Hannah Ross is the Director of Learning for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, where she cultivates joyful musical experiences and sustainable education opportunities for the Cincinnati community. As a former educator, Hannah has worked in public and private school settings as well as community-based programs across 3 continents. Hannah earned her BM and MM degrees in viola performance from The Juilliard School and has performed in the viola sections of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Boston Pops Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, RI Philharmonic Orchestra, and the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra. Hannah is an alumna of Sphinx LEAD (Leaders in Excellence, Arts & Diversity) Cohort 6, a national cohort of BIPOC arts administrators through the Sphinx Organization and was recently named one of Musical America’s Top 30 Professionals List of 2025.