder, CO with her son and their two crazy dogs.

Bravo! Vail's production crew is often referred to as the beating heart of the Festival.  Under the direction of Concert Production Manager Robert Pastore, these individuals bring decades of stage production experience with the leading orchestras and artists of the world, and are known for their unwavering professionalism and good humor.  Throughout the year they are professional athletes, teachers, fathers, and more, but every year they come back to Vail to produce more than 80 events in 6 weeks.    

David Judd has been with Bravo! Vail since 2013. Previously, David worked as Bravo! Vail’s Implementation Specialist to Tessitura for Ticketing and Fundraising and in the implementation of N-Scan, Tessitura's Ticket Scanning product. David spent 8+ years as a Tessitura Implementation Specialist working with more than 50 different arts organizations. Before working with Tessitura, David spent 7 years with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, ending his tenure there as Information Systems Manager. David describes himself as a "recovering CPA", having graduated with a degree in Accounting from Harding University and spending the first 8 years of his career in various accounting and finance roles. David lives in the suburbs of St. Louis, MO with his wife. He has two grown children, one old cat, and his pug, Bugsi. When David is in Vail, he is likely to be with Bugsi cruising around town. When not working, David enjoys playing golf, camping, riding his motorcycle, and singing.