The Phoenix Symphony Board of Directors and its Association announced that business leader, Jim Ward will serve as interim President and CEO of the Phoenix Symphony effective Jan. 4.
Ward is currently a venture partner in the venture capital firm, Alsop Louie Partners, focused on early stage evernet/cloud computing start-ups. Prior to joining Alsop Louie, Ward was president of LucasArts and sr. vice president of Lucasfilm, Ltd. where he led the business growth of the video game company and oversaw the planning, development and execution of global marketing and distribution programs for all of Lucasfilm's theatrical, home video and television intellectual properties including "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones".
